PEOPLE'S LIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

How are  people's lives and achievements documented and recorded?                          

                                                 Let's find out:

                                  

Biographical works in diverse media—from literature to film—form the genre known as               biography.

A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life.   It entails more than basic facts (education, work, relationships, and death), biography also portrays a subject's experience of these events. It presents a subject's life story, highlighting various aspects of his or her life, including intimate details of experience, and may include an analysis of a subject's personality.       People who become the subject of biography are usually famous or notorious-as statesmen, warriors, writers, inventors, scientists, captains of industry, artists, campaigners, criminals. The biographer normally attempts to shed light on the publicly known-the claims to fame-of the subject. The most characteristic connections, then, are between the public and the private-the origins, inspirations, costs, lapses, vicissitudes of fame or notoriety.

An authorized biography is written with the permission, cooperation, and, at times, participation of a subject or a subject's heirs.

An autobiography is about a life of a subject, written by that subject or sometimes with a collaborator.

References:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biography

 http://human-nature.com/rmyoung/papers/paper48h.html

Now we are going to get into the life of  a very well-known writer. Let’s see how much you know about him.

                                   WHO WAS ERNEST HEMINGWAY? 

1.       Hemingway was born in

      a.      Australia

      b.      France   

      c.        USA  

      d.      UK

2.      He lived during

a.      The 17^th century

b.       the 18^th century

c.       The 19^th century

d.      The 20^th century

3.      Hemingway

    a.      Never got married.

    b.      Married just once.

    c.       Married twice 

    d.      Married four times

4.      He fought in the

   a.      The  first world war

   b.      The second world war

   c.       The Spanish war

   d.       The Vietnam war

5.  His first novel was called

a.      A Farewell to Arms

b.      The Sun also Rises

c.       For Whom the Bells Toll

d.      The Old Man and the Sea

6.      He loved

a.      Painting the characters in his novels

b.      Travelling around the world

c.       Hunting

d.      Drinking tea

7.      He won

a.      the Pulitzer Prize

b.      The Oscar Award

c.       The Nobel Prize

d.      The Royal Academy of Arts Award

8.     He died

a.       By  taking his life away

b.      Due to a car accident

c.       During the war

d.      Due to a severe illness

To  check your answers and learn a bit   more about Hemingway, watch this video:

                                 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35vrg7a64nY   

                                                                                            Music credits:

   Edith Piaf - L'Hymne a l'amour

   Albert Farrington - It's a Long Way to Tipperary

   Georges Brassens - Le vieux Leon

   Ignacio Pineiro - Echale Salsita

   Frank Sinatra - Don't Worry 'Bout Me

Your Turn: Recreating Heminway’s Bio 

Follow the link below, click on the bio cube creator and fill in the corresponding information. When you finish, save your work and print a copy to hand in  to your teacher. Enjoy!

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/cube_creator/