Key learning points

1. Charles Darwin was a British naturalist known for his contributions to the theory of evolution.
2. A biography is a non-fiction text so we must do research to gather factual information.
3. A text map can be used to help us learn and remember the key events of someone's life.
4. In the text map, pictures represent key events (and a few words and numbers can be used too).
5. The more we rehearse a text map out loud, the better we will remember it.

Keywords

• Biography - a non-fiction text written about someone's life

• 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

Common misconception