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Mozart
Contributor: Steven Fawkes
Language of text: German
Type of text: Historical document
Author or source: http://www.schule-und-familie.de/
Intended age of students: Key Stage 3
Source reference: http://www.schule-und-familie.de/tipps-fuer-grundschueler/beruehmte-persoenlichkeiten/wer-war-wolfang-amadeus-mozart.html
Attached files:
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| Mozarts Leben.docx | No description | 15.29 kB | Info |
Approaches:
Learners can tackle this text in order to extract the 5 main points
or to make an illustrated version
or to translate the key features they identify
This website contain similar biographies of internationally famous people of a similar length and linguistic complexity
so the activity could become a regular feature
Alternatively learners could select from the list of famous people they want to read about and produce a class biographical anthology of their favourites, perhaps including images they research ethically.
Finally the format of the text could be replicated bt learners writing a brief biography of a favourite personality, or of themselves.
Rationale:
Non-fiction text in the form of a brief biography
Outcomes:
Developing / Practising
Reading skills
Translating skills
Selecting skills
potentially Writing skills
Topics or themes:
Grammar:
Past Tense verbs
Strategies:
How much time required:
a lesson?