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Rea I Life Skill A Imagine you need information about a famous person (for example,
Doing Research Online when and where Shakespeare was born). What websites could you
use? Write your ideas below.
We use the Internet www.google.com
to find information.
When you search for B J. K. Rowling wrote the Harry Potter books. Find more information
information, you can about her.
type a question ( Who • Go to a website in A.
is Alain Robert?) or • Type the keywords written in the chart.
keywords (Alain Robert •
climb). Then you can • Scan the webpages quickly to find answers.
scan a page to find the Write the answers you find in the chart.
information. • Write the website where you find the answers.
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Keywords Website (Source) Answer

J. K. Rowling birth date

J. K. Rowling birthplace

J. K. Rowling fan mail address
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C Find one more fact about J. K. Rowling. Write it below.

D Use the information from B and C and write a paragraph about
J. K. Rowling. Include the following information:
• What does J. K. Rowling do and why is she famous?
• Where and when was J. K. Rowling born?
• Where can you write to J. K. Rowling?
• one more fact about her

What do you think?

Name a remarkable person. T h e person can be alive now or may have lived in the
past. In your opinion, why is (or was) this person incredible?

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