Composition: Biography Revision (Monday; 22/11)

K: Know the features of biography.

U: Understand how to use the biography features.

D: Write a biography about one of your family members or friends.

Words of the Day

1. Biography

2. Achievements

Biography Features

Biography is an account of someone's life written by someone else. There are a few key elements when you write your biography:

1. Name of the person. Date and place of birth.

2. Childhood. What was their life like as a kid?

3. Educational background. Both primary until university depending on the person.

4. Professional experience. What is their job? Or what was their job?

5. Area of expertise. What are their hobbies? What are they good at?

6. Major achievements. What is their biggest success? 

7. Where are they now? If they are dead, where is their funeral? If they are alive, what are they doing now?

A biography is mostly written in past tense and uses 3rd POV. There are 7 elements, which makes up to either 5-6 contents of paragraphs. For each content, remember to elaborate your information so that the readers will know about the person in your point of view.

Task Time

Please write a biography about one of your family members or friends. The biography should consist around 250-300 words. Write the biography in 35 minutes. As you write, take note of the questions:

1. What is that person's name?

2. Where and when were they born?

3. What were they like as a child?

4. What was their education background?

5. What was their biggest achievement or achievements?

6. How is this person doing now? Are they alive or deceased?

When you plan out your biography, make sure to not take longer than 5 minutes.

For 6 Aestas, please submit your work in the assignment section.