The written history of a person's life.

To retell the events of a person's life

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&ses specific participants (names)
Simple past tense ( the final paragraph could
include present tense)
Linking words to do with time.
ex: in 1874, when he was 13, at the same time,
next, may, later, before etc.
Verb action : taught, spoke etc
Young Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison, 1878.
Photo courtesy of U. S. Department of
Interior, National Park Service
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Thomas lva Edison was one of the greatest
inventors of all time. He lived from 1847 until 1931.
He was born in Milan, Ohio in 1847. n
1854 his family moved to Port Huron, Michigan.
When he was 12 he got very sick. s a result he
became partially deaf. He attended school for only
three moths there. So, his mother taught him
reading, writing and arithmetic.
n 1862, Edison saved a boy from being run
over by a train. The boy's father operated a
telegraph machine. s thanks, the father taught
Edison how to operate the telegraph. Later Edison
made improvement to the telegraph.
n 1876, Edison started the first industrial
research laboratory at Menlo Park, New Jersey.
One of his inventions is the long-lasting light bulb.
Thomas lva Edison died in 1931. When he
died all electric current in the country was turned
off.
lthough he did not have enough formal
education and was deaf, he became a famous
inventor. Once he said, "genius is one percent
inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
orientation
Series of
events
Reorientation
1. The orientation:
a. who is the person in the text?
b. why is he popular?
2. Complete the following time line.
a. 1847 : ____________________
b. 1854 : ____________________
c. 1862 : ____________________
d. 1876 : ____________________
e. 1931 : ____________________