Writing the first half of a biography about Darwin and his theory of evolution
I can write the first half of a biography, using a range of language features.
Writing the first half of a biography about Darwin and his theory of evolution
I can write the first half of a biography, using a range of language features.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- In a biography, we write using a formal tone in the third person; our writing is mostly, but not all, in the past tense.
- We use a range of cohesive devices to connect ideas together.
- We orally rehearse our sentences before we write.
- We use our notes from our plan to help us write (including the subject-specific vocabulary we planned to use).
- We give a title for the biography as a whole and subheadings for each paragraph. Each paragraph is indented.
Keywords
Formal tone - the effect created by choosing serious, factual language
Cohesive devices - language structures that develop text cohesion
Subject-specific vocabulary - vocabulary we use when writing about a particular subject
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to connect ideas together using cohesive devices.
Provide plenty of time for oral rehearsal using the bank of cohesive devices and model selecting different options for connecting ideas together.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
a privileged childhood
an incredible voyage
an amazing archipelago
a groundbreaking discovery
samples of animals or plants
things a scientist notices
what you study at university
a group of islands
what a person does that is significant or important
a species found only in that particular place
a set of ideas to explain why something happens
go all the way around