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Date: from april 20th to april 24th (10th Week)
Performance Indicator: Writing short texts related to previously worked
topics
Class Purpose: Design a PowerPoint Slideshow about your autobiography
Basic Information:
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
An autobiography is the history of the life of a person, written and told by that person. Autobiographies are typically written in the first person (I, Me, My). An autobiography usually tells about the important events in a person's life in chronological order (place and date of birth, family members, childhood experiences, important events, among other relevant elements).
First Activity:
1. Watch the following videos with examples and different points of
view about what a biography is:
2. Watch and read the following Portable Document Format (PDF)
designed by a student from Marceliana Saldarriaga School.
The information about the names, group and date of the document
are not real and the pictures of the slideshow were covered to
preserve the privacy of the student and her family.
3. Write your own autobiography in PowerPoint. Keep in mind the
following parameters:
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Design a PowerPoint slideshow (at least 12 slides are required).
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Use simple tenses ( present, past and future ) to write your autobiography.
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Write, at least, two sentences for every slide.
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Add some pictures to the slides.
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write about your place and date of birth, your age, your family members, your friends, your personality, the things you like to do, the things you don't like to do, the things you love, the things you hate, your plans and expectations for the future, and additional aspects you want to mention.
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Send the PowerPoint slideshow to your teacher's mail before monday, April 27th.
4. Use the following parameter to name your PowerPoint file:
GROUP_LAST NAMES_CLASS#, for example: NOVENO1_ESCOBARGIL_CLASS1
teachermarco@gmail.com
(9th 1, 9th 2, 9th 3)
juanmosquera@iemarcelianasaldarriaga.edu.co (9th 4)
SECOND ACTIVITY
1. Remember to practice on Duolingo platfrom from Monday to Friday (50 EXP)
Words bank (Glossary):
Told: [toʊld] v to tell (past participle): Contado, Contada.
Written:[ˈrɪtən] v to write (Past participle): Escrito, Escrita.
Typically:[ˈtɪpɪkəli] adv : Normalmente, Tipicamente.
Childhood: [ˈtʃaɪldhʊd]n : Infancia, Niñez.
Insights:[ɪnsaɪtz] npl : Percepciones.Conocimientos.
Feelings:[ˈfilɪŋz]npl : Sentimientos.
Brainsorm: [ˈbreɪnˌstɔrm]n :LLuvia de ideas.
Introduce yourself: vtr + refl [ˌɪntrəˈdjuːs jʊərˈsɛlf] : Presentarse.
Convey:[kənˈveɪ]: vtr : Expresar. Transmitir.






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