Features of a biography ks3

Biographies are true pieces of text, based on fact, so biographers the people who write biographies have to do a lot of research. They use websites, letters, photographs, diaries and newspapers to help them. Marie Curie lived over years ago and was a world-famous scientist. Even though biographers do lots of research, they can only guess at what it was like to be that person, or the thoughts and feelings the person had.

If the person they want to write about, or anyone who knew them, is still alive, biographers sometimes carry out an interview to ask lots of questions about the person's life. The life and achievements of Professor Stephen Hawking. Often biographies are about people who are famous because of something they have done. Scientists, artists, sports stars or world leaders often have biographies written about them.

Features of a biography year 3

But you don't have to be famous to have a biography written about you. You just need to have a life story that someone else could find interesting or want to find out about. Biographies should be based on fact. How many facts do you remember about the biographies of Marie Curie and Stephen Hawking? Try this true or false quiz to find out!

Features of a biography year 6

Time to become a biographer! Write a short biography of someone you are interested in. It could be a famous person from history, a sports star, a scientist or an artist. It could even be your favourite TV star!