Special Bulletin: Reports

Famous people

Objectives

Make an effort to comprehend the article.

Work as a group to identify unknown words.

Create a short biography of a famous person.

Practice the speaking abilities by developing an interview.

Activity

First of all the teacher reads the article aloud and asks the students to underline the unknown words, then they must make a list for the teacher to give them the meaning in order to comprehen the article, afterward they will make small groups and they will be asked to think about a famous person who has done something important.
Write a biography trying to remember as many details as you can.

For example:
Where is he/she from?
Is he/she alive?
When did he/she die?
How and where did he live?
What did he/she do?
How did he/she do it?......etc..

After finishing the biography, adapt the information of your celebrity to an interview where 1 or 2 is/are the interviewer(s) and 1 is the interviewee. Make sure you write good questions and adapt them correctly.
Present your interview to the class, and make a small introduction of your celebrity.
Give an opinion on one/two of your favorite/hated celebrities.

Answer the following questions:

1. What is your favorite celebrity? (alive or dead)

2. Why is he/she your favorite one?

3. Who is the celebrity you hate the most? Why?

4. Who do you think should be the celebrity of the year? Why?