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Writing a Biography. Organizing Details. The Parts of A Biography. A biography has three parts, unscramble the words below to reveal these parts. LCNSUOCNIO _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ DBYO _ _ _ _ ROTINUCDITNO _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. The Parts of A Biography: Introduction.
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Writing a Biography Organizing Details
The Parts of A Biography • A biography has three parts, unscramble the words below to reveal these parts. • LCNSUOCNIO _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ • DBYO _ _ _ _ • ROTINUCDITNO _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The Parts of A Biography: Introduction • The parts of a biography include: the introduction, the body, and the conclusion. • The introduction or first paragraph, contains the topic sentence, which introduces the subject and tells why that person is important. • Revisit pg. 47, Find and write down the topic sentence. Hint: why is Meadowlark Lemon famous?
The Parts of A Biography: Body • The topic sentence is “Little did they know that Lemon would become…” • A biography gives details in the order in which they happened (chronological) ex. When someone was born until when they died or where they are presently. • Identify the important facts about Lemon in the three body paragraphs. Are they chronological?
The Parts of A Biography: Conclusion • A conclusion wraps up the biography. It may tell about how the person feels about life or it may relate to something memorable that the person did or said.
Your Task • Step 1: Complete Activity A independently or in pairs. • Step 2: Complete Activity B. You can use the sentences from Activity A, revising as needed to form a paragraph. Work through this activity independently.