BIOGRAPHY

Compiled by Antin Suryani, S. Pd

Note for :
Task 1
 Read the text of Mark Zuckerberg (baca teks Mark Zuckerberg)
 Find the meaning of the text (pahami teks tersebut)
 Identify the text based on the explanation (on page 4-6) of Task 1 (identifikasi teks
tersebut sesuai dengan penjelasan mengenai Biografi) dari tugas ke-1
Task 2
 After you have learnt about the generic structure and language features of biography.
Please, find other biography of someone that you want to be like him/her. (Free)
Task 3
 Take a video by showing the picture of someone’s biography that you have found and
explain the picture. (Max: 2 minutes) (maksimal 2 menit berarti boleh kurang dari 2
menit.
 Then send to your English teacher’s E-mail :antinsuryadi@gmail.com

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 Mark zuckerberg
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984. He is an American computer
programmer and Internet entrepreneur. He is the chairman, chief executive officer, and
co-founder of Facebook. His net worth is estimated to be US$58.6 billion as of March
2017, ranking him the fifth richest person in the world.
He is the son of Karen (Kempner), a psychiatrist, and Edward Zuckerberg, a
dentist. His ancestors came from Germany, Austria, and Poland. He and his three sisters,
Randi, Donna, and Arielle, were brought up in Dobbs Ferry, New York, a small
Westchester country village about 21 miles north of Midtown Manhattan. Zuckerberg
was raised Jewish and had his Bar Mitzvah when he turned 13.
At Ardsley High School, Zuckerberg excelled in classes. He transferred to the
exclusive private school Phillips Exeter Academy, in Hampshire, in his junior year,
where he won prizes in science (math, astronomy, and physics) and classical studies. On
his college application, Zuckerberg claimed that he could read and write French, Hebrew,
Latin, and ancient Greek.
Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard University dormitory room on
February 4, 2004.he was assisted by his college roommates and fellow Harvard students
Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. The group
then introduced Facebook to other college campuses. Facebook expanded rapidly,
reaching one billion users by 2012. Meanwhile, Zuckerberg was involved in various legal
disputes brought by others in the group, who claimed a share of the company based on
their involvement during the development phase of Facebook.
In December 2012, Zuckerberg and his wife Priscill Chan announced that over the
course of their lives they would give the majority of their wealth to “advancing human
potential and promoting equality” in the spirit of The Giving Pledge. On December 1,
2015, they announced they would eventually give 99 percent of their Facebook shares
(worth about US$45 billion at the time) to the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative.
Since 2010, Time magazine has named Zuckerberg among the 100 wealthiest and most
influential people in the world as a part of its Person of the Year award. In December 2016,
Zuckerberg was ranked 10th on Forbes list The World’s Most Powerful People. According to
Forbes Magazine, Zuckerberg has a net worth of US$55.9 billion as of February 2017.

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 Task 1
CHECKLIST : BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Text
Features of a Biography/Autobiography ___________________
___________________

Is it clear who the writing is about?

Does the introduction make you want

to read on?

Are capital letters used for names of

people and places?

Is it written in the correct person eg. First

(autobiography) or third (biography)?

Does the text give you factual information

about the person and events?

Are the person’s feelings and emotions

included in the text?

Does it keep the reader interested

-using well-chosen words?

Does it have a satisfactory

conclusion/ending?

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Biography, form of literature, commonly considered nonfictional, the subject of which is the
life of an individual.

 HAVE YOU EVER READ A BIOGRAPHY?

MEMBACA KISAH INSPIRATIF DARI

SEORANG TOKOH YANG BERPENGARUH
DI DUNIA/ MUNGKIN DIHIDUPMU.

BIOGRAPHY

BIOS = HIDUP GRAPHIA=TULISAN

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FUNCTION OF BIOGRPAHY :
 To know the person’s story about his/her life outside of any accomplishments his/her
person may be known for.
 To give much information easily and educate the readers.
CHARACTERISTICS OF BIOGRAPHY :
 Biography is not written by subject and always written in the third person.
 Based on research.
 Describes the person’s surroundings (where, when, and how the person lived).
 Use vivid language to narrate events.

GENERIC STRUCTURE :
 biasanya berisi tentang biodata yang dinarasikan seperti nama
lengkap, tempat dan tanggal lahir.
 Berisi kejadian atau peristiwa yang dialami oleh tokoh.
Berisi penjelasan suatu cerita baik itu breupa pemecahan
Masalah, proses berkarir, dan berbagai peristiwa
Yang pernah dialami oleh tokoh hingga mengantarkannya
Pada sebuah kesuksesan.
 Bagian ini merupakan pandangan penulis kepada tokoh
yang dikisahkan.

ORIENTATION

EVENTS

RE-
ORIENTATION

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GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE FEATURES :
 Using simple past tense (Verb 2)
 Using temporal sequence (urutan waktu) and temporal conjunction (urutan konjungsi)
 Using action verb (kata kerja yang ada aktif/ada aksinya)

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Task 2
After you have learnt about the generic structure and language features of biography. Please, find
other biography of someone that you want to be like him/her. (Free)

Task 3
Take a video by showing the picture of someone’s biography that you have found and explain
the picture. (Max: 3 minutes) (maksimal 3 menit berarti boleh kurang dari 3 menit.
Then send to your English teacher’s E-mail :antinsuryadi@gmail.com