James Thurber's Biography
(Intermediate and Advanced ESOL)
(Intermediate and Advanced ESOL)
Purpose
The purpose of this lesson is to research about the author James Thurber. Students will read information about James Thurber on Wikipedia and create a bulleted list.
Activity
The purpose of this lesson is to research about the author James Thurber. Students will read information about James Thurber on Wikipedia and create a bulleted list.
Activity
Read James Thurber's biography on Wikipedia. Make a bulleted list of information about his life. The list does not have to contain complete sentences. Begin each item on the list with a capitalized verb. The items on the list do not end with a period since they are not complete sentences.
Example
- Born in Columbus, Ohio on December 8, 1894
- Moved to New York City in 1925
- Contributed short stories and cartoons to the New Yorker magazine
- Suffered from Charles Bonnet syndrome
