Biographies Y4

A unit on biographies, based on the year 4 curriculum, consisting of 12 lessons. The pack includes 12 lessons which are fully resourced with differenitated tasks, accompanying resources and model texts. This unit focuses on producing a biography on Barrack Obama, with model texts on Tim Peake and Malala Yousafzai, but all the resources are adaptable, meaning it can be changed for any individual. 
 
Lesson 1 - To understand the purpose of a biography 
Lesson 2 - To create a bank of effective vocabulary (which can be used in a biography)
Lesson 3 - To use paragraphs 
Lesson 4 - To use fronted adverbials 
Lesson 5 - To carry out research for a biography 
Lesson 6 - To apply knowledge of fronted adverbials to my research
Lesson 7 - To identify features of a biography 
Lesson 8 - To improve a biography 
Lesson 9 - To plan a biography
Optional - Model write 
Lesson 10 - To write a biography 
Lesson 11 - To edit and improve a biography 

Curriculum aims

• listening to and discussing a wide range of fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books or textbooks
• checking that the text makes sense to them, discussing their understanding, and explaining the meaning of words in context
• asking questions to improve their understanding of a text
• retrieve and record information from non-fiction
• use the first 2 or 3 letters of a word to check its spelling in a dictionary
• plan their writing by:discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary and grammar
  discussing and recording ideas
• organising paragraphs around a theme
• in non-narrative material, using simple organisational devices [for example, headings and sub-headings]
• proposing changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency, including the accurate use of pronouns in sentences
• proofread for spelling and punctuation errors
  read their own writing aloud to a group or the whole class, using appropriate intonation and controlling the tone and volume so that the meaning is clear
• indicate grammatical and other features by:using commas after fronted adverbials