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toc =Biography= Biography ** Oprah was born in 1954 to Vernita Lee and Vernon Winfrey in kosciusko, Mississippi ****. ** ** She lives in Montecito, California, United States. ** ** She hostins a TV show – "oprah winfrey show". ** ** She is a media proprietor, a talk show host, actress and a producer. ** ** When She was 19 she got a job as a Radio personality in the local black radio station, WVOL on Nashville Tennessee. ** ** She started her own show "the oprah winfrey show" in September, 1986. ** ** In 1993, She hosted a rare prime-time interview with Michael Jackson, which became the fourth most watched event in American television history; as well as the most watched interview ever, with an audience of 36.5 million. ** ** The power of her opinions influenced public opinion, as a book sales, beef markets, and election voting. ** ** In 2004, she and her team filmed an episode of her show, ** ** Oprah's Christmas Kindness ** **, in which she was traveled to South Africa to bring attention to the plight of young children affected by poverty and AIDS. During the 21-day trip, she and her crew visited schools and orphanages in poverty-stricken areas, and distributed Christmas presents to 50,000 children, ** ** with dolls for the girls and soccer balls for the boys, and school supplies. Throughout the show, she appealed to viewers to donate money to "Oprah's Angel Network" for poor and AIDS-affected children in Africa. From that show alone, viewers around the world donated over $7,000,000. She invested $40 million and some of her time establishing "the ** ** Oprah **** Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls" ** ** in ** ** Henley on Klip ** ** south of ** ** Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2004 published the Oprah Magazine and the O at Home.  In January 2009 issue was the best selling issue since 2006. The audience for her magazine is considerably more upscale than for her TV show, the average reader earning well above the median for U.S. women. ** ** Oprah **** is a regular person. She had a hard life. She had to deal with a lot. Did she give up? No. She dealt with her life. ** ** From a very young age, she was subject to violence and poverty. She shifted around from her mother's home to a "father's" home, so she called him. She ended up learning most from her grandmother. ** ** Most important, her grandmother made her study. She became an excellent student. Her shift to working in the radio was the beginning of her life career. ** ** However, what she brought to the radio and later to television is her conviction that anyone can succeed. She made sure to sound the voice of people no one listened to. She gave people a chance, she gave them respect, and she gave them faith. ** ** Her wonderful TV show became a warm place for people to share their stories, to get comfort and to get help. She connected between the needy and the givers. ** ** She, herself, as a rich African American woman is a symbol of success and now she wants others to go in her footsteps. We wish everyone does. ** ** Give a hand for the one and only Oprah Winfrey! **

=Id Card= ** Full Name ** : oprah winfrey ** Parents’ Names ** : Vernita Lee and Vernon Winfrey ** Year of Birth ** : 1954 ** Where Born ** : kosciusko, Mississippi ** Place of Work ** : "oprah winfrey show" ** Location ** : [|Montecito], California, United States ** Profession ** : hosting a TV show ** What s/he is famous for: ** she famous tankes to her TV show.

