Teach Biographies with Confidence Using an Engaging Biography PowerPoint

If you’re about to embark on a biography writing unit with your students, don’t start until you have checked out this Biography PowerPoint from Teach Starter!

This 27-slide teaching presentation will help you explain all the fundamental features of biographies to your students. The slideshow contains authentic biography examples for you to read and analyse with your class, as well as several review activities to make sure your students are grasping the concepts presented. Links to additional Teach Starter resources are also included in the presentation, offering opportunities for deeper learning and extended practice.

By engaging with this biography PowerPoint presentation, your students will be writing detailed biographies in no time!

Features of This ‘How to Write a Biography’ PowerPoint

This PowerPoint is jam-packed with information and activities to help your students learn all there is to know about writing a biography. Some of the slides include:

• What are biographical texts?
• Biography structure
• Example biography – Sir Edmund Hillary 
• Life events – Which to include?
• Birth, family and childhood
• Education
• Career and notoriety
• Information report language 
• Language features

This versatile biography PowerPoint presentation can be used to support explicit teaching, facilitate small-group discussions or guide independent study. 

Download and Use This ‘Write a Biography’ PowerPoint

This slideshow downloads as either a Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Slides presentation. Use the dropdown menu on the Download button to access your preferred version. (Note: You will be prompted to make a copy of the Google Slides presentation before accessing it.)

Project the resource onto your screen and work through the slides as a class for a paperless writing lesson. You might also like to print key slides for differentiated instruction and student reference.

Resources to Complement This Biography PowerPoint

Looking for more curriculum-aligned resources to use in conjunction with this biography PowerPoint? Click below to explore some suggestions from our team:

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Biography Structure Sorting Worksheets

Teach biography structure with engaging sorting worksheets that help students understand the key sections of a biography using authentic text examples.

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Biography Research Template

Provide students with this biography research template to help them gather key life details and take organised notes for writing a well-structured biography.

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Biography Poster Project Cut-Outs

Download this biography poster project containing engaging cut-outs that help students design an eye-catching and informative display about a person of their choice.