Idris Ali: HAvo1_Writing_Biography (1)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

Good Morning

You are going to ... 

• work for an end project on Thursday. 
• collect information for a biography about a person/ character in the past.

By the end of this lesson, you .... 

• learn useful information about the person you are writing about.
• collect information in an organised Word document for the next lesson on Thursday. 

Which actor or actress do you like the most?

Which football payer do you like the most?

Which character in the past (dead) that you like the most?

What do you know about him/ her?
write one sentence.

What did he/ she do?

What is a 'biography'?

Examples

• History: Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther, Christopher Columbus
• Writers: Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, George Orwell
• Musicians: Michael Jackson, Bob Marley, Marilyn Monroe
• Philosophers: Plato, Aristotle, Karl Marx,  Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Footballers: Maradona, Johan Cruyff
• Scientists: Isaac Newton, Stephen Hawking, Charles Darwin, 

What to include in biography

• Date and place of birth: --/ --/ ----, ..............., ...........
• His life and childhood
•  Educational background and 
• Facts/ achievements/  notable awards
• Death
• Anything interesting you want to share. 

Choose the character you want to write your biography about.

• This character has to be in the past. 
• This character has to be dead (not still living). 
•  Magister> Today's homework> Word document 'sample of biography content' 
• Save your Word document somewhere you can easily find.

Now 

• Open your Word document.
• (Students at home) turn on your cameras and share your screen.
• Follow the sample shown on my screen
• start collecting information about the person/ character you are writing about using the Internet and websites. (20 minutes). 
• Save your Word document and the information you collected for the next lesson. 
• Finished? Send a screenshot to me on Teams.