Idris Ali: HAVO 1_Writing_Biography (2 +3)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

Today, you are going to ... 

• write your biography about a person/ character in the past.
• evaluate your own biography.  

By the end of this lesson, you can successfully ... 

• write a biography.
• understand what a biography means and contains.
• use the past simple in writing about the past events. 
• use the irregular past simple verbs. 

What we did in the previous lesson

• You saved a word document. 
• You collected information about a character/ person in  the past.

Instructions 

1. Open your word document.
2. Use the information you collected to write a biography.
3. Write between 85 - 120 words. 
4. Have the irregular verbs list open for use. (in Magister)
5. Use the past simple tense, (negative, ..).
6. Use paragraphs.
7. Use a photo of the person/ character.
8. Make sure you finish your biography before this first lesson ends. 

Now 

• Turn on your cameras and share your screen (students at home).
• Start Writing
• Finished? Save it and check your spelling, past simple forms, negatives
• you have 35 minutes

Now, we are going to ...

• Evaluate your own biography yourself, not the teacher.
• Go to Magister> rubric> open it
• You have 25 minutes to do the evaluation.
• Evaluate each category.
• After assessing all the points, give yourself the final evaluation.
• Make a screenshot and send it to the teacher on Teams. 

1. The teacher's instructions were clear in lesson 1 (Tuesday).

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2. The teacher used a good scaffolding/ outline for collecting information.

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3. The teacher's instructions were clear and useful in writing the assignment (lesson 2).

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4. The teacher used enough and useful samples and examples.

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5. The rubric the teacher used for assessment was useful.

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6. It was useful to for me to evaluate my assignment.

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6. Now, I can use the past simple for the past events.

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7. I can use the negative form in the past simple.

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8. I learned the irregular past simple forms in the past simple.

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