What a Life! Stories of Amazing People 2 (High Beginning) (High Beginning, Book 2) - Softcover

Broukal, Milada

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201619970 ISBN 13: 9780201619973

Publisher: Pearson Education, 2000

Synopsis

What A Life! is an exciting introduction to some of history's most amazing people. Did you know that...William Shakespeare earned almost no money from his writing?...Leonard da Vinci wrote backwards in his notebooks so that nobody could read them?...Eva Peron's body was missing for 16 years?...Pablo Picasso never threw anything away, not even empty cereal boxes?...Agatha Christie wrote a book that actually saved someone's life? These and other fascinating biographical facts can be found in What A Life! This new 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. The What A Life! SeriesSubjects range from historical and political figures to athletes, artists, entertainers, and humanitarians, including: Marie Curie, Eva Peron, Muhammad Ali, Leonardo da Vinci, Alfred Nobel, Maria Montessori, I.M. Pei, Agatha Christie, Bruce Lee, William Shakespeare, Pablo Picasso, Mother Teresa.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

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?
• Pele´s 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 someone's 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 Perón 
• 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.

Synopsis:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson Education
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0201619970
• ISBN 13: 9780201619973
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128