BIOGRAPHY PART 2

NAME : ZASQHIA RAHMI DEWI

CLASS : XII IPS 3 

ABSENT : 36

Generic Structure of Biography Text 

• Orientation 

Orientation is the first part of the biographical text. This section includes an introduction to the character and background of the story or event that will be told in the next section. Orientation serves to make it easier for readers to understand basic information about the events being told. This section is also an introduction before going into a more detailed discussion.

• Important phenomenon 

Next up, important events. In this section, the story is told about a series of events, namely the main events experienced by the characthers. This section is arranged chronologically in order of time. Sometimes, the author also includes some comments on certain parts of the chronology of events. This section is also the core of biographical text because in this section the reader can take lessons and examples from the life of the character.

• Reorientation

The last reorientation. This section contains comments or concluding statements regarding the series of events that have been told previously. Reorientation acts as a closing on the biographical text and is optional. This section makes it easier for the reader to understand the events that have been told and to ubderstans why the character should serve as an example for many people.

LANGUAGE FEATURES OF BIOGRAPHY TEXT 

• Using the third person singular 'he', 'she' or 'it'
• Use verbs to describe events or actions taken by characters 
• Use passive verbs to describe events experienced by characters 
• Use adjectives to describe character traits, such as genius, diligent, tenacious 

Activity 3

1. Write an INVENTOR BIOGRAPHY, minimal 4 paragraph and attach picture in each paragraph and publish it in yout blog 

2. Record a video your read the paragraph in a good pronounciation creatively and publish in your youtube channel, attach the video in your blog 

Biography Benjamin Benneker 

Benjamin Banneker, (born November 9, 1731, Banneky farm [now in Oella], Maryland [U.S.]—died October 19? [see Researcher’s Note], 1806, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.), mathematician, astronomer, compiler of almanacs, inventor, and writer, one of the first important African American intellectuals.

Banneker, a freeman, was raised on a farm near Baltimore that he would eventually inherit from his father. Although he periodically attended a one-room Quaker schoolhouse, Banneker was largely self-educated and did much of his learning through the voracious reading of borrowed books. 

Early on he demonstrated a particular facility for mathematics. While still a young man (probably about age 20), he built a wooden clock that kept precise time. Banneker was encouraged in the study of astronomy by George Ellicott, a Quaker and amateur astronomer whose family owned nearby mills. 

As early as 1788, Banneker began to make astronomical calculations, and he accurately predicted a solar eclipse that occurred in 1789. In 1791, while working with Andrew Ellicott and others in surveying the land that would become Washington, D.C., Banneker made other astronomical observations.