This document provides guidance on writing a biography text. It discusses the social function of biographies, which is to informally report on someone's life. It outlines the typical structure of a biography as having an introductory paragraph with background on the subject, paragraphs in chronological order recounting key events in the person's life, and a concluding paragraph commenting on their achievements. Linguistic features common to biographies are also identified, such as using names, past tense verbs, and time connectives. Learners are instructed to watch a video about a famous figure, identify details about them, and outline the structure of a biography on that person.

1. The Famous People
Dwi Firli Ashari

2. Text
The Mime Game

3. Review
• What have you learned on the previous
meeting?
• What are the expressions that we use to invite
someone orally?

4. Learning objectives
• Be active in learning process individually and in
group
• Comprehend the biography text (social
function, structure and linguistics features)
• Differentiate and identify the structure of
biography text
• Identify the linguistic features of biography text
• Be able to write the simple biography text

5. Do you know?
• What is the name of
this picture?
• Who invented this
picture?
• When the picture is
invented?

6. You will watch the video
On the video, please identify:
•Who is the figure that is discussed?
•What are the masterpiece that the figure
make?
•Why many people recognize that the
figure is the famous person?

9. The social function of the text
• The social function of the text: to report on a
personal’s life in an informative and
entertaining manner

10. The Structure of the text
1. The opening paragraph gives the reader the
background information as to why this person is
important and should have a biography written
about them
2. The recount then unfolds in paragraphs that retell a
series of events, usually told in chronological order
3. The final paragraph is a conclusion with a comment
on the contribution this person has made or a
summary and evaluation of the person's
achievements

11. The language features of the text
1. Use of names of specific people
2. Mainly written in simple past tense (the final
paragraph could also include the present
tense)
3. Use of connectives to do with time (last year,
then, at the same time, next, on Tuesday 24
May, later, before, meanwhile).
4. Use of action verbs (painted, wrote,
invented, discovered).

12. Let’s
read

13. On the text…
Please identify some components:
1.The opening paragraph
2.The story of the figure on the past and why
the figure is famous among the society
3.The final paragraph

14. Let’s make an outline
Outline

15. On the outline, please write
• Title (the person that will be a focus on your
text)
• General overview of:
– The opening paragraph
– The story of figure in the past and why the figure
is famous among the society
• The final paragraph