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• Features Of An Autobiography Resources For Ks2 English

Features of an autobiography – 6 of the best resources for KS2 English

Getting kids to talk about themselves shouldn't be hard, but getting them to create good autobiographical writing, you might need these activities, ideas, templates and worksheets…

Back before selfies and Instagram feeds the way to tell your own story was to write it.

And sure, your average Key Stage 2 student probably won’t have accumulated enough life experience for the next Long Walk to Freedom , but they can probably do a better job than half the ‘celebrity’ books that hit the shelves in the run-up to Christmas.

And that’s before you’ve even started with these great resources.

1 | Characteristics of an autobiography

This nifty little resource not only includes the great quote in the pic above, it has a good summary of autobiographical writing, explains where the word ‘autobiography’ comes from, and has a few good examples of autobiographical passages to boot.

Check it out here.

2 | Roald Dahl book topic

The Great Mouse Plot was one of the stories from Roald Dahl’s childhood autobiography, Boy , where he and his friends pranked the local sweet shop owner by placing a dead mouse in a jar of sweets.

They were duly caught, and caned by their headmaster.

Carey Fluker Hunt’s book topics explores using memories for engaging creative autobiographical writing.

Get this resource here.

3 | Super hero autobiography example

Head on over to Literacy Wagoll’s Biographies and Autobiographies section for a collection of free example texts, including this superhero autobiography.

No doubt your students are more than familiar with comic book movies and have seen countless origin stories, so they should be able to write one for their own created superhero.

It’s the perfect writing hook, coming up with a character and how they got their superpower.

And if you want to actually watch a superhero movie, the first Spider-Man film (AKA the best one) from Sam Raimi is an excellent example (although it does have a 12A rating, so maybe just show clips or talk about it).

It’s opening line? ‘Who am I?’. It’s closing line? ‘Who am I? I’m Spider-Man’. Perfect.

In the meantime, download superhero autobiography example here.

4 | Autobiography checklist

Once your pupils get to writing an autobiographical piece, this checklist might come in handy.

It has the basics like ‘Is it written in the 1st person?’ and ‘Is it written in the past tense?’ but also things like ‘Are there dates to show when events happened?’ and ‘Is there any emotive language?’.

Plus, there’s a column on the sheet where they can show evidence that they’ve included all of these elements.

This resource also includes a biography checklist should you need that too.

Click here to download.

5 | The life of Nelson Mandela

This Oxfam set of resources for upper KS2 explores the life of Nelson Mandela and the differences between biography and autobiography.

They also provide ideas for discussing the difference between explicit and implicit points of view, and the differences between first and third person narration.

There are five lessons, all of which can be found here.

6 | Newspaper template

One for younger pupils, this newspaper-style template lets them write all about themselves, their likes and dislikes, their heroes and their hobbies.

Download it here.

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KS1 and KS2 Autobiography Writing Prompt

KS1 and KS2 Autobiography Writing Prompt intended to support extended writing. The sentence starters, words and phrases can be ordered and used as a prompt.

Identifying Features of an Autobiography in a Model Text

Features of an Autobiography - Identify typical features. Can also be used as a model to support the children writing their own autobiographies.

A Teacher’s Autobiography Worksheets for Proofreading and Editing

Autobiography worksheets for KS1 and KS2 learners to practise editing and proofreading a differentiated autobiography text written by a teacher.

My Memories of WWII (Y5m/Y6s) Guided Reading Pack

A Guided Reading Pack aimed at Y5m/Y6s readers in the form of an autobiography written by a man who was a child during WWII. Text, teacher questions, follow-up work, vocabulary activities and SPAG activities included.

Sorting KS2 Features of an Autobiography

KS2 Features of an Autobiography in six differentiated levels to decide which features and vocabulary belong and do not belong in an autobiography.

Text Marking an Autobiography Model Text – Matilda

Six differentiated activities to identify key features in an autobiography.

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Encourage children to develop their knowledge of non-fiction writing with this fun PowerPoint. They will learn about the key features of an autobiography, including its purpose, writing style and layout. Children are then challenged to write their own autobiography that covers two of the topics given. Can they remember to include all the key features?

• Key Stage: Key Stage 2
• Subject: English
• Topic: Themes and Conventions
• Topic Group: Reading
• Year(s): Years 5-6
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• Last Updated: 23/09/2022
• Resource Code: E2PAT101
• Curriculum Point(s): Maintain positive attitudes to reading and understanding of what they read by identifying and discussing themes and conventions in and across a wide range of writing.

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• In this lesson, we will plan our biography on Harriet Tubman, who led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom. We will use our previous notes from Lesson 4 of this unit and collate them into a plan ready to write.

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This English reading and writing teaching resources contains a series of progressive lessons designed to teach the key features of autobiographical writing at UKS2. 'Autobiography - Year 5 and 6' is an engaging 98 slide PowerPoint presentation with 16 accompanying worksheets. Content includes:

• What is autobiographical writing?
• What are the main features of an autobiographical text?
• Understanding and using the 1st person perspective
• Spelling keywords in autobiographical writing
• Constructing sentences effectively 
• Studying how writers create suspense when telling stories
• Assessment task - learners are asked to create a piece of autobiographical writing

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