Part 2 Constructing Biography Texts

Task 1
Think of a famous living person. Answer the following questions about the person.
Task 1: Pre writing
1. What is the person’s name and where is he/she from?
Joko Widodo, byname Jokowi is from Surakarta, Central Java.
2. What things did he/she do to become famous?
He is a businessman, politician, government official who served as mayor of Surakarta in
2005, as governor of Jakarta in 2012 and as president of Indonesia in 2014.
3. How long has he/she been famous?
He has been famous since he ran in the mayoral race in Surakarta in 2005.
4. Have you seen him/her on television or in real life?
Yes, I have seen him many times on television.
5. What is he/she like?
He is a humble person who always goes to the field which is called blusukkan and speaks in a
polite way. He is an optimistic leader who believes that Indonesia can be better year by year
if the people work hard together to make the good change for the country.
6. What does he/she do now?
He is the president of Indonesia
7. Why is this person important to you?
He is an important person to me and to my country because he is the leader of our country
that we believe he has anticorruption platform in his governance.