UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE ALAGOAS CAMPUS IV UNIO DOS

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ATIVIDADE AVALIATIAVA - LNGUA INGLESA V E VI
PROFESSORA: JULIANA OLIVEIRA DE SANTANA NOVAIS
DATA:_______/02/2017
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Read Amy Winehouses biography and answer the questions that

follow.

Amy Winehouse

Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 23 July 2011) was an English singer and
songwriter known for her powerful deep contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres
including R&B, soul and jazz. Winehouse's 2003 debut album, Frank, was critically successful in the UK and was nominated
for the Mercury Prize. Her 2006 follow-up album, Back to Black, led to six Grammy Award nominations and five wins, tying
the then record for the most wins by a female artist in a single night, and made Winehouse the first British female to win five
Grammys, including three of the "Big Four": Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

In 2007 she won a Brit Award for Best British Female Artist; she had also been nominated for Best British Album. She won
the Ivor Novello Award three times: once in 2004 for Best Contemporary Song (musically and lyrically) for "Stronger Than
Me", once in 2007 for Best Contemporary Song for "Rehab", and once in 2008 for Best Song Musically and Lyrically for
"Love Is a Losing Game".

Winehouse died of alcohol poisoning on 23 July 2011. Her album Back to Black subsequently became the UK's best-selling
album of the 21st century. In 2012, Winehouse was listed at number 26 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women In Music.

Amy Winehouse was born in the Southgate area of north London to Jewish parents. Part of her mother's family
originated in Russia. Her parents influenced her interest in jazz. Her father, Mitchell "Mitch" Winehouse, was a taxi
driver, her mother, Janis Winehouse (ne Seaton), a pharmacist. Her grandmother, Cynthia, was a singer and she had
an older brother, Alex (born 1979). Many of her uncles on the mother's side of her family were professional jazz
musicians. Her father Mitch often sang Frank Sinatra songs to young Amy, who also took to a constant habit of singing
to the point that teachers found it difficult keeping her quiet in class. Winehouse's parents separated when she was
nine.

1) According to the article, what makes Amy Winehouse a well known singer? (0.5)
2) Whats the name of her first album? (0.5)
3) What record did she bet? (0.5)
 4) What age was she when she died? (0.5)
5) How her parents influenced her interest in jazz? (0.5)
6) Why the album black to black became the UKs best-selling album of the 21st century? (0.5)
7) The article above is a biography as we studied. Knowing this give two characteristics of the genre biography. Take
examples from the article. (1.0)

8) Complete the chart according to the text above: (1.0)

Full name
Date of
birth
Place of
birth
Parents
name
Specialitie
s

9) Using the information above write a biography. (5.0)

Birth name: Michael Joseph Jackson

Also Known as: Michael Joe Jackson, The King of Pop, MJ.

Born: August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana, U.S.

Died: June 25, 2009 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Genres: R&B, pop rock, soul, dance, funk, disco, new jack swing.

Occupations: Singer-songwriter, musician, composer, arranger, dancer, choreographer, Record producer, actor, businessman.

Intruments: Vocals, drums, piano.

Years active: 1964- 2009.

Parents name: Katherine Esther Scruse and Joseph Walter Joe Jackson.