Investigate a famous person's life

Classroom scenario: Investigate a famous person’s life.

Task : Report your findings on a handout.

Follow the steps:

Step 1: Choose a celebrity:

            1. Calamity Jane  

        or

            2. Roald Dahl

Step 2: Find information.

           Click on the links below:

1. Calamity Jane

http://www.calamity-jane.com/anglais/intro.htm

http://www.biography.com/people/calamity-jane-9234950

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WWcalamity.htm

access this link from your PC at home:

http://videos.arte.tv/fr/videos/la_petite_histoire_de_calamity_jane-3572942.html

2. Roald Dahl

http://www.roalddahl.com/

(Biography: childhood, school, children’s author, passions...)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001094/bio

http://www.biography.com/people/roald-dahl-9264648

Step 3: Use a search engine like "google" or "yahoo" to find other websites and other sources of information.

Step 4 (optional): If necessary, make a draft (brouillon) taking some notes in your copy book.

Step 5: Take the handout given by your professor. Write your full name, class and today’s date on it (in English please).

            Complete the clouds (nuages) with your findings (=data).

Step 6: Make a timeline (=chronology) with facts and dates.

Useful vocabulary

(s)he was born

(s)he grew up

(s)he went to school

(s)he got a job

(s)he married

(s)he died

Online dictionaries
Bilingue:
http://www.wordreference.com

Unilingue:
http://www.merriam-webster.com