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The person I admire
4A Unit 2 Main task
The person I admire
A famous person
The person I admire
A famous person
You are going to write a biography of a famous person or a person you admire.
Who do you want to write about What do you know about this person How do you describe him/her
Before you look for information about the person you admire, take a look at the biography on p.16.
A biography is the story of a person’s life. It tells about the important events for the person.
In groups, think of a famous person.
Discuss and share your ideas with your group members.
Send a representative to write your group’s ideas on the board.
Blackboard share
Cooperative learning strategy
Let’s choose Daniel Radcliffe.
Who do you want to write about Choose a person to write about within your group.
Who do you know about this person How do you describe him/her
Paragraph 2: Important events
What did he/she do when he/she was young
What important events happened to him/her later Which year Think of 2–3 of them.
Did he/she win any prizes
Paragraph 1: Personal facts
What does he/she do
When was he/she born
Where was he/she born
How many family members does he/she have Who are they
Does he/she have any pets What is it/are they
Each member looks for different pieces of information about the person the group has chosen.
Cooperative learning strategy
Within-team jigsaw
Student A
Personal facts
What does he/she do
When was he/she born
Where was he/she born
How many family members does he/she have Who are they
Does he/she have any pets What is it/are they
Student B
Important events
What important events happened to him/her later Which year Think of 2–3 of them.
Did he/she win any prizes
Student C
Student D
Student E
What did he/she do when he/she was young
You can surf the Internet to look for information about famous people.
Gather together and take turns to share the information you have collected with your group members.
In groups, make use of all the information and put together the group work.
Cooperative learning strategy
Within-team jigsaw
Within-team jigsaw
He is a famous English actor.
He was born on 23 July 1989.
He was born in London in the UK.
Within-team jigsaw
He has two loving, supportive parents.
He has two dogs.
Within-team jigsaw
He performed in small school productions when he was young.
Write a biography of the famous person or the person you admire. Then tell the class about him/her.
Cooperative learning strategy
Within-team jigsaw
Complete the mind map.
a famous English
actor
born on 23 July
1989
born in London in
the UK
has two dogs
has two loving, supportive parents
Daniel Radcliffe
Performed in small
school productions
when he was young
In 2007, had his first stage performance in the play Equus; earned good reviews; won ‘Best Performance by a Male’ for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
In 1999, acted the young David Copperfield in the TV series David Copperfield
In 2001, acted Harry Potter in the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone; starred Harry Potter in the film series
Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel performed in small school productions when he
two loving, supportive parents and two dogs
was young. In 1999, he acted the young David Copperfield
Daniel Radcliffe
a famous English actor
He
23 July 1989
London in the UK
He
in the TV series David Copperfield. He then acted Harry
Potter in the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
in 2001. Daniel starred Harry Potter in the film series of
Harry Potter. In 2007, he had his first stage performance
in the play Equus. His performance earned good reviews.
And he won ‘Best Performance by a Male’ for Harry Potter
and the Order of the Phoenix.
Good morning, everyone.
Tell the class about the famous person.
Introducing the topic
Today, I want to talk about the biography of a famous person.
Talking about the topic
Biography of Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Radcliffe is a famous English actor.
He was born on 23 July 1989 in London in the UK. He has two loving, supportive parents and two dogs.
Talking about the topic
Daniel performed in small school productions when he
was young. In 1999, he acted the young David Copperfield
in the TV series David Copperfield.
Talking about the topic
He then acted Harry Potter in the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in 2001. Daniel starred Harry Potter in the film series of Harry Potter.
Talking about the topic
In 2007, he had his first stage performance in the play Equus. His performance earned good reviews. And he won ‘Best Performance by a Male’ for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix .
~ The End ~