Discuss about the news.
Practice the past simple and the verbal forma "USED TO"
Learn and work on Biographies.
Make a little project about a piece of news.
This Project for 2nd ESO deals with BIOGRAPHIES and NEWS.
Students will choose a relevant writer, scientists, artist, or famous character in general.
They must look for the information in an English-written web page (such as www.wikipedia.org/english).
PART 1. BIBIOGRAPHY. Prepare a chart to complete with information:
A photograph to make a description of the character/celebrity
NAME AND JOB: His name is/was ....
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: He was born in...
EDUCATION AND CAREER : He studied... in ...
FAMILY LIFE : He had two brothers and one sister. He as the youngest/oldest. He was married. He got divorced... etc.
ACHIEVEMENTS/WHY HE/SHE IS IMPORTANT: He is very famous because // the reason why we talk about him/her is because he did...
DATE OF DEATH (if dead) he died in...
PART 2. NEWS.
Choose one of the following tasks
A piece of news telling something about him/her.
An interview pretending you have your famous character in front of you.
Pretend you are a news reporter and tell us about this character or something he/she has done.
Structures:
Good morning and welcome to ".." news. My name is...
We are here today to tell you the breaking news about:
where?
when?
what?
Last night... // it was ten O'clock when...
Conclude:
And that is all from Seville. My name is .... and this is "Student news for you..."
What is the reporter's name?
what happened?
where?
Who is missing?
What did the government do?
Where did the las hot-air balloon accident take place?