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=** Biography: **=

Orpah Winfrey was born in January 29th, 1954 ( 1954-01-29 ) in Mississippi Kosciusko, United States. She was born to Vernita Lee and Vernon Winfrey. She came from a very poor family and today She hosts her own T.V. show and acts in movies. She has become one of the few African American women who have influenced many people's lives. She was born to poor and she was raised on a farm by her grandmother, in 1960 she moved to live with her mother but then she run away and the police caught her and sent her to live with her father. Her first gob was In 1971 as a broadcaster for a local radio, after too years later at the age of 19, Oprah got a job as an reporter for WTVF-TV News announcer in Nashville. In 1976 Oprah moved to Baltimore and there she hosted the WJZ-TV news and this lead her to make her own hosting talk show that called "People are talking"' her show is very seashell because she came to help people. Oprah chooses to host people who have an interesting story and they have no one to tell it to. And If they describe a problem she calls others to offer solutions. These issues don't always have to be money. Giving charity is only one way of helping. Other people that she invites are unknown authors, singers and other creative people in the world of culture, literature and spirituality. she tried to give them a place and offer them a national stage. She is a wonderful person and tries to help many people. At a charity she could have said: Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very happy to be here in this charity ceremony and thank you all for coming here to support us and the children we help. This charity ceremony is designated for children who have problems in there homes. In my opinion it is our responsibility to help these kids, since we have the power and the abilities to make their life better. These kids have the right to live normal lives, to live in normal homes -a home where they can live safely, with no danger and with no fear like they deserve. I would like to present you now with a project that we thought of, and we think that this progect will be the best solution for these children. What we thought of is to raise a big boarding school where they will eat, they will learn, sleep and live. We will provide all of their needs and we hopefully provide a real home. Those kids need you, they need this home, and you have the abilities to grant this to them. You ca grant them new and happy lives. With all this in mind I call you to donate money to this high cause. Thank you!!

=ID card=

** Full name: ** Oprah Winfrey.


 * Parent's Name: ** Vernita Lee and Vernon Winfrey


 * Year of Birth: ** 1954


 * Where Born:**, In Mississippi Kosciusko, United States.


 * Place of Work: ** She hosts her own T.V. show and acts in movies


 * Location: ** U.S.A


 * Profession: ** T.V. host

And hosts her TV show for more than 25 years so a lot of generations know her.
 * What Is She Famous for: ** she has a TV show that helps people.

=**__ Questions to Oprah: __**=

Since the age of three I liked to be on stage, and to tell stories to people. I moved to Milwaukee to live with my mother in 1960. However, in 1967, after being abused and molested, I ran away. When the police caught me, they tried to place me in a home for juvenile delinquents, but it was full, so they sent me off to live with my father Vernon in Nashville, Tennessee. He was a strict disciplinarian, and made me do extra schoolwork. I gave birth to a baby boy when I was 14, but the baby died when he was two weeks old.
 * 1. Tell us about your childhood- **
 * Oprah: ** I was born on January 29th, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi to Vernita Lee and Vernon Winfrey and was raised on a farm by my grandmother.

Two years later, I became a reporter for WTVF-TV News. I continued to broadcast while I was in college. I won a college scholarship and majored in Speech Communications and Performing Arts at Tennessee State University. In 1976, after graduating, I moved to Baltimore and Co-anchored on WJZ-TV news. This led me to make my own hosting talk show called //People Are Talking//, and start a career as a talk show host.
 * 2. How did you get so far in your career? **
 * Oprah: ** My first real job in entertainment was in 1971, as a broadcaster for a local radio station, WVOL in Nashville.


 * 3. What is special about your show? **** Oprah: ** I was credited with creating a confessional type of media communication, I broke the 20th century taboos and allowed people who were unaccepted (gays, lesbians, etc) to enter the mainstream. By the middle of 1990s, I reinvented my show with a focus on literature, self-improvement, and spirituality. Some criticized me for unleashing confession culture and starting self-help fads that were unsupervised, until I started giving charity. In 2006 I became an early supporter of Barak Obama.


