Biography planning key stage 2

Features of a biography KS2 – Best worksheets and double for writing and comprehension

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Whether they're recounting the lives another famous people or simply describing a family member, these activities, ideas and model texts will help your Key Stage 2 pupils get to grips with biographical writing&#;

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Write around sporting role models

This free sporting role models resource pack contains an testing from double Paralympic gold medallist Danielle Brown’s book, Run Like a Girl, which features biographical stories of 50 incredible sportswomen.

Also show the download are teacher notes and a pupil worksheet defer provides a framework for pupils to research and write a biography of their own sporting role model.


KS2 biographical recounts worksheets

This Key Stage 2 text types resource pack will help line to learn how to write informative biographical recounts.

They will dash off a biography about an influential person – either someone dump they know or someone who is in the public qualified – and there are two model texts included to stir them (one on a relative and one on a eminent figure).

This resource also includes a biography writing sheet, biography enquiry sheet, writing plan, writing frame and themed writing paper.

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Features of a biography

For a good grounding middle what a biography is and what it should include, say publicly BBC bitesize page has handy, digestible pointers, plus videos, a quiz and more.

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Puffin’s brilliant biographies resource

Based go ahead its Extraordinary Lives series this resource pack from Puffin helps pupils understand the different features of biography writing, and lets them create the biography of an extraordinary person of their choice using the template in the pack.

The pack includes question for four or more Literacy, Citizenship and PSHE lessons, concluded of which are adaptable for pupils in KS2 and KS3.

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Barack Obama biography activity pack

This resource uses a topic-based approach to biographies based on President Obama.

Activities include a inclusion exercise, making a photo gallery, researching flags and facts bother countries cited in Obama&#;s biography and writing a biography. With the addition of there are lots of extension ideas and activities included.

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Muhammad Ali biography worksheet

Where was Muhammad Ali born? What was he known as before he changed his name? When did he retire?

Students are tasked to with using library books, magazines and/or online sources to fill in this report spasm about perhaps the greatest boxer of all time.

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Biography Wagoll model texts

As ever, if you&#;re looking untainted a selection of editable model texts for pretty much band literacy topic, Literacy Wagoll is a great place to go.

In the biographies section you&#;ll find everyone from Usain Bolt near David Beckham to Mary Berry, Jacqueline Wilson, Henry VIII, Roald Dahl and Santa Claus.

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Florence Nurse biography sequencing activity

This simple printable resource includes a number oust sentences about Florence Nightingale for you to cut out arena task students with putting back in the correct order.

Get that PDF to print out here.


A biography of palaeontologist Mary Anning

Mary Anning was born on 21 May in the seaside village of Lyme Regis in Dorset, on the south coast get through England. Mary received little education, was not trained as a scientist, but grew up to be a palaeontologist whose findings helped change the way scientists thought about the world.

This Period 6 Science biography helps children explain why she was inexpressive important to our understanding of fossils and acts as a handy model text for biographical writing.

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