Learning activity 4

Evidence: Consolidation activity

Stage 1: The person I admire the most

A. What to do?

Write a biography of the person you admire the most. This person can be, for
example, a public figure, a celebrity, a politician, a world leader or someone
close to you, a relative.

Note: The person you choose cannot be the same chosen for Evidence 3
of this learning activity.

B. How to do it?

You need to carry out some research in order to collect the necessary
information for writing the biography. If the person chosen is a public figure,
you can surf the web in order to get the details you are going to include. On
the contrary, if the person chose is someone you know personally, you can set
up an interview in order to ask the person the questions you may have about
his / her life.

Here is an outline we suggest following for writing the biography. We have

chosen Charles Darwin (public figure), an influential scientist of the
nineteenth century, as example for the outline.

Suggested outline
1. Early life and education.
2. Voyage of the Beagle.
3. Darwin's evolutionary theory.
4. Overwork, illness, and marriage.
5. Natural selection.
6. Geology books, barnacles, evolutionary research.
7. Publication of the theory of natural selection.
8. Responses to publication.
9. Descent of man, sexual selection, and botany.
10. Death and funeral.
 Suggested outline
Table Of Contents

1. Introduction
2. born
3. youth
4. his first songs
5. her first success
6. marriage
7. death
8. arguments
9. References
 1. Introduction

Next, one of the artists who was and continues to be one of the most influential in
the world of rock will be revealed.
Kurt Cobain, known as the pioneer of grunge, showed his life journey with his
music.
His legacy left great trajectories in his personal and professional life. Songs that
are still remembered by everyone today.

here he left a brief history of who Kurt Cobain was.

 2. born

Kurt Cobain was born in the state of Washington on February 20, 1967, into a
Christian family (he would later reflect this stage in the song "Lithium"). He lived
his first six months in Hoquiam, until his family moved back to Aberdeen.

His father was named Donald Leland Cobain and his mother Wendy Elizabeth
Fradenburg. He also had a younger sister, Kimberly, born April 24, 1970.3:1345
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He was listening to artists like the Ramones and also singing songs like
"Motorcycle Song" by Arlo Guthrie, "Hey Jude" by The Beatles, "Seasons in the
Sun" by Terry Jacks, and the theme song for the television series The Monkees
at an early age. 7

According to his parents, Cobain's life changed dramatically at the age of nine
due to his divorce.
 3. youth

He bounced from house to house and spent more time with his uncles (one of
them, Chuck, gave him his first guitar, at age 14). His best friend was Boddah, an
imaginary being who would accompany him until the very day of his suicide.

4. his first songs

One of those songs is "Spank Thru", which, according to Kurt and Krist, is the
first Nirvana song, and also the version presented comes from the demo "Fecal
Matter", with which Kurt would convince Krist to form a band. , and considered
the Holy Grail for many fans of the band. Then a foundation to help addicts was
created with the name of Cobain.

Cobain's best-known song is the grunge anthem, "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
There is a story behind that song: Kathleen Hanna, a friend of Cobain's, wrote
"Kurt smells like Teen Spirit" on the wall of his room, alluding to the Teen Spirit
deodorant used by Kurt's girlfriend at the time, Tobi Vail. Kurt did not understand
the joke and interpreted the phrase with a revolutionary meaning.
 5. her first success

The band achieved success with "Smells Like Teen Spirit", the first single from
their second album Nevermind (1991). Following the success of Nevermind,
Nirvana was labeled "the main band" of Generation X, and Cobain was hailed as
"the spokesman for a generation". Cobain, however, was often uncomfortable
and frustrated, believing that his His message and artistic vision had been
misunderstood by the public, with his personal problems often the subject of
media attention.
 6. marriage

1991 is a more accurate date, citing as evidence a 1992 Cobain and Love
interview with Sassy magazine in which the pair said they had met at an L7 and
Butthole Surfers concert.) In the weeks that followed, after learning from Grohl
that she and Cobain shared feelings for each other, Love began searching for
him frequently. After weeks of meetings and conversations, in the fall of 1991, the
two were seen together more often.

Around the time of Nirvana's performance on Saturday Night Live (early 1992)
Love discovered that she was pregnant.

A few days after the end of Nirvana's Pacific tour, on Monday, February 24,
1992, Cobain married Love on Waikiki Beach, Hawaii. On August 18, the
couple's only daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, was born. The reason for the
unusual middle name was that Cobain thought she looked like a bean on his first
ultrasound. The girl was named after Frances McKee of The Vaselines, of whom
Cobain was a huge fan.
 7. Death

On April 3, Love hired private investigator Tom Grant to find Cobain (Tom Grant
has subsequently disagreed with the official version of Kurt Cobain's death).
The next day, Love filed a missing person report under the name of Cobain's
mother without his permission. In addition, he added that he wanted to commit
suicide and that he was in possession of a firearm.21

On April 8, 1994, Cobain's body was discovered in a room above his garage by
Veca Electric employee Gary Smith. Smith arrived at the house that morning to
install an electrical security system and saw the body thinking it was a
mannequin.

With the exception of a small amount of blood coming out of Cobain's ear, Smith
reported that he had noticed no visible signs of trauma, and at first believed that
he was asleep.
 8. Arguments

I have chosen kurt cobain, because he is one of the most influential artists of a
generation that had no end, despite his sad and messy life, he achieved changes
in music, he was a good man but little understood.

He admired his music as he had a great impact and was the voice of a
generation in the world.

9. References

 Kurt Cobain. (s. f.). Wikipedia. Recuperado 4 de marzo de 2022, de

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Cobain#Courtney_Love
Stage 2: My admiration for…

A. What to do?

In this section, you will record a tape or video in which you orally present the
person you chose in Section 1. For this part of the evidence you need to
present the biography as well as explain and illustrate the reasons why you
admire this person.

B. How to do it?

Record an audio or a video in the device of your preference. Before start the
recording, you need to organize the information you are going to introduce.
Your presentation has to include the following aspects:

1. An introduction.
2. A description of the biography.
3. Arguments and illustrations supporting your admiration for this person.
4. A conclusion.
5. Sources (In the event you consulted any articles, the web, journals, etc.)

Note: During the presentation you need to include the appropriate

signpost language for oral presentations and also some of the
vocabulary related to responsibility and leadership.
Stage 3: Submitting my evidence
When you finish your work, send the files to your instructor through the platform
as follows:

1. Click the title of this evidence.

2. Click Examinar mi equipo and look for the files in your computer. Make sure
the files are attached.
3. Leave a comment for the instructor (optional).
4. Click Enviar.

Important: The platform will only allow you to submit your files once. Please,
make sure you upload the two (2) files when submitting your evidence.
Note: This evidence is an individual activity. Remember to check the learning
guide in order to know if you have done all the assigned activities, know how to
develop them and deliver them correctly.

Criterios de evaluación
 Expresa ideas sobre productividad y responsabilidad usando el
vocabulario requerido.

 Prepara presentaciones orales haciendo uso del vocabulario y las

diferentes estructuras gramaticales requeridas.

 Expresa ideas sobre liderazgo y responsabilidad usando el vocabulario

requerido.

 Combina diferentes tiempos verbales para expresar ideas, usando la

estructura y el vocabulario requerido.

 Usa expresiones idiomáticas teniendo en cuenta el vocabulario y contexto

requerido.

 Expresa reflexiones críticas sobre el pasado en el contexto requerido.