People's Lives

Dear students,

In today's session, you'll work collaboratively to write about a person who does not exist, at least not yet.

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 

How much do you know about these people?

Elvis Presley	The Beatles	Marie Curie
Walt Disney	Albert Einstein	Houdini

Activity 1

Graphic biographies are a very special way to explain somebody's life. Choose one of the characters and click on the corresponding link to read about that person.

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

• When/where did this person live?
• Why was she/he important?
• Choose one of his/her quotes, state it in the form of reported speech and explain why that quote called your attention.

Elvis Presley
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_nWnPNw5e2cQ1V3NDBLU0g4WkU/edit?usp=sharing

The Beatles
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_nWnPNw5e2cQmdwc0lHbnJjZG8/edit?usp=sharing

Marie Curie
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_nWnPNw5e2cZjFXenA4SUUwdmc/edit?usp=sharing

Walt Disney
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_nWnPNw5e2cYzFMQmkzNGg3bDg/edit?usp=sharing

Albert Einstein
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_nWnPNw5e2ccnQxVnNzcjVKXzA/edit?usp=sharing

Houdini 
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_nWnPNw5e2cSS1SWmZNcDZJV28/edit?usp=sharing

Activity 2

Using all the information from your notes, write a summary about his/her life.

LabWork

As a group, you’ve been given the power to create one person for this world. This person should have the ability to cause a great impact in mankind history.  This person could impact any area of your interest: education, music, film industry, politics, religion, arts, etc.

First of all, you need to create a Gmail account if you don’t have one yet since this assignment will be written and edited using Google Drive. Once you have created your account, send it to your teacher.

Instructions:

Work in groups of 3-4 and 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 important?

4. What challenges did she/he overcome?

Each member of the group should be assigned and be responsible for writing one element. The final product should consist of at least 4 paragraphs, one for each element, and each paragraph should have a minimum of 5 sentences.

Finally, edit the final biography working collaboratively as a group.

The deadline for this assignment is Friday 30^th.