Grade 7 English Term TwoLesson 7- What’s the structure?LO- to further investigate the text structure and language choices of a biography• We spent two lessons on this and I just added additional activities

Lesson 2- Who inspires you? LO- to identify people who are your role models

Lesson 3- How are the stories of inspirational people recorded?LO- to understand the differences between biographies and autobiographies

Lesson 4- Why is Nelson Mandela inspirational?LO- to continue to explore the biography of Nelson Mandela

Lesson 7- What’s the structure?

LO: to investigate the text structure and language choices of a biography

Key Words• Biography ladder

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RECAP- Last lesson we aimed to…

Explore the biography of Nelson Mandela

Who can remember one of Mandela’s quotes from yesterday?

• 5 Minute Starter Activity- Write a sentence about TWO types of text

which explains how it’s put together (its structure)

• A television advertisement (recall from last term)

• A short story (recall from Grade 6)• A newspaper (recall from Grade 6)

What’s the structure? LO: to investigate the text structure and language choices of a biography

• How was the Mandela biography structured?

What’s the structure? LO: to investigate the text structure and language choices of a biography

Organisation of Text

Language Choices

• How was the Mandela biography structured?

What’s the structure? LO: to investigate the text structure and language choices of a biography

Organisation of Text

Language Choices

TitleSubheadingsIntroductionImages with captionsChronological orderSources/References

FactsOpinionsQuotesFormalThird personPast tense

• Biography Ladder

What’s the structure? LO: to investigate the text structure and language choices of a biography

Order of Task Task Notes (key words, facts, main ideas)

last Introduces the individual the biography focuses on

1st When and where born?What was the family situation?Early example of talent or ability?What was happening in the world when they lived?

2nd Important events in person’s life- challenges and achievements

3rd Name a person / people who helped, supported or guided your inspirational person

4th What were the main things this person did that made them important or inspirational?

5th How should this person be remembered? What is their place in history? How have others benefitted from what this person has done?

As located Websites, books, documentaries etc. that keywords and main ideas have come from

BLANKS

• Biography Ladder

What’s the structure? LO: to investigate the text structure and language choices of a biography

Order of Task Task Notes (key words, facts, main ideas)

last Introduction Introduces the individual the biography focuses on

1st Origins When and where born?What was the family situation?Early example of talent or ability?What was happening in the world when they lived?

2nd Events Important events in person’s life- challenges and achievements

3rd Influences Name a person / people who helped, supported or guided your inspirational person

4th Achievements What were the main things this person did that made them important or inspirational?

5th Evaluation How should this person be remembered? What is their place in history? How have others benefitted from what this person has done?

As located References Websites, books, documentaries etc. that keywords and main ideas have come from

ANSWERS

What’s the structure? LO: to investigate the text structure and language choices of a biography• Look at the following facts about Miss Lucy and LABEL which section of the

biography ladder they come from

Lesson 8- Are we ready to write a biography?

LO: to create a biography using notes from the biography ladder

Key Words• Biography ladder

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RECAP- Last lesson we aimed to…

Investigated the text structure and language choices of a biography

Who can remember the ‘rungs’ of the biography ladder?

Are we ready to write a biography? LO: to create a short biography using notes from the biography ladder

Write a VERY SHORT biography

Using the facts about Miss Lucy, create a short, fluent biography (written in third person, past tense) about Miss Lucy that is structured CLEARLY using the biography ladder.