CEIA CORONEL ENGLISH DEPARTMENT TEACHER.

EDITH ASCENCIO M

Writing a biography

TASK
* Consider these questions to write a short biography of a famous person who has fighten to protect
human rights

A Early life
1. Who is the famous person?
2. Where was he/she born?
3. When was he/she born?
4. Who were his/her parents , brothers and sisters?
5. What did his/her parents do?

B Childhood
1. What kind of childhood did he/she have?
2. Where did he/she go to school?

C Adulthood
1. What was his/her first job?
2. What other jobs did he/she do?
3. Did he/she marry? If so, who did he/she marry?
4. Did he/she have any children? How many?

D Becoming famous
1. What area of life is the person famous for? e.g. politics, music, film etc.
2. How did he/she first become interested/involved in this area?
3. What were the most important events he /she got involved in?
4. What were the most difficult times?
5. Did he/she meet any very interesting people?
6. Did he/she receive any awards for their work/achievements?

E. 1 . Life at the moment (if the person is still alive)

1. Where is the person living now?
2. How old is he/she now?
3. What is his/her life like now?
4. Have he/she had any important events recently?
5. Have he/she got any important events coming up in the near future?

E. 2 Later life (if the person is no longer living)

1. Where was the person living at the end of his/her life?
2. What was his/her life like at this time?
3. Where did he/she die?
4. When did he/she die
5. How did he/she die ?

F Your feelings about the person

1. Why did you choose this person to write his/her biography. Write two lines to answer.