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Year 6

Charles Darwin: biographical writing

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  • Reading and writing texts that inform

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In this unit, pupils research Charles Darwin's life and evolution theory in order to write a biography. The biography is written chronologically, from his early life to university, his trip to the Galapagos and his theory of evolution. Finally, pupils present information about evolution to a group.

This unit uses and builds on conventions around biographical writing from the Year 5 unit, 'Harriet Tubman: biographical writing'. Pupils research the life and theory of Charles Darwin ahead of planning a biography. New learning includes pupils using a text map in the planning process - a device to organise ideas cohesively in a plan. Pupils use this text map to write with the full range of taught sentence structures across four paragraphs, using a formal tone throughout. This unit prepares pupils to write formally in the Year 6 unit, 'Climate emergency: journalistic report'.

  1. Identifying features of a biography in preparation for writing about Darwin
  2. Researching Charles Darwin's life
  3. Researching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution
  4. Planning a biography about Charles Darwin's life and theory of evolution
  5. Writing the first half of a biography about Darwin and his theory of evolution
  6. Writing the second half of a biography about Darwin and his theory of evolution
  7. Presenting information about evolution
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