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Unidad 6. Healthy habits Phase 3, week 20

Content Biography of a beloved family member
• Completa la biografía de una celebridad utilizando verbos regulares e irregulares
en pasado simple
Production
• Diseña un poster, a mano o en computadora, describiendo la vida y obra
(biografía) de un miembro de su familia

Orientación sobre el uso de la guía

Esta es una guía que te dará las orientaciones para que construyas tu propio aprendizaje. Desarrolla paso a paso lo
solicitado y consulta los enlaces de sitios web que se sugieren para ampliar los temas desde casa. No es necesario
imprimir el documento, únicamente debes leer las orientaciones y resolver en tu cuaderno de clase.

1. Activities | Actividades

1.1 Activation

Esta guía tiene como objetivo que apliques y repases tus conocimientos sobre verbos regulares e irregulares
en pasado simple. Repasaremos las temáticas estudiadas en la unidad 6 del Programa de Inglés de 8o grado.

Instructions: Work on the following worksheets to review regular and irregular verbs in the Past Simple tense.
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PAST SIMPLE: REGULAR VERBS

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PAST SIMPLE: IRREGULAR VERBS

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1.2 Presentation

Instructions: Read the 4 biographies of famous people and match them to the pictures (A-B-C-D)

Example: A) John Lennon B) _______________ C) _______________. D) ________________

B) Edson Arantes Do Nascimento was born in

A) He was born in Liverpool, England in 1940.
October 23, 1940, in Brazil. He was the son of a
He wanted to be an artist. In 1962 he formed
minor league soccer player. He grew up in an
the band “The Beatles” with Paul Mcartney,
extremely poor neighborhood, where the only
George Harrison and Ringo Star. He married
entertainment for a poor boy was to play
Yoko Ono, a Japanese girl. The band divided in
soccer. He played for his first soccer team at the
1970. One of the greatest albums was “Let It Be”.
age of eleven. Some years later, Brito took him
In 1975 John´s and Yoko´s son, Sean was born.
to Santos where he became one of the best of
On December 8, 1980. Mark Chapman, a young
that soccer team. In 1970 he played for Brazil´s
man, shot John outside his home in New York.
World Cup team and brought the title to the
John died in a police car on the way to the
team. Then he played for the New York Cosmos
hospital.
of the North American Soccer League. In 1977
the cosmos won the league championship and
finally he retired after that victory.

D) She was born in Albania in 1910, and died in

1997. Her real name was Agnes Gonxha
C) He was born in San Francisco in 1955. He
Bojaxhiu. She became famous all over the world
became interested in computers when he was
for starting the Missionaries of Charity in
a teenager and attended lessons after school at
Calcutta, India. She began this work in 1950 and
Hewlett Packard (HP). In 1974, he got a job as a
for over forty years, she looked after the poor,
technician at the video game maker Atari. He
sick, orphaned, and dying. She won the Nobel
and Steve Wozniak founded Apple in 1976. They
Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work.
developed the Mac. It was the first small
She decided to become a nun when she was 12.
computer. He created Oscar-winning movies
She arrived in India in 1929 and became a nun
such as “Toy Story” and “Finding Nemo”. His
two years later. In 1946 she received a call from
name has a connection to innovate products
God to leave the convent and help the poor.
like the iPod, iPhone, iTunes and iPad. His
She was an international symbol of charity,
attention to design, function and style won him
visiting many countries to help poor children.
millions of fans. He died in October 2011, at the
After she died, the Pope started the process to
age of 56.
make her a saint.
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1.3 Practice

Review of Simple Past Tense with regular and irregular verbs.

Instructions: Complete the biography of the famous Canadian singer Justin Bieber using verbs in the past.

Example: Justin Bieber was (be) born born in 1994, in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. As a child, he had (have) a
lot of interest on music.

JUSTIN BIEBER

I. Complete the story with verbs in the past.

Justin Bieber _____________ (be) born in 1994, in Stratford, Ontario,

Canada. As a child, he _________ (have) a lot of interest on music.
He ____________ (begin) to perform when he ___________ (be) 12.
He _______________ (enter) to a local talent competition, and he
_________ (be) placed second. He _________ (get) the opportunity
of posting his performances in YouTube.

The videos soon __________________ (build) up a fan following,

and _________ (catch) the attention of talent agent Scooter Braun.
Braun ____________ (be) able to secure an audition with Usher
Raymond, who ____________ (be) impressed and _________ (help)
Bieber to sing a record deal. His first single “One Time”, ___________
(be) a worldwide hit. This was __________ (follow) by Bieber´s debut
album, “My World”, which _________ (be) an international smash.
He also ____________ (release) a successful concert fil Justin Bieber:
Never Say Never in 2011.

Bieber ____________ (try) his hand at acting. He _________ (play) a

youg killer in a episode of “C.S.I” in 2000. He has a large and loyal fan
base, who are said to have “Bieber Fever” and are nicknamed
“Beliebers”. Bieber continues with a hugely successful music career.
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1.4 Production

Final Project! Now it is time to work on it!

Topic: Biography.

Objective: Write a biography about a family member and his or her most
important achievements in life.

Instructions: Choose a family member who is alive or dead. It is your choice. Write about the most important
aspects and achievements of his or her life. You can follow the schema below. Second, write the biography
organized in paragraphs similar to the ones presented in the presentation and practice sections. Finally, you
are ready to present your project to your teacher Good luck!

Biography Report

Complete this profile for the relative you chose. Answering these questions will help you organize
your information in a very easy and professional way:

• Birth: date, place and other important details.

• Childhood: came from a big or small family, studies, important events.
• School experience: name of the school, where the school is or was.
• Young adult: where he or she lived, family life.
• Work life: job history.
• Accomplishments: what he or she did in life.
• Interesting facts: describe two or three facts.
• *Death: when and where she or he died (only if your relative is dead.)

Materials: Please, only use the materials available at home. This aspect is very important because you should
avoid going out. You can use pens, colored pencils, paper, cardboard, scissors, glue, pictures, real pictures of
your relative and places of cities and towns where he or she lived and grew up, or you can design and present
your projects using computer programs.

Working technique: Free. Be sure to use all your creativity on this project!

Presentation and due date: Wait for your teacher’s instructions.

Let's get started!

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2. Online resources | Recuersos en línea

En el vídeo podrás encontrar información para crear y decorar tu proyecto.

Da click sobre el link: https://bit.ly/3rK4ehW

3. Evaluation | Evaluación

• Completa la biografía de una celebridad utilizando verbos regulares e irregulares en pasado simple. (50%)
• Diseña un poster, a mano o en computadora, describiendo la vida y obra (biografía) de un miembro de su
familia. (50%)

4. Self-assessment | Autoevaluación

Cuando nos autoevaluamos, conocemos nuestras fortalezas y nuestras áreas de mejora. A continuación,
realizarás un ejercicio de reflexión sobre tu desempeño en las diferentes actividades de esta guía de auto-
aprendizaje.

Completa la tabla de acuerdo con tus avances.

Necesito
Criterio Sí, lo hago Aún no lo hago
trabajar más

Completo la biografía de una celebridad utilizando

verbos regulares e irregulares en pasado simple

Diseño un poster, a mano o en computadora,

describiendo la vida y obra (biografía) de un miembro
de mi familia