Escola Secundário com 3º CEB Dr. Joaquim de Carvalho – Figueira da Foz 8ºC

Prática Pedagógica Supervisionada de Inglês Maria Miguel V. Rocha October 2010

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Date: ______________________________________________

Barack Obama

1.1.1.1. Choose the correct verbsChoose the correct verbsChoose the correct verbsChoose the correct verbs belowbelowbelowbelow to complete the story of the to complete the story of the to complete the story of the to complete the story of the

life of Obama.life of Obama.life of Obama.life of Obama.

"Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States of

America. He is also the winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. He

made history in 2008 when he ____1 the U.S. presidential

election. He is the first African American to be President. Obama’s

charisma, intelligence, and powerful speeches _____2 him

extremely popular with many Americans. He ________3 with

his message for change.

Obama was born in Hawaii in 1961 to a black Kenyan father and

white American mother. His parents _____4 and his mother

_____5 an Indonesian man. Barack’s family _____6 to

Indonesia in 1967. He ______7 schools in Jakarta until he _____8 ten years old, when he _______9

to Hawaii. Obama ______10 in political science and international relations at Columbia University in New York.

After four years in New York, Obama _____11 to Chicago. There, he _____12 as the director of a community

project from 1985 to 1988. He ______13 Harvard Law School and ______14 the first black president of the

Harvard Law Review. Obama ______15 law at the University of Chicago Law School for twelve years. He

became an Illinois Senator in 1996.

In 2004, the American people ______16 Obama as a U.S. Senator. He _______17 legislation on

conservation, energy, immigration and honest leadership. Obama ______18 with serious issues such as the

economy, the global credit crisis and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan." Adapted from www.famouspeoplelessons.com/b/barack_obama.html

2.2.2.2. Now, tNow, tNow, tNow, take the words under ake the words under ake the words under ake the words under tttthe verbs, according to the order of the first exercise, and put them into the he verbs, according to the order of the first exercise, and put them into the he verbs, according to the order of the first exercise, and put them into the he verbs, according to the order of the first exercise, and put them into the

SSSSpeech Bopeech Bopeech Bopeech Box below.x below.x below.x below.

SSSSPEECH PEECH PEECH PEECH BBBBOXOXOXOX

One of the most important things of his speech, that Will.i.am worked on his song, was:

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Escola Secundário com 3º CEB Dr. Joaquim de Carvalho – Figueira da Foz 8ºC

Prática Pedagógica Supervisionada de Inglês Maria Miguel V. Rocha October 2010

3.3.3.3. Read the following sentences and say if they are true or false according to the textRead the following sentences and say if they are true or false according to the textRead the following sentences and say if they are true or false according to the textRead the following sentences and say if they are true or false according to the text.... True False

A) Barack Obama lost the Nobel Peace Prize. � �

B) He was born in Hawaii and his father is Kenyan. � �

C) Obama went to the university in Indonesia. � �

D) He only studied in the United States of America. � �

4.4.4.4. Complete the following table with the verbs used in the text.Complete the following table with the verbs used in the text.Complete the following table with the verbs used in the text.Complete the following table with the verbs used in the text.

Simple Past Negative (S. Past) Interrogative (S. Past)

Did ... attend?

Didn’t / did not battle

Divorced

Elected

Did ... enter?

Didn’t make

Returned

Did ... teach?

Didn’t win

5.5.5.5. With the information about Obama given With the information about Obama given With the information about Obama given With the information about Obama given below write an interview to him.below write an interview to him.below write an interview to him.below write an interview to him.

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