Autobiography sample ks2

  • Year 6 autobiography examples

    • Biographies and autobiographies

    Watch: What are autobiographies and biographies?

    Biographies and autobiographies are both types of non-fiction stories about someone’s life.

    They are both based in fact but there are some key differences between them.

    Watch this video in which teacher Mr McPartlin explains the differences. Listen carefully and join in with the activities.

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    Similarities and differences

    Time for a recap on those similarities and differences!

    Both biographies and autobiographies:

    • tell the story of someone’s life

    • are written in the past tense

    • follow chronological order (the order in which things actually happened)

    • are non-fiction

    BiographyAutobiography
    Written by a person about someone else’s life.Written by a person about their own life.
    Written in third person (//)Written in first person ()

    To see some examples, watch the first minute of each of these clips.

    The first clip is written as a biography of activist Rosa Parks and the second clip is written as if it were an autobiography. Can you spot the differences?

    Watch: Rosa Parks biography example

    We use buses every day to go to school or into town. It's not unusual, but this story is about a bus journey that changed millions of lives.

    Let's go to America, in 1955, to Montgomery in the southern state of Alabama.

    There, when a woman called Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, a bus journey became very important.

    Rosa's refusal was a protest about racism against black people. Racism is when someone thinks you’re not as good as them because the colour of your skin or your race is different to theirs, so they treat you differently.

    At that time, southern states in America, had something called ‘segregation’. This meant people of different skin colours had different schools, restaurants, even toilets.

    Segregation happened on buses too.

    One day, Rosa was in a seat for black

  • Autobiography non examples

    • Writing autobiography

    Science fiction author Robert A Heinlein once wrote:

    Autobiography is usually honest but never truthful.

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    Introduction to writing autobiography

    Key learning points

    • What is an autobiography?
    • Where does the word autobiography come from?
    • Understand why autobiographies are written
    • How to structure an autobiography

    Video about writing autobiography

    An autobiography is the story of a person’s life. It is different to a diary, which is usually a personal account of events but as they happen. And it’s different to a biography, which is the story of someone’s life, but written by somebody else.

    There are different ways to tell the story of someone’s journey through life. Using a traditional story arc, with a clear beginning, middle and ending, can make an autobiography more interesting and engaging.

    You can start at the beginning, your birth, and describe the journey from there.

    Or you can start later in your story, at the point when you made an important decision, took part in a memorable event or tried something for the first time.

    Wherever you choose to start, it’s important to describe key places and events, the different things you saw and did.

    As with any story, pick the events, people and places that will capture the reader’s interest and imagination and maybe leave the boring bits out!

    Don’t just list events or anecdotes, piece together a story.

    Did an event change the way you think about things? Did it offer you new opportunities? What did you learn from your experience?

    For example, when Roald Dahl wrote his first autobiography, Boy, he chose to focus on his school years.

    He tells the story of his local sweet shop and his dreams of being an inventor for a chocolate company. No wonder he wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!

    So, autobiography can come out in all kinds of ways. Which things in your life will you write about?

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    Etymology of autobiography

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    Writing an autobiography planning, example and task - great for distance, home or online learning

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    30 September 2020

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    Writing an autobiography? A great task to set children and encourage them to write, particularly for distance, home or online learning. The powerpoint explains what the children need to write about and includes a planning mind map. There is an example autobiography to help inspire children as well as a document to help structure their autobiography.

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