BIOGRAPHIESAim: use the past simple tense to talk about famous people.

Complete their biographies:Complete their biographies:

Name: Name:

Find the meaning in spanishFind the meaning in spanish WAS BORN (ir):

SIGNED(reg):

BUILT (ir):

WAS (ir):

BEGAN (ir):

STARTED (reg) :

WAS BORN – SIGNED – BUILT - WAS (2) – BEGAN- WAS BORN – SIGNED – BUILT - WAS (2) – BEGAN- STARTEDSTARTED

Willard Christopher Smith. He _______ an American actor and rapper.

He ____ ______ in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Smith __________ his career as part of the pop-rap duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince. Smith ______ a charismatic and energetic performer, and in 1990 the NBC television network _________ him up and _____ a sitcom, The Fresh Prince of BelAir, around him. Smith _______ a successful movie career near the shows end with Bad Boys(1995).

Completa la biografía de Will Smith con los verbos dados Completa la biografía de Will Smith con los verbos dados en pasado:en pasado:

Find the meaning in spanishFind the meaning in spanish WAS BORN (ir):

GRADUATED(reg):

WAS (ir):

RECEIVED (reg):

Completa la biografía de Marthin Luther King con los Completa la biografía de Marthin Luther King con los verbos dados en pasado:verbos dados en pasado:

Martin Luther King, Jr.He _______ a Nobel Laureate Baptist

minister and African American civil rights activist. He ____ one of the most significant leaders in U.S. history.

He ________considered a hero, peacemaker and martyr.

He ____ ______ in Atlanta, Georgia .He _________ from Morehouse College with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He________his Ph.D. in systematic theology from Boston University in 1955.

graduated – was born – was (3) - receivedgraduated – was born – was (3) - received

Trabajo grupal (3 o 4 máx)Trabajo grupal (3 o 4 máx)Write a small biography about a famous

person.

Including:. Name. Date and place of birth. Where he lived. What he did. Some other important of his life fact. Date and place of dead. Cause of dead

Freddie Mercury’s biographyFreddie Mercury’s biographyFredie Mercury was born on September 5th in 1946, in Zanzibar.

He lived in Zanzibar and grew up there and in India. Fredie moved to England where he started his musical career. Mercury became a rock singer, musician,song-writer and record producer.

Mercury was known for his bisexual condition. He died on November 24th in 1991, when he was 45 years old, in Londond, England. The official cause of death was bronchial pneumonia, resulting from AIDS.

Adele- set fire to the rain.

Lesson’s aim: Students will be able to practice the listening skill and practice the past simple tense.

I _______ (let) it fall, my heart, And as it _________ (fall) , you _________(rise) to claim it, It was dark and I was over, Until you ________ (kissed) my lips and you saved me, My hands, they were strong, but my knees ________ (be) far too weak, To stand in your arms without falling to your feet, But there's a side to you that I never ___________(know), never knew, All the things you'd say, they ________ (be) never true, never true, And the games you'd play, you would always win, always win, But I set fire to the rain, ____________(watch) it pour as I touched your face, Well, it burned while I _________(cry), 'Cause I ____________(hear) it screaming out your name, your name, When laying with you I _________ (can) stay there, Close my eyes, feel you here forever, You and me together, nothing is better, 'Cause there's a side to you that I never knew, never knew, All the things you'd say, they were never true, never true, And the games you's play, you would always win, always win, But I ________ (set) fire to the rain, Watched it pour as I _________(touch) your face, Well, it burned while I cried, 'Cause I knew that that was the last time, the last time, oh, Oh, no, Let it burn, oh, Let it burn, Let it burn….

I. rose III. cried

fell heard

let watched

kissed

were

II. were IV. touched

knew set

Adele- set fire to the rain.

Lesson’s aim: Students will be able to practice the listening skill and practice the past simple tense.

I _______ (let) it fall, my heart, And as it _________ (fall) , you _________(rise) to claim it, It was dark and I was over, Until you ________ (kissed) my lips and you saved me, My hands, they were strong, but my knees ________ (be) far too weak, To stand in your arms without falling to your feet, But there's a side to you that I never ___________(know), never knew, All the things you'd say, they ________ (be) never true, never true, And the games you'd play, you would always win, always win, But I set fire to the rain, ____________(watch) it pour as I touched your face, Well, it burned while I _________(cry), 'Cause I ____________(hear) it screaming out your name, your name, When laying with you I _________ (can) stay there, Close my eyes, feel you here forever, You and me together, nothing is better, 'Cause there's a side to you that I never knew, never knew, All the things you'd say, they were never true, never true, And the games you's play, you would always win, always win, But I ________ (set) fire to the rain, Watched it pour as I _________(touch) your face, Well, it burned while I cried, 'Cause I knew that that was the last time, the last time, oh, Oh, no, Let it burn, oh, Let it burn, Let it burn….

I. rose III. cried

fell heard

let watched

kissed

were

II. were IV. touched

knew set