The following questions will help you. It’s not necessary to answer all of them, just use them to think about what you will say and the language you will need. What is the most unusual thing you have ever tried? What is your favourite home-made dish? How long have you/ has your mother/father/sister/brother been cooking it? What ingredients/kitchen tools do you need to make this dish? How is it cooked? (Use “should” to give advice on how to prepare the dish)

Emily Dickinson (0) (was) one of the three children of Edward Dickinson, a US congressman. She (was) born in the USA and she (2) (grew up) in Amherst, Massachusetts. She (did not like) social activities and (3) she (4) (lived) a lonely life in Amherst. Before Emily Dickinson (5) (was) 30 she (had become) a recluse. She (6) (did not leave) her father's house and (7) (had) few visitors. She (wrote) beautiful poems and very few people and (8) (knew) about it. Before Emily (11) (died) she (had written) more than 1000 poems. (10) In 1886 she (12) (made) her famous all over. Her poems (13) the world.

Jack London , the great American novelist, was bornin San Francisco and spent  the first year s of his life there.
John London, the father of the family, left his farm and moved to town. He tried a lot of trades, but couldn't make enough money to send his children to  school. Jack London had to begin earning his living at an early age. He sold  morning and evening newspapers in streets. At the age of fourteen he began working in a factory. He worked eighteen or twenty hours a day. Then he became a sailor. Jack London travelled a lot. He had to do  very hard work, but he also read a lot and tried to get an education. He went to school and to University. In addition he read a lot of books on  History and Philosophy. Jack London's ambition was to become a writer.
Later London went to the Far north of America. He didn't bring back any gold from there, but he brought something much better than the yellow metal. It was his book of stories about the life in the North. He had realized his ambition; he had become a writer.