4. Listen to the monologue again and complete the table with the right year.

Year Event
… Wage Rudolf Supratman was born in Purworejo
… He entered Budi Utomo elementary school in Cimahi.
… He was taken by Rukiyem and sent to ELS.
… He dropped out because the fact that he was not of European descent was revealed.
… His brother-in-law, van Eldik, gave him a violin as a seventeenth birthday present.
… He graduated from Malay school.
… He attended Dutch language courses and graduated.
… Supratman and van Eldik founded a jazz-styled band, called Black & White.
… He began to feel ill.
… He resigned as Sin Po journalist and settled in Cimahi, then Palembang.
… [al He died at 01.00 a.m. and his remains were buried in Kenjeran, Surabaya.
… His bones were moved to Tambak Segaran Wetan cemetery.

5. Write five questions about W.R. Supratman in the table. Do this in pairs/groups.
Each student must write the questions on his/her own paper.

Number Student 1 Student 1 Student 1

 Without your partner, interview other students.

• Write down their answers.
• Return to your original partner(s) and share and talk about what you found out.
• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

6. Discuss the following questions with your friends and your teacher.
a. What did you learn from the text about W. R. Supratman?
b. What did the writer tell you at the beginning?
c. What did the writer tell you after that?
d. Did the writer tell you about W. R. Supratman's?
• education
• work
• relationships with others
• death
8. Read this extract about 'Cut Nyak Dhien'. Discuss the following questions.

. a) What is the text mostly about?

b) What is the most important idea of the text?
c) What do the details tell about the main idea? Complete the column.

Who : ………………………………………
What : ………………………………………
When : ………………………………………
Where : ………………………………………
Why : ………………………………………
How : ………………………………………
Describe Cut Nyak Dhien : ………………………………………
Describe a place : ………………………………………
Describe thing : ………………………………………
Events : ………………………………………

9. Listen to the recording, and complete the text.

NELSON MANDELA

In his lifetime, Nelson Mandela was a man of 1. …………

He went from a militant 2. …………, to a prisoner, to
a unifying figure, to an elder statesman. Years after
his 1999 retirement from the presidency, Mandela was
considered the 3. ………… of state. He became a
yardstick for African leaders, who consistently fell short
when measured against him. Warm, lanky and 4. …………
in his silk, earth-toned dashikis, he was quick to admit
to his shortcomings, endearing him further in a culture in which leaders rarely do. His
steely gaze disarmed 5. …………. So did his
flashy smile.
Mandela was 6. ………… the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 for transitioning
the nation for fighting against 7. …………. For many South Africans, he was
simply Madiba, his traditional clan name.

10. Complete the blank spaces with a suitable word provided.

 MARTHA CHRISTINA TIAHAHU

Tiahahu was 1. ……….. in Abubu village on Nusalaut

Island, near Maluku, on 4 January 1800. Her father was
Captain Paulus Tiahahu of the Soa Uluputi clan. After
her mother died while she was 2. ……….. , Tiahahu
was 3. ……….. by her father. As a child, she was
4. ……….. and followed her father wherever he went,
at times joining him in planning 5. ………..
Beginning in 1817 Tiahahu joined her father in
6. ……….. war against the Dutch colonial government.They also backed Pattimura's
army. She saw several 7. ……………………. In a battle at
Saparua Island, the troops killed Dutch commander Richement and 8. …………….
his replacement Commander Meyer. Tiahahu, her father, and Pattimura were
9. ……………. in October 1817.

wounded born battles

stubborn a guerrilla raised

attacks an infant capture

11. Complete these extracts with the simple past tense form of the words in the
 brackets. Then say who the person is.

He 1. …………. (to be) one of the most well-known

leaders in the world. He 2. …………. (bear) on 15
January 1929 in Atlanta, the United States of America.
He 3. …………. (to be) a key personality in the civil
rights movement in America.

While he 4. …………. (to be) still a student, he

became interested in Mahatma Gandhi's idea of nonviolent resistance.
In 1959, he 5. …………. (go) to India to meet followers of Gandhi. He then 6. ………….
(become) certain that non-violent resistance 7. ………… (to be) the best way to fight for
freedom.

25. Write a simple biography of a famous person. Do some research and make
the notes. Use the notes to write a biography of more than 100 words.

You may use the following guide.

Write the name of a famous person

 Date of birth : …………………………………………

 Place of birth : …………………………………………
 Education : …………………………………………
 Career : …………………………………………
 Achievement : …………………………………………
 Date of death : …………………………………………
 Contribution : …………………………………………

26. Talk about the famous person in front of the class.

• Ask your friend to record your performance using a hand phone.

• If possible, prepare a presentation with a PowerPoint.
• Insert pictures or video of the famous person you talk about.

Use the following tips:

• Greet your audience. Tell them what you are going to talk about.
• Start your presentation by asking some simple questions about the person
you are going to talk about.
• Do a presentation by following the structure of a biography.
• Tell your feeling towards the person you talk about.
• Give a closing by saying 'thank you' to the audience for listening to your
presentation.