 * 4. What kinds of people do you choose to help, on your show? **** Oprah: ** I choose to interview people who have an interesting story but with no one to tell it to. If they describe a problem I call others to offer solutions. These issues don't always have to do with money. Giving charity is only one way of helping Other people that I invite are unknown authors, singers and other creative people in the world of culture, literature and spirituality. I hope to give them a place and offer them a national stage.


 * 5. What is the meaning of your name? Oprah: ** My name came from the misspelling of the biblical name Orpah.

I was the first African-American to ever appear on this list. I want to offer a message of hope for others that it can be done.
 * 6. How does it feel to be the richest African American women in U.S.A? **
 * Oprah: ** Forbes listed me as a billionaire in 2003.


 * 7. ** **Do you think your shows influence American viewers?**
 * Oprah: ** In 1998, I was chosen by Time Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century. Later that year, I received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television and Sciences. That year I also began the Oprah Book Club, which prompted an increase in reading worldwide and was awarded Gold Medal by the National Book Foundation the following year.

What's important is to help people in all ways and to get others to help them as well.
 * 8. Do you think that your contribution different from many other famous Celebes? **
 * Oprah: ** I surely do, but I keep those issues private.


 * 9. As a young child, did you have any idea, any vision, of what you wanted to accomplish? **
 * Oprah: ****I was raised on a farm with my grandmother for the first six years of my life. **
 * I knew somehow that my life would be different and it would be better, **
 * but I never had a clear cut vision of what it was that I would be doing. **


 * 10. **** Did you ever consider any other career besides talking, broadcasting, acting? **
 * Oprah:** ** I always wanted to be an actress for most of my adolescent ** ** and adult life. My father didn't want me to be, because his idea of "an actress" was one of these "lewd women", So I always wanted to be an actress and have taken, I think, a roundabout way to get there because I still don't feel fulfilled as an actress ****.**

=** Speech: **= Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very happy to be here in this charity ceremony and thank you all for coming here to support us and the children we help. This charity ceremony is designated for children who have problems in there homes. In my opinion it is our responsibility to help these kids, since we have the power and the abilities to make their life better. These kids have the right to live normal lives, to live in normal homes -a home where they can live safely, with no danger and with no fear like they deserve. I would like to present you now with a project that we thought of, and we think that this progect will be the best solution for these children. What we thought of is to raise a big boarding school where they will eat, they will learn, sleep and live. We will provide all of their needs and we hopefully provide a real home. Those kids need you, they need this home, and you have the abilities to grant this to them. You ca grant them new and happy lives. With all this in mind I call you to donate money to this high cause. Thank you!!

=rationale= The teacher chose to write about Women of Valor. We chose to write about Oprah Winfrey because she is an amazing woman who is in the field of T.V. We chose to research her, not because of her popularity but because she is careful to help others who are not as fortunate as she is.

She is very different from many other celebrities who live in their own rich and fancy world. She stretches out to help others. Not always does this mean money. Sometimes it meant being listened too, getting exposure on T.V. in prime time or just getting others to hear the person's stories, hopefully, someone could help them out.

=reflection= 1. We learned what a special person Oprah was, and how, despite her difficult life, she overcame it and helps others. 2. Then you explain what you learned from working on the project. Has it improved your:

£ searching skills £ summarizing skills ý writing skills ý vocabulary level £ English language skills

3. What was difficult for you in the paper? We had a hard time translating some of the English

4. a. Did you have enough time for the paper? Yes b. Did you get enough help and support from your teacher? Yes c. Did you understand the instructions? Yes d. Were the assignments clear and fair? Yes 5. Choose one of the following: I enjoyed working on this project because we learned about a special person. I felt I can finally write and express my ideas in English

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