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Biographies and autobiographies
What is a biography.
A biography is a non-fiction text about a person’s life. It is written in the third person and in chronological order.
Here you'll find English teaching resources to help key stage 1 and key stage 2 children understand the features of a biography and those of autobiographical accounts. They include templates, example biographies and worksheets alongside reading comprehensions based on biographical texts about famous people.
Download our model texts, worksheets and PowerPoints to develop children’s biography writing skills and support them in researching the lives of famous individuals.
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- In this lesson, we will write their first three paragraphs of their biography of Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad.
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Writing a Biography Lesson Plan and Writing Frame
Subject: English
Age range: 7-11
Resource type: Lesson (complete)
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30 May 2022
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Biographies Primary Resources. Create biographies based on historical figures, famous celebrities or local heroes using our range of KS1 resources to support biographical writing. Use our biography example texts as WAGOLLs, our biography word mats to support writing and our genre checklists to support self-assessment.
Key learning points. In this lesson, we will start off looking at parentheses: brackets, dashes and commas and their function within a sentence. We will explore the features of a biography: layout, punctuation, purpose, language, sentence structure, etc.
Biography. A biography is a detailed description of someone's life written by someone else. Writing a biography is a great way to get students to practise their reading and writing skills. Biographies that are written by the subject themselves are called autobiographies. Biographical writing is often written about famous figures such as ...
Use this KS1 knowledge organiser to ensure your pupils have all the key features for writing biographies at their fingertips. This resource includes a word bank, conjunctions, -ly adverbs, examples of expanded noun phrases and a checklist of the key features found in biographical texts. Use the model text as an example of how to integrate all of the features into their own writing. The model ...
Features of a Biography. Biographies can be written in a variety of ways, focussing on the whole life of the person or just on a specific event. However, most biographies share common features: They should be factual and accurate. They should explore some of the context of that person's life, including their family situation, childhood and any ...
A biography is a non-fiction text about a person's life. It is written in the third person and in chronological order. Here you'll find English teaching resources to help key stage 1 and key stage 2 children understand the features of a biography and those of autobiographical accounts. They include templates, example biographies and ...
You could also try these biography writing examples , which use famous figures like Usain Bolt and Roald Dahl as a jumping-off point for children learning how to write a biography. The examples can even be annotated as a great class task on the structure of a biography. Finally, this Mini Biography Writing frame is a great introduction to the ...
Use this KS1 knowledge organiser to ensure your pupils have all the key features for writing biographies at their fingertips. This resource includes a word bank, conjunctions, -ly adverbs, examples of expanded noun phrases and a checklist of the key features found in biographical texts. Use the model text as an example of how to integrate all of the features into their own writing. The model ...
To write a biography (Part 1) Download all resources. Share activities with pupils. To write a biography (Part 1) Download all resources. Share activities with pupils. Switch to our new English teaching resources. Slide decks, worksheets, quizzes and lesson planning guidance designed for your classroom.
NEW RELATED RESOURCE: Biography Booklets for Years 1-8! This pack includes: Child-speak success criteria for biography and autobiography writing. Differentiated sets of success criteria with three levels of challenge. Display posters with WALTs and success criteria. Mini success criteria for students to stick into books.
This Biography Writing Examples set contains resources such as an annotated example text, which explores the decisions the writer has made and why they're effective, and a useful biography word mat to help students to learn some of the key terms that crop up in this style of writing. This would be a great choice of resource if students are just ...
This handy example text pack is the perfect way to show children what a good biography should look like. It can be tricky teaching children about all the different types of information text, and using examples is a proven way of making the content much more accessible and easier to understand. This resource has been designed and approved by teachers, so you can use it safe in the ...
The biography text can be used to analyse, deconstruct or extend, to allow children to recognise the structure and sequence of a biography text. The planning frame can be used to allow the children to research information using a variety of sources, so that they can them write a biography text. Creative Commons "Sharealike".
Biography. A biography is a detailed description of someone's life written by someone else. Writing a biography is a great way to get students to practise their reading and writing skills. Biographies that are written by the subject themselves are called autobiographies. Biographical writing is often written about famous figures such as ...
KS1 & 2 Biography planning template. A resource for pupils to use to plan their own factual biographical writing. Includes a bullet point reminder of the rules for writing biographies and spaces for pupils to develop the structure of the biography about their chosen person or animal. Great to use following History /famous people/animals lesson ...
Support your students in preparing to write a biography with the help of this informative PowerPoint presentation all about Biography Writing. Discover our 10 Creative-Writing Topics blog! This resource defines and explains biography writing with simple-to-understand language, perfect for your students to comprehend and interpret. A fantastic teaching tool to introduce biography writing, or ...
Using our Biography Template with your students. Whether you're encouraging your students to find out about historical figures or want them to find out more about an influential person, our Biography Template is for you. This biography graphic organizer can be used during a variety of activities to help your students develop their research and biography writing skills.
Resource type: Lesson (complete) STS provides lesson plans and teaching resources for the current primary curriculum. All of the resources needed to teach each lesson are provided. File previews. doc, 24.5 KB. doc, 47.5 KB. pdf, 348.47 KB. Year 3/4 English - writing a biography lesson plan and writing frame: - writing a biography lesson plan.
Use this handy example text pack to help you to either provide an ideal example for your class or moderate children's writing, according to the 2014 National Curriculum requirements for English. Twinkl Key Stage 1 - Year 1, Year 2 English Writing Non-Fiction Information Texts Biographies. biography writing autobiography features of a biography ...