Writing a Biography

The Famous People

Dwi Firli Ashari

Text

The Mime Game

Review

• What have you learned on the previous meeting?

• What are the expressions that we use to invite someone orally?

Learning objectives

• Be active in learning process individually and in group

• Comprehend the biography text (social function, structure and linguistics features)

• Differentiate and identify the structure of biography text

• Identify the linguistic features of biography text• Be able to write the simple biography text

Do you know?

• What is the name of this picture?

• Who invented this picture?

• When the picture is invented?

You will watch the video

On the video, please identify:•Who is the figure that is discussed?•What are the masterpiece that the figure make?•Why many people recognize that the figure is the famous person?

The social function of the text

• The social function of the text: to report on a personal’s life in an informative and entertaining manner

The Structure of the text

1. The opening paragraph gives the reader the background information as to why this person is important and should have a biography written about them

2. The recount then unfolds in paragraphs that retell a series of events, usually told in chronological order

3. The final paragraph is a conclusion with a comment on the contribution this person has made or a summary and evaluation of the person's achievements

The language features of the text

1. Use of names of specific people

2. Mainly written in simple past tense (the final paragraph could also include the present tense)

3. Use of connectives to do with time (last year, then, at the same time, next, on Tuesday 24 May, later, before, meanwhile).

4. Use of action verbs (painted, wrote, invented, discovered).

Let’s read

On the text…

Please identify some components:

1.The opening paragraph

2.The story of the figure on the past and why the figure is famous among the society

3.The final paragraph

Let’s make an outline

Outline

On the outline, please write

• Title (the person that will be a focus on your text)

• General overview of:– The opening paragraph– The story of figure in the past and why the figure

is famous among the society

• The final paragraph