Filter by
Subjects
Key stage
Global tag
- (-) All global tags (823)
- Post-1900 (56)
- Pre-1900 (54)
- William Shakespeare (51)
- William Shakespeare (44)
- Tragedy (42)
- Macbeth (41)
- Macbeth (41)
- Fiction (26)
- Using evidence (25)
- Fiction (24)
- UK (23)
- Africa (18)
- Modern (18)
- Cause and consequence (15)
- Asia (14)
- Heritage (13)
- Vocabulary learning (12)
- Continuity and change (11)
- David Grant (11)
- Significance (11)
- North America (10)
- Chronology (9)
- Gothic (9)
- Interpretations (9)
- Reading (9)
- South America (9)
- Fast (8)
- Philip Pullman (8)
- Philip Pullman (8)
- Speaking (8)
- Europe (7)
- Oceania (7)
- Antarctica (6)
- Artemis Fowl (6)
- Eoin Colfer (6)
- Translation (6)
- Writing (6)
- Benjamin Zephaniah (5)
- Gangsta Rap (5)
- Northern Lights (5)
- Pronunciation and phonics (5)
- Charles Dickens (4)
- Lady Macbeth (4)
- Robert Swindells (4)
- Theresa Breslin (4)
- Whispers in the Graveyard (4)
- Experimental skills (3)
- Free! (3)
- Holes (3)
- John Steinbeck (3)
- Middle East (3)
- Of Mice and Men (3)
- Unseen (3)
- World War One (3)
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2)
- Analysis and evaluation (2)
- Bram Stoker (2)
- Charles Dickens (2)
- Comedy (2)
- Development of scientific thinking (2)
- Dracula (2)
- Frankenstein (2)
- Geoffrey Chaucer (2)
- Hamlet (2)
- Listening (2)
- Louis Sachar (2)
- Mary Shelley (2)
- Reasoning (2)
- Similarity and difference (2)
- Wilfred Owen (2)
- Algebra (1)
- Blitzed (1)
- Charlotte Bronte (1)
- David Almond (1)
- Deborah Ellis (1)
- Dictionary skills (1)
- Dulce Et Decorum Est (1)
- Dylan Thomas (1)
- George Orwell (1)
- Graphs (1)
- Great Expectations (1)
- Handling data (1)
- Hard Times (1)
- Henry V (1)
- History (1)
- History (1)
- James Dashner (1)
- Jane Eyre (1)
- John Agard (1)
- John Donne (1)
- Joseph Delaney (1)
- Lord of the Flies (1)
- Mercutio (1)
- Metaphysical (1)
- Modelling (1)
- Much Ado About Nothing (1)
- Roald Dahl (1)
- Roald Dahl (1)
- Rupert Brooke (1)
- Seamus Heaney (1)
- Skellig (1)
- Stephen Davies (1)
- Susan Hill (1)
- T.S. Eliot (1)
- The Breadwinner (1)
- The Maze Runner (1)
- The Soldier (1)
- The Spook’s Apprentice (1)
- The Tempest (1)
- The Wife of Bath’s Tale (1)
- The Woman in Black (1)
- The Yellowcake Conspiracy (1)
- Thomas Hardy (1)
- Twelfth Night (1)
- White Poppies (1)
- William Golding (1)
Resource type
- (-) Complete lesson (654)
- Worksheet (314)
- Student activity (284)
- Role play/debate/discussion (59)
- Teaching ideas (54)
- Differentiated (32)
- Revision (17)
- Homework (15)
- Starter/Plenary (14)
- Assessment (13)
- Lesson plan (12)
- Game/quiz (11)
- Exam preparation (10)
- Self-assessment (8)
- Templates (7)
- Presentation (3)
- Scheme of work (3)
Exam board
Special Education Need SEND
Biographies and autobiographies
What is a biography?
A biography is a non-fiction text about a person’s life. It is written in the third person and in chronological order.
Here you'll find English teaching resources to help key stage 1 and key stage 2 children understand the features of a biography and those of autobiographical accounts. They include templates, example biographies and worksheets alongside reading comprehensions based on biographical texts about famous people.
Download our model texts, worksheets and PowerPoints to develop children’s biography writing skills and support them in researching the lives of famous individuals.