- Although you might have already chosen a candidate for your investigation, you should first do a quick reading (skimming, scanning) of the, for example Wikipedia article, to see if you find information that will be interesting for your audience (your classmates).
- You can check internet for ideas, like here, or here.
- The biography of a member of the family can be a very interesting investigation.
- A biography is a chronological report. This means the text follows the natural flow of time (chronos). So the classic structure is from birth to death.
- You might want to use a more original and sophisticated approach. You might want to start with his last days (death) and then, like in a flashback, go to the past.
- Birth: Date (during a war, a crisis) Place (the city, the country, rich or poor area)
- Family background (rich, poor, educated,...)
- Early school years (personality as a kid, friends, hobbies, studies,...)
- Teen years (becoming an adult, 13-19). Secondary school
- University (career, failure or success, his marks,...)
- Love and marriage (children, home,...)
- Work (first jobs, changes of company,...)
- MAIN CONTRIBUTIONS: The peak of his career, what he or she is famous for.
- Older age, retirement. What he or she does after his main contributions.
- Death
D. PLANNING AND NOTE-TAKING
- You will start by taking notes on paper. You should record all relevant information, making sure to check for the interesting facts.
- Use the 10 numbers above to classify
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