Amelia Earhart (1897–1937) a Earhart’s biggest achievement was her solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean on 20th May 1932. b Amelia Earhart was an American pilot. c She is an inspiration for people who want to follow a dream, but sadly, Earhart was lost at sea with her plane. d She was born on 24th July 1897 in Kansas. After one flight in a plane, flying was her only passion. A mini-biography Focus on linking language 1 Complete the sentences with words from the box. after but later so 1 Christopher Columbus was famous ... he sailed to the American continent. 2 Charles Darwin is famous for the theory of evolution, ... he was not the first person to write about evolution. 3 Americans wanted to honour Martin Luther King Jr., ... there is a national holiday to celebrate his life. 4 Malala Yousafzai was a very enthusiastic student. ... , she wrote a book and won a Nobel Peace Prize. 2 Put the paragraphs in the correct order. 36 Writing Do all exercises in your notebook A biography / Linking language II 4.4 LEARNING SITUATION Your local library wants more people to use the non-fiction section. Write a mini-biography for their new display. 3 PLAN Choose one of the people from this unit or someone else. Use the plan to make notes. Paragraph 1: name and profession Paragraph 2: childhood Paragraph 3: main achievement Paragraph 4: relevance today 4 WRITE Use your plan and the model to write your mini-biography. Remember to include linking words. 5 CHECK Read your mini-biography and check that it includes everything in your plan. ❚ Check you used was and were correctly. ❚ Make sure that you included linking language. NOW YOU! Communication Student A: go to page 61 Student B: go to page 64 Unit 4 Review page 57 Wordlist page 69 Richmond
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