1. READING COMPREHENSION Put the slides in the correct order JAMES DEAN

2. James Dean was born on February 8, 1931, in Marion, Indiana. His family moved to Los Angeles when James was five, but he returned to the Midwest after his mother died and lived with his aunt and uncle on their Indiana farm.

3. In 1954, he got his first big film role in East of Eden. After its success, he went back to Hollywood and made two more films, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant. In all three films, he played a rebellious youth of 1950s North America, and in just one year he became a major star

4. Sadly, he died in a car crash in September, 1955, when he was traveling to a motor race in Salinas. He was just 24 years old.

5. After graduating from high school, he returned to California where he attended Santa Monica Junior College and UCLA. He began acting with James Whitmore’s acting workshop.

6. In 1954, he got his first big film role in East of Eden. After its success, he went back to Hollywood and made two more films, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant

7. He appeared in occasional television commercials and played small roles in films and in theater. He wanted to be a serious actor, so in the winter of 1951, he moved to New York to study at the Actors Studio. Here he did more work in television and in the theater

8. In all three films, he played a rebellious youth of 1950s North America, and in just one year he became a major star.