Starter quiz
- Select the definition of a biography.
- a non-fiction text written about someone’s life ✓
- a non-fiction text written about an event
- a non-fiction text written about a subject
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- Select which of these are types of non-fiction texts.
- poem
- non-chronological report ✓
- narrative story
- journalistic report ✓
- biography ✓
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- What is the purpose of a biography?
- to inform the reader about an event
- to inform the reader about a subject
- to inform the reader about a person ✓
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- Tick the layout features of biographies.
- title ✓
- subheading ✓
- address
- paragraphs ✓
- stanzas
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- How do subheadings help to achieve the text's purpose?
- They tell the reader what the biography is about
- They show the reader pictures of the person
- They tell the reader what the section is about ✓
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- What is a civil rights activist?
- a non-fiction text written about someone’s life
- the aim of a text
- a structure of language that uses words
- a person dedicated to securing equal opportunity for minority groups ✓
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Exit quiz
- Match the keywords to their definitions.
- chronological order⇔when a text is written following the order in which events happened ✓
- plantation⇔a large farm that specialises in growing one type of crop ✓
- extradite⇔to send a person accused of a crime back to their state or country ✓
- Underground Railroad⇔secret network of people offering shelter to fugitive enslaved people ✓
- civil war⇔a war between citizens of the same country ✓
- What does researching for a biography involve?
- finding out more information about a person's life ✓
- writing the introduction of the biography
- understanding sequences of events in the person's life ✓
- learning about the period of time in which the person lived ✓
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- Order the sections of a biography about Harriet Tubman.
- 1⇔introduction
- 2⇔early life
- 3⇔activism
- 4⇔conclusion
- Which elements of Harriet Tubman's early life have we learned about?
- when and where she was born ✓
- best friends
- family ✓
- childhood experiences ✓
- favourite games
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- Maryland was a __________ State in the USA.
- Southern ✓
- Northern
- Mid-western
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- Match the terms associated with the Underground Railroad with their definitions.
- conductors⇔helped guide fugitive slaves across different hiding places ✓
- stations⇔hiding places, including private homes, schoolhouses and churches ✓
- station masters⇔people operating these hiding places ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- When preparing to write a biography, it is important to thoroughly research the person we are writing about.
- Biographies usually share information about the person's life in chronological order.
- Recording information in chronological order helps the reader understand how different events are related & sequenced.
Common misconception
This lesson contains a lot of subject-specific language and information related to the civil war in America.
Information is chunked into small, accessible parts and subject-specific vocabulary is explicitly defined.
Keywords
Chronological order - following the order in which a series of events happened
Plantation - a large farm that specialises in growing one type of crop
Extradite - to hand over a person accused or convicted of a crime to the state in which the crime was committed
Underground railroad - a secret network of people offering shelter and aid to fugitive enslaved people
Civil war - a war between citizens of the same country
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