Biography

5.10A I can...Explain the author's purpose and message in a text.

​Guiding Question:

Biography( is a Non-fiction Text ) written by someone else

the purpose is to give an account of someone's life.

• A story of someone's life written by someone else.

• Written in past tense

• Written in 3rd person point of view ( pronouns: she, she, them, they)

• Written in chronological order (includes dates, early life, childhood, adulthood, achievements, awards)

Multiple Choice

Biography is a ______________________.

• fiction genre

• nonfiction genre

• fairy tale genre

• science fiction genre

Multiple Choice

A biography is a story about

• A person's life

• A time in history

• An interesting fact

• People working together

Multiple Choice

What is a biography?

• A story of someone's life written by themselves.

• A story of someone's life written by someone else.

• A made up story.

• A diary

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One characteristic of biography is...

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Is biography a fiction or non-fiction?

• Fiction

• Non-fiction

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of a biography?

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Which of the following is an example of a biography?

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dates

facts

achievements

written by someone else

is about a real person

opinions

written by the author

fiction

Multiple Choice

What are the things you would include in your research of someone famous?

• favourite food, colour, songs, hobbies

• important dates, early life, childhood, adult life, achievements, awards

• phone number, address, family

• car, pets, best friend

Multiple Choice

If someone wrote about the life of Kobe Bryant, it would be a/an

• Autobiography

• Biography

• Memoir

• Personal Narrative

Multiple Choice

What is chronological order?

• Events are arranged by importance.

• Events are arranged by letter order of life events.

• Events are arranged by the least to most interesting in the story.

• Events are arranged in number order by dates or time.

Multiple Choice

What are examples of 3rd person point of view?

• I, me, us, we, mine

• he, she, they, him, her

• you, yours, you're

• it

Multiple Choice

A biography is written in ___________?

• First person point of view

• Second person point of view

• Third person point of view

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You may use the book if available or the computer to look up the biography for the bulletin board project.

For today's activity we will complete with a partner a pennant for Women's History Month