Английские писатели. Пишем биографию (8 класс)

Жаглина Татьяна Владимировна, учитель английского языка
МБОУ гимназии №19 имени

Н.З.Поповичевой
г. Липецк

date of death
date and place of birth
success
later years
marriage
early years
childhood
books
BIOGRAPHY

Tyneside is now established as a lively cultural centre. desperate -

доведённый до отчаяния to escape - спасаться бегством security - а) безопасность b) благополучие, обеспеченность laundry - прачечная

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She bought a large house. She wrote

her first novel. She lived in Sussex. Her books were adapted for television. She married a schoolteacher. She returned to the North-east. She worked in a laundry.

Put these events into the correct order:

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

to escape that she moved south to Sussex in search

of respectability and security. 2. She worked in a laundry and saved as much as she could, so that she was finally able to buy a large house.

Which of these sentences from the biography describes purpose and which result?

1- result

2 - purpose

so that - purpose
Check your answers:

these patterns: so + adjective (+ infinitive) + that (result) so +

adverb + that (result) so that + sentence (purpose)

1. The people in the area were poor. The children didn’t have enough to eat.
2. Catherine wanted to find a better life. Catherine left the North-east.
3. Catherine needed money. Catherine worked in a laundry.
4. Catherine and her husband were always together. Catherine and her husband loved each other very much.

the children didn’t have enough to eat. 2. Catherine left

the North East so that she could find a better life. 3. Catherine worked in a laundry so that she could have money. 4. Catherine and her husband loved each other so much that they were always together.

Check your answers:

anything he wrote ³ ____ in his novels. He was⁴ ____

in the North – west of England⁵ ____ a life of poverty. He later⁶ ____ on his own childhood experiences for his novels.

Fill in the missing words:

was

as

about

born

into

drew

Father / clerk /

earned relatively little money 1822 Family moved to London / Charles's education interrupted by need to take poorly-paid work in factory / father got into debt and imprisoned / never forgot this terrible time 1823 Became solicitor's clerk 1824 Became newspaper reporter 1825 First short story published / anonymously 1826 Began writing under pen name “Boz” / described conditions of poverty in England 1836 Married Catherine Hogarth / had 10 children 1842 Visited USA / very well-known there 1837-65 Some of finest writing published, e.g. Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities. 1858 Dickens and wife separated / began to work very hard / eventually became exhausted and ill 1870 Died / buried Westminster Abbey.

In the 1820s, ... Between 1837 and 1865 ... Two

years later, ... Dickens, however, ... During his lifetime, ... As his health ... While..., It was in ... that he ... He then... Include some sentences with so ... that and so that... if possible.

Start each sentence in a different way:

famous for Main Body (Paragraph 2) - early years (when/where born, childhood, etc) (Paragraph 3) - later years (marriage, achievements, etc) Conclusion (Paragraph 4) - date of death, comments

Plan

a famous British writer, Charles Dickens.
YOU HOMEWORK:

- портрет Диккенса