EnglishMKLWritingLeadinLeadinGuesswhoheorsheis.No.1No.2No.3No.4No.5No.6No.7No.8No.9Howtowriteadiscussionaboutagreatperson?TakeMandelaasanexample.Letmethinkaboutit!MakealistofthepersonalqualitiesyouthinkMandelahasshowninhislife.Putthemtogethertocompareyourlistswithanothergroup.ThiswillmakesurethatyoudonotoverlookanimportantaspectofMandela’slife.Thenbegintoorganiseyourwriting.Putyourideasintoanyorderthatseemssensibletoyourselvesandaddthereasonsordetailstotheideas.Beforewritingyoucanfollowthesesteps:Makesurethatyougivereasonsforyouropinions.IfyouarewritingaboutMandela’squalitiesyoucanconcentrateontwoorthree.Ifyouaredescribinghislifethenyoushouldgrouphislifeintoperiods:hisstudies,workfortheANCanditsresults,fightagainstanti-blacklaws,lifeinprison,afterbeingreleasedfromRobbenIsland.Thenyoucaneitherdescribeoneperiodinyourownwordsordescribethedevelopmentinhislifeandideas.Oncethewritingiscompleted,swapitwithapartnerandimproveeachother’swork.Remembertocheckgrammar,punctuationandspelling.Thenrewritethepassage.Wewillmakeassessmentonyourwork.LookatthelifeofNelsonMandelaandfindoutwhathappenedtohimin1999.InpairsdiscusswhatqualitiesmakeMandelaagreatman.Thenyoucanbeginorganiseyourdiscussion.LifeofNelsonMandelaBorn193719401952July18,1918nearTranskei(SouthAfrica)EntereduniversitybutdidnotcompletedegreeFormedANCYouthLeagueSetuplawofficetohelppoorblackpeopleinJohannesburg1952196119621963......……lawofficeclosedbygovernmentbecauseheattackedanti-blacklawGovernmentbyandforwhitepeoplesetupinsouthAfricaSentencedtofiveyearshardlabourforencouragedviolenceagainstanti-blacklawsANCbegantoblowupbuildings.Enjoythesamplediscussion!S1:WhatdoyouthinkofNelsonMandela?Doyouthinkheisagreatman?S2:Yes,Ithinkso.Afterall,hefitsourdefinitionofagreatman.Heworkedhardforagoodcause.Healsosacrificedtwenty-sevenyearsofhislifewhenhewenttoprison.S1:I’mnotsosure.Hewasinfavourofviolenceandthatisnotthebehaviourofagreatman,isit?S2:True.However,heexplainedathistrialwhyheencouragedtheANCtobecomeviolent.Hesaidthatthe...
