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.
Jesus of Nazareth biography
Born: 4 B.C.E., Bethlehem, Judea, Died: c. 29 C.E., Jerusalem, Judea

Judean religious leader, Jesus of Nazareth, also known as Jesus Christ, was the central personality and founder of the Christian faith.

Jesus (c. 4 BC – AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus Christ, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious
leader. He is the central figure of Christianity, the world's largest religion. Most Christians believe he is the incarnation of God the Son and
the awaited messiah (the Christ), prophesied in the Hebrew Bible. Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed
historically. The quest for the historical Jesus has yielded some uncertainty on the historical reliability of the Gospels and on how closely
the Jesus portrayed in the New Testament reflects the historical Jesus, as the only records of Jesus' life are contained in the Gospels. Jesus
was a Galilean Jew, who was baptized by John the Baptist and began his own ministry. His teachings were initially conserved by oral
transmission and he himself was often referred to as "rabbi". Jesus debated with fellow Jews on how to best follow God, engaged in
healings, taught in parables and gathered followers. He was arrested and tried by the Jewish authorities, turned over to the Roman
government, and crucified on the order of Pontius Pilate, the Roman prefect of Jerusalem. After his death, his followers believed he rose
from the dead, and the community they formed eventually became the early Christian Church. Christian doctrines include the beliefs that
Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit, was born of a virgin named Mary, performed miracles, founded the Christian Church, died by
crucifixion as a sacrifice to achieve atonement for sin, rose from the dead, and ascended into Heaven, from where he will return.
Commonly, Christians believe Jesus enables people to be reconciled to God. The Nicene Creed asserts that Jesus will judge the living and
the dead either before or after their bodily resurrection, an event tied to the Second Coming of Jesus in Christian eschatology. The great
majority of Christians worship Jesus as the incarnation of God the Son, the second of three persons of the Trinity. A small minority of
Christian denominations reject Trinitarianism, wholly or partly, as non-scriptural. The birth of Jesus is celebrated annually on 25
December as Christmas. His crucifixion is honored on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday. The world's most widely used
calendar era—in which the current year is 2022 AD/CE—is based on the approximate birthdate of Jesus. Jesus is also revered in other
religions. In Islam, Jesus (often referred to by his Quranic name ʿĪsā ) is considered the penultimate prophet of God and the Messiah.
Muslims believe Jesus was born of a virgin, but was neither God nor a son of God. The Quran states that Jesus never claimed to be divine.
Most Muslims do not believe that he was killed or crucified, but that God raised him into Heaven while he was still alive. In contrast,
Judaism rejects the belief that Jesus was the awaited messiah, arguing that he did not fulfill messianic prophecies, and was neither divine
nor resurrected.
 Jesus of Nazareth biography
The miracles

The records concerning Jesus report many miracles (an event that goes against the laws of nature and has suggested divine influence). For
centuries most people in civilizations influenced by the Bible not only believed literally in the miracles but took them as proof that Jesus
had supernatural (something that is not normal, possibly with a spiritual influence) power. Then, in an age of reason and distrust, men often
doubted the miracles and exposed the reports as dishonest. However, usually the Gospels report the healings as signs of the power of God
and His coming kingdom.

Teachings of Jesus

Jesus taught people in small groups or large gatherings; his lessons are reported in friendly conversations or in arguments with those who
challenged him. At times he made a particularly vivid comment in the midst of a dramatic incident. The starting point of Jesus' message, as
already noted, was the announcement of the coming of the kingdom of God. Since this kingdom was neither a geographical area nor a
system of government, a better translation may be "God's reign" (God being in existence everywhere). The rest of Jesus' teaching followed
from this message about the reign of God. At times he taught in stories or parables that described the kingdom or the behavior of people
who acknowledged God's reign. At times he pronounced moral commandments detailing the demands upon men of a loving and righteous
God. At times Jesus taught his disciples to pray: the words that he gave them in the Lord's Prayer are often used today. To some people
Jesus was a teacher, or rabbi. The healing ministry did not necessarily change that impression of him because other rabbis were known as
healers. But Jesus was a teacher of peculiar power, and he was sometimes thought to be a prophet (a person who tells of things that have
been made known to him or her by a divine power).

Arguments
For me Jesus is the most important person in history because his with his teachings changed the world over the centuries, he is always lived
without materials possessions, nor do I need to conquer or accumulate riches. Jesus left a very important lesson through time to love
neighbor as himself, preached the way to God to all people of all genres, races without social distinctions, he was humble and what he had
shared with others, revolutionized the ideas of the times and defended the poor, so I think he is the most important person in history and
followed his ideas not any religion, and as the song says, Jesus is a non-substantive verb.

Conclusion
This activity was done with the purpose of learning and getting to know the man, religious leader, the prophet and the divine being, try to
understand this being so complex and yet so simple person that is between the human and the divine and historical or myth that you most
admire.

Reference
Encyclopedia or world biography, Jesus of Nazareth biography, 1994, SlideShare Sitio web:

https://www.notablebiographies.com/Ho-Jo/Jesus-of-Nazareth.html

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Jesus, 2010, SlideShare sitio web:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus
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.