People´s lives

Dear students,

In today's session, you'll  read about bios and look for personal information about different people, and also  collaboratively write about an important person who does not exist... at least not yet.

But first of all ...

Did you know...?

A biography or simply bio is a detailed description or account of a person's life. It entails more than basic facts (education, work, relationships, and death) - a biography also portrays a subject's experience of these events. Unlike a profile or résumé, a biography presents a subject's life story, highlighting various aspects of his or her life, including intimate details of experience, and may include an analysis of the subject's personality                                                                                      Taken from Wikipedia

Graphic Biographies 

There are different kinds of biographies. Graphic biographies use drawings to make the story even more appealing to the reader.

How much do you know about these people? Discuss with your classmate next to you.

Houdini	Marie Curie
Walt Disney	Elvis Presley

Activity 1

1. Choose one of the people below to write about. Do research into his or her life , use the info you received in your email account and take notes.

Marie Curie


Elvis Presley


Walt Disney


Houdini 

-While you're reading, take notes on the following aspects:

a.When/where did this person live?
b. Why is/was this person important  important?
c. Choose one of his/her/its quotes, state it in the form of reported speech and explain why this quote called your attention.

Activity 2

Using all the information from your notes, write a potted biography about this person. Remember that it is not a copy-paste activity: you are requested to use your own language.

Task 4

Team up with two or three other classmates. As a team, you have to undertake a mission: create one person to change the history of our world. This person lived in the past and was able to cause a major impact on mankind history by affecting one of the following cultural areas: education, music, film industry, politics, religion, arts, etc.

First of all, log on your Gmail account and create a document in Google Drive. If you don't have a Gmail account yet, create one.

Once you have created your account, start working on the mission.  

Instructions:

As a team, write a detailed biography for the person you’ve made up.

Your biography should include the next four elements:

1. a. When/where did this person live?

    b. What was she/he like?

    c. How and when did she/he die?

2. What were the major events in her/his life as a child, teenager and adult?

3. Why was she/he/it  important?

4. What challenges did she/he/it overcome?

Each member of the group should be assigned and be responsible for writing one element AND editing the text. 

The final product should consist of at least 4 paragraphs, one for each element, and each paragraph should have a minimum of 5 sentences. 

Use your compu tools to check orthography and grammar. Also, do proof reading among the members of the group.

Finally, edit the final biography working collaboratively as a group and then email  it to your teacher.

theghoust.writers@gmail.com

If you are a member of Professor Maller's crew, write "THE CREW´s task 4" in the subject of the message.
If you belong to Professor Benavides' glorious section, write "GLORIOUS SECTION Task 4" in the subject.

The deadline for this assignment is Thursday 28th at 11 am 

Now... enjoy this song.

In your opinion, what is the meaning of the verse  "I was born to stand tall" in the song? Write a brief paragraph about this in your developing notebook in the journal´s part.