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Write about sporting role models

This free sporting role models resource pack contains an extract from double Paralympic gold medallist Danielle Brown’s book, Run Like a Girl, which features biographical stories of 50 incredible sportswomen.

Also in the download are teacher notes and a pupil worksheet that provides a framework for pupils to research and write a biography of their own sporting role model.

KS2 biographical recounts worksheets

This Key Stage 2 text types resource pack will help children to learn how to write informative biographical recounts.

They will write a biography about an influential person – either someone that they know or someone who is in the public eye – and there are two model texts included to inspire them (one on a relative and one on a famous figure).

This resource also includes a biography writing sheet, biography research sh

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Biographies and autobiographies

Watch: What are autobiographies and biographies?

Biographies and autobiographies are both types of non-fiction stories about someone’s life.

They are both based in fact but there are some key differences between them.

Watch this video in which teacher Mr McPartlin explains the differences. Listen carefully and join in with the activities.

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Similarities and differences

Time for a recap on those similarities and differences!

Both biographies and autobiographies:

• tell the story of someone’s life

• are written in the past tense

• follow chronological order (the order in which things actually happened)

• are non-fiction

Biography	Autobiography
Written by a person about someone else’s life.	Written by a person about their own life.
Written in third person (//)	Written in first person ()

To see some examples, watch the first minute of each of these clips.

The first clip is written as a biography of activist Rosa Parks and the second clip is written as if it were an autobiography. Can you spot the differences?

Watch: Rosa Parks biography example

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Exploring biographies

Watch: What is a biography?

A biography is a non-fiction text about someone's life.

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For example, ruling this fasten. It gives a account of say publicly scientist Marie Curie.

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Watch: History of Writer Hawking

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Here's another story of a scientist, that time Associate lecturer Stephen Hawking.

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Who are biographies about?

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