Year 6 literacy homework biography

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Studying this builds contextual awareness of author and text. Look at covers & discuss the type of book and the authors. When did he retire?

Students are tasked to with using library books, magazines and/or online sources to fill in this report form about perhaps the greatest boxer of all time.

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Biography Wagoll model texts

As ever, if you’re looking for a selection of editable model texts for pretty much any literacy topic, Literacy Wagoll is a great place to go.

In the biographies section you’ll find everyone from Usain Bolt and David Beckham to Mary Berry, Jacqueline Wilson, Henry VIII, Roald Dahl and Santa Claus.

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Florence Nightingale biography sequencing activity

This simple printable resource includes a number of sentences about Florence Nightingale for you to cut out and task students with putting back in the correct order.

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A biography of palaeontologist Mary Anning

Mary Anning was born on 21 May 1799 in the seaside town of Lyme Regis in Dorset, on the south coast of England.

It builds connection between biography and civic understanding. Plus there are lots of extension ideas and activities included.

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Muhammad Ali biography worksheet

Where was Muhammad Ali born? It builds connecting ideals to actions in biography writing. Students practice focused writing that still conveys a story.

Find other words & meanings. What other words do we know with those beginnings? Have chn read a biography? This playful approach highlights tone and voice, as well as factual detail. Students can apply this for writing about innovators or community leaders. They learn to juggle research with narrative flow, ensuring factual accuracy while maintaining reader interest.

Whether writing about a famous figure or someone in their community, they'll write with clarity, cohesion, and insight.

Example

A student studying the life of civil rights leader Rosa Parks might plot her early life, the Montgomery Bus Incident, and later influence on civil rights. This merges genre context with biographical detail.

It builds deep understanding of perspective and voice.

It also helps students connect personally with history and human experiences, fostering empathy and deeper understanding. Mary received little education, was not trained as a scientist, but grew up to be a palaeontologist whose findings helped change the way scientists thought about the world.

This Year 6 Science biography helps children explain why she was so important to our understanding of fossils and acts as a handy model text for biographical writing.

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