Writing a Biography

What are we learning today?

You will plan, write, edit and check a short biography of a sportsperson.

Explanation

• Step 1, Plan: make notes about the place and year of birth, the sport, medals and records, and the future.
• Step 2, Write: use your notes in sentences.
• Step 3, Edit: put the events in time order. Use the past simple, for example "won". Take out repeated words.
• Step 4, Check: do you have all the information? Are the small words (on, in, at) correct?
• Use "on" with a date, "in" with a month, year or city, and "at" with an age.

Examples

1. She was born in Almaty on March 3, 2010.
2. At the age of eight, she started swimming.
3. In 2022, she won a bronze medal.

Remember!

• Plan first, then write.
• Say "in 2012", not "at 2012".

Check yourself

1. Complete: "He was born ___ June 1 ___ 2011."
2. Complete: "___ the age of ten, she began."