viernes, 6 de junio de 2008

Writing: A biography


- Find information about a person who has had a major influence on the world or your country. Answer these questions. The write a biography.

1.What is the person famous for?
2.How and when did he or she became famous?
3.What are his or her importnat achievements?


Remember to post your writing before Sunday midnight. thanks
and have an excellent weekend.


5 comentarios:

alejandra dijo...

Mother Teresa(Agnes Gondža Bojadžiu)

(August 26, 1910 – September 5, 1997)
Mother Teresa was born in Akopje, Kosovo in what is now the Republic of Macedonia.
At the age of 18 she was given permission to join a group of nuns in Ireland. After a few months of training Mother Teresa travelled to Calcutta, India where she formally accepted the vows of a nun.
Throughout her life Mother Teresa has been given some of the most prestigious awards throughout the Globe.
• Kennedy Prize (1971)
• The Nehru Prize –“for promotion of international peace and understanding”(1972)
• Albert Schweitzer International Prize (1975),
• The Nobel Peace Prize (1979)
• States Presidential Medal of Freedom (1985)
• Congressional Gold Medal (1994)
• Honorary citizenship of the United States (November 16, 1996),

Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Prize for work undertaken in the struggle to overcome poverty and distress, which also constitute a threat to peace.

Elena Corzo dijo...

Juan Pablo ll

Juan Pablo ll was born in Wadowice, Polonium in 1920 and dead in 2005 in Vatican City.

In 1942 income the clandestine seminary beginning career teologia and he was ordained priest in 1964.

The Pope Pablo Vl appointed archbishop in 1962 and cardinal in 1967.
Karol became Pope Juan Pablo ll from 1978 to 2005.
He traveled to Europe, Americas, Asia, Oceania, Africa; he visited 129 nations.
Over 27 years ago, he suffered an attack against his life in the piazza of San Pedro.
During 2005 Juan Pablo ll was hospitalized by respiratory distress syndrome and he died in April.

caro dijo...

Belisario Domínguez was a doctor and politic, is famous because he divulged a discourse that denounce the general Victoriano Huerta of usurper and assassin, this was the reason that he was assassinated.

He was born in Comitán in 1863, studied medicine; he was senator and died in 1913.

Today the republic senate brings the Belisario Domínguez medal to honor the persons for their civil valor. His achievements were help people and denounce the misery and the bad thing that he can saw in the government.

I choose this person because I think make the possible to come true his dreams and all that he plan.

caro dijo...
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Doctor Felix dijo...

Andrés Manuel López Obrador or "El Peje" is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). He born in November 13, in the year 1953 in Mexico. Actuality He is recognized by his followers as the leader of a civil resistance movement rejecting the results of the 2006 presidential election.
He was the Head of Government of the Federal District (in the capital of the country) from 2000 to 2005, before resigning in July 2005 to contend the 2006 presidential election, representing the Coalition for the Good of All, a PRD-led coalition that also includes the Convergence party and the Labor Party.
In the actuality He fight for the electric reform and for that the other countries cant buy the the energy reserves of the country. ( MEXICO )