Learning activity 4

Evidence: Consolidation activity

Stage 1: The person I admire the most

A. What to do?

Write a biography of the person you admire the most. This person can be, for
example, a public figure, a celebrity, a politician, a world leader or someone
close to you, a relative.

Note: The person you choose cannot be the same chosen for Evidence 3
of this learning activity.

B. How to do it?

You need to carry out some research in order to collect the necessary
information for writing the biography. If the person chosen is a public figure,
you can surf the web in order to get the details you are going to include. On
the contrary, if the person chose is someone you know personally, you can set
up an interview in order to ask the person the questions you may have about
his / her life.

Here is an outline we suggest following for writing the biography. We have

chosen Charles Darwin (public figure), an influential scientist of the
nineteenth century, as example for the outline.

Suggested outline
1. Early life and education.
2. Voyage of the Beagle.
3. Darwin's evolutionary theory.
4. Overwork, illness, and marriage.
5. Natural selection.
6. Geology books, barnacles, evolutionary research.
7. Publication of the theory of natural selection.
8. Responses to publication.
9. Descent of man, sexual selection, and botany.
10. Death and funeral.
Stage 2: My admiration for…

A. What to do?

In this section, you will record a tape or video in which you orally present the
person you chose in Section 1. For this part of the evidence you need to
present the biography as well as explain and illustrate the reasons why you
admire this person.

He was born on August 4, 1961 in the city of Honolulu, Hawaii. Son of Barack
Obama Sr, a Kenyan economist; and Stanley Ann Dunham, an American
anthropologist.

When he was two years old, his parents separated. His mother married Lolo
Soetoro, and in 1967 he moved with his family to Indonesia, the country of origin of
his new husband.

Obama attended local schools in Jakarta until he was ten years old. He then
returned to live in Honolulu with his maternal grandparents and in 1971 he was
enrolled in the fifth grade of the Punahou School, where he remained until his
graduation from high school in 1979.

Once he finished his baccalaureate, he moved to the Angels and began his studies
at Occidental College for a period of two years, after which he transferred to
Columbia University in New York City, in the career of Science Politics. He
graduated with an undergraduate degree in Liberal Arts from Columbia in 1983; I
also work at the Business International Corporation and the New York Public
Interest Research Group; at the end of 1988 he studied law at Harvard Law School
where he was selected as editor of the Harvard Law Review.
He announced his candidacy for the United States Senate in 2003 and was finally
elected to the Senate in November 2004.

In 2008 he became the candidate of the Democratic Party and on November 4 of

the same year he became the elected president of the United States after defeating
the Republican John McCain.

He also received the Nobel Peace Prize.

during his two mandates he promoted economic policies such as the Reinvestment
and Recovery Act of 2009, the Unemployment Insurance Employment
Reauthorization and Creation Act, the Patient Protection Law and Affordable
Medical Assistance, increased the presence of US troops in Afghanistan, signed
the new START III treaty on arms control with Russia, announced the death of
terrorist Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, also created relations between Cuba and
the United States in 2015 and finally on January 20, 2017, he left the White House.

Now I'm going to talk about the characteristics that I admire about him.

I admire President Barack Obama because he was a great leader. Since he was
very cautious in making important decisions without harming the integrity of his
nation, for example: by ordering US military intervention in the Libyan conflict and
the increase of US troops in Afghanistan. In addition, he benefit to the population of
his country with the Law of Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care, which
allowed access to 20 million people to health coverage that until then did not have
it. It also stabilized the US economy that was damaged by the financial crisis;
through the stimulus policy, it generated conditions that have allowed the creation
of employment for 75 consecutive months.

Besides being a person responsible for not neglecting his family for his work.
B. How to do it?

Record an audio or a video in the device of your preference. Before start the
recording, you need to organize the information you are going to introduce.
Your presentation has to include the following aspects:

1. An introduction.
2. A description of the biography.
3. Arguments and illustrations supporting your admiration for this person.
4. A conclusion.
5. Sources (In the event you consulted any articles, the web, journals, etc.)

Note: During the presentation you need to include the appropriate

signpost language for oral presentations and also some of the
vocabulary related to responsibility and leadership.

Stage 3: Submitting my evidence

When you finish your work, send the files to your instructor through the platform
as follows:

1. Click the title of this evidence.

2. Click Examinar mi equipo and look for the files in your computer. Make sure
the files are attached.
3. Leave a comment for the instructor (optional).
4. Click Enviar.

Important: The platform will only allow you to submit your files once. Please,
make sure you upload the two (2) files when submitting your evidence.
Note: This evidence is an individual activity. Remember to check the learning
guide in order to know if you have done all the assigned activities, know how to
develop them and deliver them correctly.
 Criterios de evaluación
 Expresa ideas sobre productividad y responsabilidad usando el
vocabulario requerido.

 Prepara presentaciones orales haciendo uso del vocabulario y las

diferentes estructuras gramaticales requeridas.

 Expresa ideas sobre liderazgo y responsabilidad usando el vocabulario

requerido.

 Combina diferentes tiempos verbales para expresar ideas, usando la

estructura y el vocabulario requerido.

 Usa expresiones idiomáticas teniendo en cuenta el vocabulario y contexto

requerido.

 Expresa reflexiones críticas sobre el pasado en el contexto requerido.