Welcome to English Lesson

With English Teachers’ Association

Of SMKN 1 Luragung
 Question
Do you know the definition of idol?

Do you have an idol?

Who is your idol?

Do you know about your idol?

Where do you know about your idol?

Why did you choose him to be your idol?

Biography Text
 Benefits
To know the way of life of a
character.

Inspire through character stories.

 Goal
Able to story tell a figure's
 BIOGRAPHY TEXT
Biography text is told someone or
whole parts of detailed
information a bout a figure’s life.
 3 Kinds of Biography
1. Short biography
This covers concise and important information such
as the figure’s family, educational background,
achievement and the figure’s contribution for people.

2. Long biography
This covers more detailed information on the figure’s
life such as the figures experiences in many events.

3. Autobiography
Biography written by the figure themselves.
The Generic Structure of biography text
Orientation
This is the beginning paragraph, conducting
introduction/background information such as the figure’s
name, place and date of birth, etc.

Events
Event should be organized in chronological order. It contains
the figure’s experience of certains events and how they
handled it.

Re-orientation
This content conclusion, writer’s comments or the figure’s
end, achievement/contribution to people
Language Feature of biography text
Past tenses
Using past tenses since the activities mentioned in the
biography happened in the past. Example:
- “He studied at SMKN 1 Jakarta”
- “He had finished his bachelor’s degree before he reached 22
years old”

Temporal conjunction
To connect one sentence to another in time relation.
Example:
“He went to Surabaya when he was 7 years old”
Activity 3: Answer the question bellow
based on the video above!
1. What is the video tell about?
Answer: ……………………………………………………………………………………….
2. What do you know about him?
Answer: ……………………………………………………………………………………….
3. When did he was born?
Answer: ……………………………………………………………………………………….
4. When did he become president?
Answer: ……………………………………………………………………………………….
5. Who is the president replaced by B.J. Habibie?
Answer: ……………………………………………………………………………………….
Activity 4: In group, answer the following
questions.
 1. What is the aim of the author with the video?
 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 2. What is the social function of the text?
 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 3. What is the structure of the text?
 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 4. If told to make a biography text, whose figure will you make?
 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 5. Why did you choose him to make his biography text?
 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 Reflection
a) Have you understood the teacher’s explain
about biography text?

b) Do you have any difficulty with this

material? How do you solve it?

c) Do you feel happy in learning English

today?
Thank you…..
See you next week