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Boy (Biography & Autobiography)

Non-fiction: Boy, Biography and Autobiography (Planning documents, PowerPoint and worksheets) - This unit of work is designed to cover biography and autobiography reading. English Teaching Resources: Boy, Biography and Autobiography (Non-fiction) is a complete lesson by lesson unit of work (includes assessment guidance, detailed lessons and activities, 85 slide PowerPoint and dozens of accompanying worksheets).  The lessons study Roald Dahl and use Roald Dahl's autobiography Boy to contextualise the exploration of autobiographical writing. 

English Teaching Resources: Boy, Biography and Autobiography (Non-fiction) includes a range of varied lessons and activities for children of all abilities.  Activities include:

Talk for writing - What's the difference between biography and autobiography?

Exploring and discussing a traditional biography - Charles Dickens

Studying Multi-modal texts - online biographies using film, cartoons and animation

Individual, pair and group work lessons

Assessment of prior learning - Roald Dahl biography

Writing in the first and third person

Exploring different types of autobiography - a Facebook page, blogs, websites

Creating a family tree

Presenting characters in autobiography - characters in Roald Dahl's Boy

Cross curricular links: Geography (Norway chapter from Boy)

Teaching description, dialogue and action in non-fiction

Using personal pronouns effectively

Effective adjectives and descriptive writing using the senses

Writing assessment task - writing an autobiographical account

86 slide PowerPoint presentation

24 pages of worksheets to accompany the PowerPoint lessons

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