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.

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 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.

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 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 :7

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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?

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 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.

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
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.