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The document outlines the learning objectives and structure of biography writing for Year 6 students at Takoradi International School. It details the features of biographies, including the use of third person, past tense, chronological order, and time connectives, as well as the required sections: title, introduction, body, and conclusion. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of research and provides guidance on crafting engaging introductions and impactful conclusions.

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The document outlines the learning objectives and structure of biography writing for Year 6 students at Takoradi International School. It details the features of biographies, including the use of third person, past tense, chronological order, and time connectives, as well as the required sections: title, introduction, body, and conclusion. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of research and provides guidance on crafting engaging introductions and impactful conclusions.

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TAKORADI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

ENGLISH – BIOGRAPHY WRITING


YEAR 6

Ms Susan & Ms Gina


LEARNING OBJECTIVE

 Studentswill learn the features and the


structure of a Biography
BIOGRAPHY WRITING
Features of Biography Writing

Basically, there are certain aspects that have to be considered or included


when writing a biography. Biographies ;

• Are written in 3rd person. Eg; He She, it, they their…

• Are written in past tense. Eg; was, were …

• Have life events in chronological order of Time

• Should have time connectives to show the chronological order of time.


[Time Connectives]
Structure of a Biography
As you have seen in the precious slides, there is a format for a Biography
that should be followed. Biographies should have;

1. A title

2. An Introduction

3. Body

4. conclusion.

I will explain what is expected in each section in the slides below.


THE TITLE

Name of Your Biography

INTRODUCTION

The introduction has to be catchy if you want to catch the attention of


the reader. You can choose to use a question as the opener. You should
ensure that, if your Biography is of a famous person then the introduction
should answer the 5W’s.

• Who is the person – Their name.


• What are they famous for?
• When did it happen?
• Where did it happen?
• Why are they famous today?
THE BODY

Before you write a biography about a person, you have to make sure you do
enough research about the person.

The body of the biography has important events in the person’s life. You
can include the person’s childhood or important aspects like their
academics if it played a role in making them who they are now.

The body usually has 2 paragraphs.

Ensure your paragraphs begin with a time connective to show the order of
events in the person’s life.

Examples of time connectives; First, then, Next, After, Finally, A while


later. Some other connectives that can be used include; Although, Even
though, Despite…

You can state about 2 events in each paragraph.


CONCLUSION

To conclude the biography, you should write about the impact they have on
people today. Your conclusion should answer the questions below.

• Have they taught us anything?

• Why will they always be remembered?

• Quote something someone said about them. “ “


We have come to the end of our lesson today.
What have we studied?
• What are Biographies
• Who do we write biographies about?
• How do we write a Biography?
 The Structure of a biography
 The Features of a biography

I have attached a sample Biography about a famous Astronaut for viewing.


Kindly read it and identify all the features and the structure of the
biography. Notice how the biography was started in the sample Biography
about Mae Jemison.

Use this biography as a guide as to how to write a Catchy Biography.

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