Important Scientists - Biographical writing

In this lesson, we will start off looking at parentheses: brackets, dashes and commas and their function within a sentence. We will explore the features of a biography: layout, punctuation, purpose, language, sentence structure, etc.

In this lesson, we will investigate French and Greek etymology.

In this lesson, we will practise using parentheses in the three forms (brackets, dashes and commas). Then we will explore why we use colons in writing and its uses.

In this lesson, we will identify sentences written in the third person and then write our own sentences. Then we will decide which form of note taking would be the most appropriate when retrieving information from a non-fiction text.

In this lesson, we will introduce new vocabulary, identify word pairs and synonyms and apply the vocabulary in sentences.

In this lesson, we will turn notes into model sentences using an example about Charles Darwin. There will be an example of some notes about Charles Darwin which will be turned into modelled sentences. We will recap how we collect and record information.

In this lesson, we will practise and apply our knowledge of French and Greek etymology and we will have a spelling test.

In this lesson, we will write a complex sentence with a relative clause about Charles Darwin. We will plan a biographical introduction and refer to notes made from the previous lesson. Finally, we will plan a concluding paragraph.

In this lesson, we will explore whether sentences make sense grammatically. We will recap biography layouts by looking at a modelled text about Charles Darwin.

In this lesson, we will recap the layout of biographies by looking at a modelled text about Charles Darwin. We will model two paragraphs of the biography. The conclusion paragraph will be a modelled piece of writing, which we will analyse.