What a Life! Stories of Amazing People 2 (High Beginning)

by Broukal, Milada

• ISBN13: 9780201619973
• ISBN10: 0201619970
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-07
• Publisher: Pearson Education ESL

Summary

Did you know that Jean Paul Getty put pay phones in his guests bedrooms to save money on phone bills? Leonardo da Vinci wrote backwards in his notebooks so that nobody could read them? Peles first soccer ball was a grapefruit? Pablo Picasso never threw anything away, not even empty cereal boxes? Agatha Christie wrote a book that actually saved someones life? These and other fascinating facts make up the biographies in "What A Life! This three-book series takes a fresh approach to making reading both pleasurable and motivating! High-interest biographies focus on less-known facts about famous figures, rather than the chronology of events typical of most biographies. Each book in the "What A Life! Series takes a multicultural approach, featuring 24 short biographies on inspirational figures from all over the world. Subjects range from historical and political figures to athletes, artists, entertainers, and humanitarians, including: Marie Curie I.M. Pei Eva Pern Agatha Christie Muhammad Ali Bruce Lee Leonardo da Vinci William Shakespeare Cesar Chavez Pablo Picasso Maria Montessori Mother Teresa In addition to the biographical reading, each short, easy-tofollow unit includes: Pre-reading questions and activities. Vocabulary exercises definition and usage. Main-idea and reading-skills exercises. Questions on detail and inference. Discussion, comprehension, and writing activities. Answers to exercises at the end of each book.

Table of Contents

Introduction	iv
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer	1	(5)
Dr. James Barry Doctor	6	(5)
Charles Dickens Writer	11	(5)
Alfred Nobel Inventor and philanthropist	16	(5)
Sofia Kovalevsky Mathematician	21	(5)
Vincent van Gogh Artist	26	(5)
Maggie Walker Bank executive	31	(5)
Helena Rubinstein Entrepreneur	36	(5)
Julia Morgan Architect	41	(5)
Princess Ka'iulani Royalty	46	(5)
Isadora Duncan Dancer	51	(5)
Diego Rivera Artist	56	(5)
Jim Thorpe Athlete	61	(5)
Agatha Christie Writer	66	(5)
Louis Armstrong Musician	71	(5)
Umm Kulthum Singer	76	(5)
Howard Hughes Entrepreneur	81	(5)
Soichiro Honda Entrepreneur	86	(5)
Mother Teresa Humanitarian	91	(5)
Sonja Henie Ice skater	96	(5)
I. M. Pei Architect	101	(5)
Eva Peron Political leader	106	(5)
Stephen Hawking Physicist	111	(5)
Arthur Ashe Tennis player	116	(5)
Answer Key	121	(3)
Bibliography	124