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Write a biography

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What Is a Biography?

A biography is an account of a person's life written by someone else. It should not be confused with an autobiography, which is a person's own account of their life, written by him or her.

To write a good biography, you'll need to take notes about the person you are writing about. That'll mean reading a few books about the person, or interviewing your subject if he or she is someone you know. You'll need information on the following:

  • Early life
  • Childhood
  • Adulthood
  • Hometown/country
  • Path to fame
  • Current life (if they're still alive)
  • Later life (if they're no longer alive)
  • Your feelings about the person

You'll use these notes as the basis for Amelia Earhart's biography, but you'll need to know how to put them into paragraph form.

Where’s is Amelia Earhart?

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This video listening activity about Amelia Earhart will help you to practice your English vocabulary and listening tasks.

Task 1: First listening

Click on the play button in the centre of the screen to watch the video. Listen to get the main idea of what the video is about. You can pause the video, or rewind it and watch it over again as many times as you feel you need to.

Task 2: Dictionary skills activity 

Here is a list of English words and expressions used in the video. Use a dictionary http://www.wordreference.com/engr/

to check the meaning of any new words and phrases. Check the meaning of the words:

  1. aviator
  2. pioneer
  3. purpose
  4. disappearance
  5. navigate
  6. proof
  7. mystery