Writing the second half of a biography about Darwin and his theory of evolution
I can write the second half of a biography, using a range of language features.
Writing the second half of a biography about Darwin and his theory of evolution
I can write the second half of a biography, using a range of language features.
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, using our notes.
- We can include parenthesis to add extra details to a sentence, including using brackets and relative clauses.
- We give a title for the biography as a whole and subheadings for each paragraph. Each paragraph is indented.
Common misconception
Pupils may believe that a relative clause can only be placed in the middle of a sentence.
Relative clauses can be placed after any noun or noun phrase that they refer to, including at the end of a sentence.
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
Parenthesis - extra information added into a sentence that can be removed
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Darwin collected finches (small birds) from each island.
Years later, Darwin published his theory.
When he got back from England, he threw himself into his work.