CEIP CRISTO REY

3rd CYCLE

2013/2014
ENGLISH

HOW TO WRITE A BIOGRAPHY

1) Know what a biography is. A biography is the story of a real persons life
(so not a fictional character) written by someone other than that person.
It can be a page or several books long.
Biographies explore the events in a persons life and find meaning within
them.
2) Following the steps:

1) KNOW:

2) OBTAIN:

Date of birth

Details about family and

childhood

Date of death

3) ANALYZE:
Academic Training
Profession

5) BE AWARE OF:
Facets more relevants
Consequences
Influences in society

4) MARK:
Information about the
period/time

6) APPRECIATE:
The person / subjetc
The roles
Subsequence influences

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3) An example: Nelson Mandela s Biography

Basic
datums

Occupation: President of South Africa and Activist.

Born: July 18, 1918 in Mvezo, South Africa
Died: December 5, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa
Best known for: Serving 27 years in prison as a protest against apartheid
Indicamos su profesin, cuando naci, muri y el motivo por el que esta persona es tan conocida.

A short
intriduction

Who was? Nelson Mandela was a civil rights leader in South Africa. He fought
against apartheid, a rights. He served a good portion of his life in prison for his
protests, but became a symbol for his people. Later he would become president of
South Africa.
No tenemos que ponerlo tan largo, bastar con Galileo Galilei was an important astronomer por ej.

Where did Nelson Mandela grow up? Dnde creci y estudi

Escribimos donde naci. Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918 in South Africa.
Escribimos donde estudi. He studied at the school and at the College of Fort Hare.
Y qu estudi . Mandela got his law degree in the University of Witwatersrand.

What did Nelson Mandela do? Qu hizo. Escribiremos los hechos y actos mas importantes

que ha realizado y que consecuencias tuvo para la sociedad, para el mundo. Realizamos un pequeo
resumen de lo ms importante de esta persona, podemos tomar de ayuda la informacin que aparece
en nuestro libro. Sera interesante ampliar un poco la informacin.

Nelson Mandela became a leader in the African National Congress (ANC).

He protestted to follow Mohandas Gandhi's non-violence approach.
He spent 27 years in prison because he wanted all people of all races to have equal
rights in South Africa.
Later, Nelson continued his campaign to end apartheid. With his hard work and life
long effort, people apartheid were allowed to vote in the elections.
He won the election and became president of South Africa in 1994.
** Fun facts about Nelson Mandela Datos relevantes y/o curiosos a lo largo de su vida.
Nelson won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
July 18th is Nelson Mandela day.
He had six children and twenty grandchildren.

CEIP CRISTO REY

3rd CYCLE

2013/2014
ENGLISH