Biography

Use a non-fiction writing plan to write a biography.

PARAGRAPH 1

• Introduce the subject or the person you’re writing about.

PARAGRAPH 2, 3, 4...

• Make point one: the person’s childhood
• Make point two: his or her adult life
• Make point three: achievements he or she is remembered for.
• Organise your writing. Write the points in a logical order as they happened.

Conclusion

• Comment again about the main points. As the writer, you can add your opinions saying what you think.

Remember:

• Use connectives or conjunctions:
  • and or but (to join compound sentences)
  • or, so, if, when, while, after, before, because, unless, until, whereas, although (to join complex sentences)
  • use pronouns - who, which, whose, what, that
  • to link ideas use - firstly, later, therefore, on the other hand, at that moment, by this time, next, soon...
• Use linking words at the beginning of paragraphs
  • further more, what is more, more than this, however.
• Use a range of sentences -simple, compound and complex sentences