=Interview= I am a media proprietor, a [|talk show host], [|actress] and a producer. When I was 19 I got a job as a Radio personality in the local black radio station, WVOL on Nashville Tennessee I worked there during my senior year of high school, and again while I was in my first two years of college. In 1976 I moved to Baltimore Maryland to anchored the six o'clock news. I was then recruited to join Richard Sher as a host of WJZ's local talk show //`People Are Talking//`. I also hosted the local version of `Dialing for Dollars` there as well. In 1983, I moved to Chicago to host WLS-TV's low-rated half-hour morning talk show, AM Chicago. The first episode aired on January 2, 1984. The movie critic Roger Ebert convinced me to sign a deal with King World. Ebert predicted that I would generate 40 times the revenue as his television show, **//At the Movies//**. It was renamed **//The Oprah Winfrey//** **//Show//**, the show expanded to a full hour, and was broadcasted nationally beginning September 8th, 1986. In 1993, I hosted a rare prime-time interview with [|Michael Jackson], which became the fourth most watched event in American television history; as well as the most watched interview ever, with an audience of 36.5 million. I wascalled "arguably the most influential woman in the world" by the //American Spectator//. The power of my opinions influenced public opinion, especially consumer purchasing choices, has been dubbed "The Oprah Effect" The effect has been documented or alleged in domains as diverse as book sales, beef markets, and election voting. Late in 1996,I introduced the Oprah's Book Club segment to my television show. The segment focused on new books and classics, and often brought obscure novels to popular attention. The book club became such a powerful force that whenever I introduced a new book as my book-club selection, it instantly became a best-seller! In 2004, me and my team filmed an episode of my show, Oprah's Christmas Kindness, in which I traveled to South Africa to bring attention to the plight of young children affected by poverty and AIDS. During the 21-day trip, me and my crew visited schools and orphanages in poverty-stricken areas, and distributed Christmas presents to 50,000 children, with dolls for the girls and soccer balls for the boys, and school supplies. Throughout the show, I appealed to viewers to donate money to "//Oprah's Angel Network//" for poor and AIDS-affected children in Africa. From that show alone, viewers around the world donated over $7,000,000. I invested $40 million and some of my time establishing "//the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls// " in Henley on Klip south of [|Johannesburg], South Africa. From 2004 to 2008, I published a magazine: [|O, The Oprah Magazine] ; I also published a magazine called O at Home. In January 2009 issue was the best selling issue since 2006. The audience for my magazine is considerably more upscale than for my TV show, the average reader earning well above the median for U.S. women. My unmarried parents, Vernon Winfrey and Vernita Lee, separated soon after I was born, leaving me to be raised by my grandmother. She certainly wasn't an educated woman, but she taught me the shape of letters, and she taught me my Bible stories. By the time I was six, I had moved to Milwaukee to live with my mother. During this time, I was sexually abused by a teenage cousin and then by other male relatives and friends. I was, and am, severely damaged by the experience [of abuse]. All the years that I convinced myself I was healed, I wasn't. I still carry the shame, and I unconsciously blamed myself for those men's actions. My mother sent me to live with my father in Nashville at age 14. My father saved my life. He was very strict and provided me with guidance, structure, rules, and books. He required me to complete weekly book reports, and I went without dinner until I learned five new vocabulary words each day. I joined my school's drama club and became a prize-winning orator, winning a $1,000 college scholarship. In 1971 I was named Miss Black Tennessee. In 1976 I graduated with a degree in speech communications and theater from Tennessee State University. Never say never, never give up, nothing is Impossible, fight for your dreams!
 * 1) ** What is your profession? **
 * 1) ** What did you do before the show? **
 * 1) ** When did you start your own show? **
 * 1) ** What was your most viewed **** interview **** in your TV show? **
 * 1) ** Do you think you influenced your fans? **
 * 1) ** How does the show help to other people? **
 * 1) ** When did you start "the Oprah Magazine"? **
 * 1) ** Tell us about your earlier life… **
 * 1) ** What message do you pass to your fans? **

=speech= Speech ** Ladies and gentlemen, good evening! ** ** We gathered here today to share respect for a wonderful women ** – **Oprah Winfrey!!** ** She is a regular person. She had a hard life. She had to deal with a lot. Did she give up? No. She dealt with her life. ** ** From a very young age, she was subject to violence and poverty. She shifted around from her mother's home to a "father's" home, so she called him. She ended up learning most from her grandmother. ** ** Most important, her grandmother made her study. She became an excellent student. Her shift to working in the radio was the beginning of her life career. ** ** However, what she brought to the radio and later to television is her conviction that anyone can succeed. She made sure to sound the voice of people no one listened to. She gave people a chance, she gave them respect, and she gave them faith. ** ** Her wonderful TV show became a warm place for people to share their stories, to get comfort and to get help. She connected between the needy and the givers. ** ** She, herself, as a rich African American woman is a symbol of success and now she wants others to go in her footsteps. We wish everyone does. ** ** Give a hand for the one and only Oprah Winfrey! **

rationale Rationale We chose to write about Oprah weinfrey because she was a TV show hosting, she became famous because of her TV show. We found out about Oprah when we saw her TV show on the television. We chose to research her because we wanted to know more about her earlier difficult life, how she became so famous and about her charity actions.

=reflection= ** __Reflection:__ ** ** Has it improved your: ** £ ** searching skills ** £ ** summarizing skills. **  £ ** writing skills ** £ ** vocabulary level ** £ ** English language skills ** ** It was difficult to summarizing because there was a lot of information ****. ** ** b. Did you get enough help and support from your teacher? **** Yes, she very helped us **** ! ** ** c. Did you understand the instructions? **** yes ** ** d. Were the assignments clear and fair? **** Yes, they were clear and fair. ** ** 5. Choose one of the following: ** ** I enjoyed working on this project because ** ** We chose a very interesting women, so we enjoyed to read and learn about ** ** her life and her personality. ** ** I would have enjoyed the paper/ learned more if ___ **
 * 1) ** we have learned many things about oprah. we learned that she is a women of valor she does a lot ** **of charity and a lot of good things. She is a grate women and she been through a lot of difficult experience in her life, but she didn't let it stop her.**
 * 2) ** Then you explain what you learned from working on the project. **
 * 1) ** What was difficult for you in the paper? **
 * 1) ** a. Did you have enough time for the paper? **** yes **

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