Liz+Claiborne

1. Who is your famous immigrant? PABLO NERUDA

2. Complete this KWL chart (just the first two columns first, then the "L" part later after you've done your research)
 * **What I know** || **What I want to know** || **What I learned** ||
 * HE IS THE BEST POET EVER. || Why did he wrote love poems? || He was the best writer ever. ||
 * HE WON A LOT OF AWARDS || what are some famous things that he won? || he won a lot of awards. ||
 * HE IS DEAD. || why he decided to write poems? || he saw the opportunity to show love by poems. ||
 * || what did he like to do? || he was called, the master of poems. ||

3. Research your famous immigrant. You can choose any details you want, but here are some suggestions. You should find at least TEN details.

> HE CAME FROM CHILE. > 1971 > World Peace Prize, 1950. >
 * When and where was he/she born? HE WAS BORN ON JULY 12, 1904
 * When did he/she come to the United States? HE DECIDED TO TRAVEL TO OTHER COUNTRIES TO SHOW HOW LIVE MUST BE, IT MEANS IN PEACE. AND THE LOVE IS IMPORTANT, BUT HAVING PEACE IS THE BEST THING THAT A HUMAN BEEN CAN HAVE.
 * What country did he/she come from?
 * What was life like for him/her in his/her native country? HIS LIFE WAS HARD, BECAUSE HE GROW UP IN A POOR CITY, BUT EVEN THOUGHT HE FOLLOW HIS DREAMS.
 * What are some of his/her accomplishments? he won THE WORLD PEACE PRIZE.
 * What is he/she most famous for? HE IS FAMOUS BECAUSE HE WROTE A LOT POEMS, THAT HELPED TO UNDERSTAND THE LIFE IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
 * Think of any other details that you think are interesting and fun to know. HE WAS THE BEST POET EVER, HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST POETS THAT WON SOME AWARDS OF LATIN AMERICA.
 * some awards that he won? [|__Nobel Prize in Literature__]
 * some poems that he wrote are: CREPUSCULO, VEINTE POEMAS DE AMOR, Y UNA CANCION DESESPERADA.
 * INTERESTING THINGS: HE DREAMED THAT THE WHOLE WORLD MUST HAVE PEACE, AND NON VIOLENCE.

4. Use Google Presentation to make a presentation on your chosen famous immigrant.

Neruda, Pablo.

 Neruda, Pablo he was born on July 12, 1904 in Parral, Chile. He was one of the most famous poet in the whole world. Neruda's father opposed his son's interest in writing and literature, but Neruda received encouragement from others, including the future Nobel Prize winner [| __Gabriela Mistral__] . In 1921, at the age of 16, Neruda moved to [| __Santiag__] __o__ , Chile to study French at the [| __Universidad de Chile__]  with the intention of becoming a teacher, but soon he was devoting all his time to poetry. After a while he started writing some poems, that became so famous at that time, even though he found a lot of problems reaching for his goal, because his father was angry with him, Neruda’s father wanted that his son became a better person than a writer. After the 1938 election of President [| __Pedro Aguirre Cerda__] , “whom Neruda supported, the poet was appointed special consul for Spanish emigration in Paris. On March 4, 1945 Neruda was elected a Communist party [| __senator__]  for the northern provinces of [| __Antofagasta__]  and [| __Tarapacá__]  in the arid and inhospitable [| __Atacama Desert__] .”

In 1970, Neruda was nominated as a candidate for the Chilean presidency. some poems that he wrote are: Crepusculo, Veinte Poemas de Amor, y una Cancion desesperada. Some awards that he won are: Nobel Prize in Literature, 1971. and World Peace Prize, 1950.