Biography of Thomas Alva Edison

Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio; the seventh and last child of Samuel and Nancy Edison. When Edison was seven his family moved to Port Huron, Michigan. Edison lived here until he struck out on his own at the age of sixteen. Edison had very little formal education as a child, attending school only for a few months. He was taught reading, writing, and arithmetic by his mother, but was always a very curious child and taught himself much by reading on his own. This belief in self-improvement remained throughout his life. 
Edison began working at an early age, as most boys did at the time. At thirteen he took a job as a newsboy, selling newspapers and candy on the local railroad that ran through Port Huron to Detroit. He seems to have spent much of his free time reading scientific, and technical books, and also had the opportunity at this time to learn how to operate a telegraph. By the time he was sixteen, Edison was proficient enough to work as a telegrapher full time.
The development of the telegraph was the first step in the communication revolution, and the telegraph industry expanded rapidly in the second half of the 19th century. This rapid growth gave Edison and others like him a chance to travel, see the country, and gain experience. Edison worked in a number of cities throughout the United States before arriving in Boston in 1868. Here Edison began to change his profession from telegrapher to inventor. He received his first patent on an electric vote recorder, a device intended for use by elected bodies such as Congress to speed the voting process. This invention was a commercial failure. Edison resolved that in the future he would only invent things that he was certain the public would want.
Edison moved to New York City in 1869. He continued to work on inventions related to the telegraph, and developed his first successful invention, an improved stock ticker called the "Universal Stock Printer". For this and some related inventions Edison was paid $40,000. This gave Edison the money he needed to set up his first small laboratory and manufacturing facility in Newark, New Jersey in 1871. During the next five years, Edison worked in Newark inventing and manufacturing devices that greatly improved the speed and efficiency of the telegraph. He also found to time to get married to Mary Stilwell and start a family.
In my opionin Thomas Alva Edison has invented many usfull things for us to have a better life.

Blog Instructions

English Portfolio

I.  The Portfolio will have a recollection of all the Works done in class.  All these works will be in the page call Port-Blog.

·        Oral Reports

·        Activities

·        Special Works

·        Assessments

·        Group Works

II. In the other pages of the Portfolio will be filled during the year having the value of a grade as follows.

·        Welcome page  and Autobiography = 100

·        Port-Blog will be evaluated separetly

·        Cook Book will be evaluated as a group work, value =100

·        Essay and A Cause to think of…=100

III. Instructions for next week:  Welcome and Autobiography.

               Welcome Page

·        Search for a Peace Nobel Prize winner.  Read why he/she won the prize. Write a Persuasive paragraph telling why you believe he/she deserve it and then write a second paragraph welcoming the readers of all over the world that are reading your blog.  Your welcoming paragraph should include that you are a student and you are learning English as a foreign language.  Value 50 pts

·        If is not a persuasive paragraph you’ll lose all the points, and for every grammatical error you’ll lose a (1) point.

Autobiography

·        The Autobiography is a narrative paragraph telling a story about yourself.

·        If is not a narrative paragraph you’ll lose all the points, and for every grammatical error you’ll lose a (1) point.

·        Use the following questions as a guide to build your paragraph.  As a bonus include a picture (5points).

o   Name (only the name not your last names)

o   Family members (only the name not your last names)

o   Things that you like, sports, hobbies and others (be careful what information you include)

o   Tell stories of things that happened to you during your life at least (three stories)

REMEMBER to write in the pages you need to edit them.

Things to do on September 17/18

CHECKLIST WORK

SEPTEMBER 17 AND 18

Ø  Change the name of the Blog

-The name of the blog is (your name) English Portfolio

       Ex.  Juana’s English Portfolio

Ø  Create the Pages to your Portfolio

-Welcome

-Autobiography

-Port-Blog

-Cook Book

-Essay

-A Cause to think of…

Remember to personalize your blog!!