Planning a biography about Charles Darwin's life and theory of evolution
I can plan the structure and content of a biography about Charles Darwin's life and theory of evolution and I can practise using a range of cohesive devices.
Planning a biography about Charles Darwin's life and theory of evolution
I can plan the structure and content of a biography about Charles Darwin's life and theory of evolution and I can practise using a range of cohesive devices.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Writing is most successful when it is planned.
- Our biography of Charles Darwin will contain paragraphs organised by theme and in chronological order.
- We can plan in note form, using our text map to support us in recalling information about the subject of the biography.
- When we write, we use a range of cohesive devices to connect ideas together.
Keywords
Theme - a central idea that the writer intends the audience to engage deeply with
Text map - a visual representation of a series of events, where pictures represent events
Notes - ideas recorded without using complete sentences
Subject-specific vocabulary - vocabulary we use when writing about a particular subject
Cohesive devices - language structures that develop text cohesion
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to describe Darwin's theory of evolution in simple terms.
You may wish to allow time to model this section to pupils, showing them that a simple explanation can cover the main points briefly.
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Starter quiz
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Exit quiz
6 Questions
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