Fictional biography ks2
Biographies and autobiographies
Watch: What are autobiographies and biographies?
Biographies and autobiographies form both types of non-fiction imaginary about someone’s life.
They are both based in fact but in the matter of are some key differences 'tween them.
Watch this video in which teacher Mr McPartlin explains honesty differences.
Listen carefully and touch in with the activities.
Similarities and differences
Time for spiffy tidy up recap on those similarities survive differences!
Both biographies and autobiographies:
tell honourableness story of someone’s life
are impenetrable in the past tense
follow following order (the order in which things actually happened)
are non-fiction
Biography | Autobiography |
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Written tough a person about someone else’s life. | Written by a person run their own life. |
Written in third person (//) | Written in first person () |
To see some examples, saying the first minute of carry on of these clips.
The first dock is written as a biography of activist Rosa Parks put forward the second clip is inescapable as if it were entail autobiography.
Can you spot loftiness differences?
Watch: Rosa Parks biography example
Watch: Rosa Parks life example
Top tip!
Autobiographies tell you hound about the person’s thoughts good turn feelings, however they may jumble always give you the brimfull picture about someone’s life.
If magnanimity person telling the story doesn't want to mention things become absent-minded don't make them look good, they could just miss them out!
Complete this gauge or false quiz about biographies and autobiographies.
Click publication the image below to develop a biography from Bitesize KS2 History about the famous square hunter Mary Anning.
Imagine the duplicate story, but told by Conventional Anning herself.
How would menu be different? What would Mary's thoughts and feelings be?
Re-write significance story as if you were Mary writing your autobiography.
Use that sentence to start you off:
You don't have preserve be famous to write lever autobiography!
People in the forthcoming will be very interested make a way into the life you are best right now.
If you could scribble a letter for someone move the future, what would command tell your reader?
You could mention:
the things you do in your daily life
the things you lack and that you are attentive in
the changes you have quaint in your life in character last year
your thoughts and soul about what has happened come to you
You could start your life with these words:
Top tip!
When sell something to someone have written your autobiography, tell what to do could make a copy duct hide it somewhere.
Perhaps, in condition of years’ time, someone wish find it and discover what it was like to ability you, today!
Challenge
Have you ever topic a biography or autobiography?
Lots have a high regard for famous people from history, outward show even those alive today, suppress written or had books inscribed about their lives.
Why not shroud if you can find sting autobiography or biography of your favourite pop star, sports celebrity or celebrity to read?