Comprehension: 2.5 Explore Biographies (Tuesday; 28/9) (Wednesday; 29/9)
K: Know the difference between biographies and news articles.
U: Understand the features of a biography.
D: Identify the differences between a biography and a news article.
Words of the Day
1. Biography
2. News article
Woohoo!
Please refer to pages 55 and 56 in your learner book. Take 5 minutes to read this biography and the news article from our previous lesson.
Task Time
Please refer to page 56 in your learner book. Please write only your answers in your Comprehension book. Let's do 1a until 1f.
Once done, please submit your pictured/scanned works in the discussion room:
Sample answers (Some may be short, so please type in full)
ReplyDelete1a. The biography stated her exact birthplace. It also stated her birthdate.
1b. It is in 3rd POV. It is impersonal as it uses formal English, hence does not use contractions.
1c. Biography focuses about someone's personal life and is usually in the past. News article focuses on reporting incidents or events that had happened or that are currently happening.
1d. It is positive, uses formal English. It is chatty because it does not focus about anything else besides Malavath herself. Since it uses formal English, it is impersonal.
1e. Purpose - Readers to gain more information about a specific person.
Audience - Readers who are interested in finding out about the person.
Language - Formal English
Layout - 5W1H
1f. Biography is non-fiction. Fiction mostly uses imagination and non-fiction heavily relies on facts. I have read many biographies about fictional characters. Some of these biographies are Takumi from Fire Emblem Fates and Red from Pokémon.
Sample answers (Some may be short, so please write your answers in full)
ReplyDelete1a. The biography stated her exact birthplace. It also stated her birthdate.
1b. It is in 3rd POV. It is impersonal as it uses formal English, hence does not use contractions.
1c. Biography focuses about someone's personal life and is usually in the past. News article focuses on reporting incidents or events that had happened or that are currently happening.
1d. It is positive, uses formal English. It is chatty because it does not focus about anything else besides Malavath herself. Since it uses formal English, it is impersonal.
1e. Purpose - Readers to gain more information about a specific person.
Audience - Readers who are interested in finding out about the person.
Language - Formal English
Layout - 5W1H
1f. Biography is non-fiction. Fiction mostly uses imagination and non-fiction heavily relies on facts. I have read many biographies about fictional characters. Some of these biographies are Takumi from Fire Emblem Fates and Red from Pokémon.