How to write a biography on a person

Biography Essay Writing Guide

A biography essay is an essay where you tell the story of a person’s life. It’s a chance for you to do research and learn interesting facts and opinions about someone. That person could be a historical figure, a famous actor, politician, artist, writer or inventor. The point of the biographical essay is to reveal who that person was and what contribution they have made to the world.

In order to write a great biography essay, you’ll need to develop a thesis statement about them and write supporting paragraphs with information about their life and work. Finally, a conclusion will help show the lasting impact they’ve had.

Let’s take it step by step:

1. Step 1 – Choose Your Subject The person you choose to write about should be someone famous. Since you’ll need to do research about them, they need to be someone who you can find articles and books about. It would be best if the person is someone you’re interested in. That way it will make it easier for you to get
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   5 Simple steps for writing an interesting biography report on a famous scientist

   Learning about famous scientists can deepen our students' appreciation and understanding of science. And so it's important that we add a few biographies and reports on key scientists throughout their homeschooling years.

   To help you out with this task, we wanted to share 5 easy steps for writing a biography report on a famous scientist.

   We love sharing about the key men and women in science with our students. We usually do this at different stages throughout their journey and this is something we incorporate into our programs. But typically, we recommend that students begin sharing scientist biography reports around third or fourth grade. In this beginning these will be super simple and they'll get more complex as the students get older. But they will all begin with...

   Step 1: Choose and read

   The first step for writing any scientist biography report is to have the students read about the scientist. 

   You may have a book, or article, scheduled in your science program, but if you don't have a b

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   Teaching Students to Write Biography Reports

   Biographies are many students’ first glimpse at history. It is one of my favorite units to teach every year. It is a great opportunity for students to read, research, use technology, and write!

   If you’re teaching students to write biography reports this year, then check out how I like to break it down!

   Breaking Down Writing a Biography Report (Grades 2-5)

   Writing these types of reports is part of the Common Core writing standards for Grades 2-5 as well as many other states’ standards. There are several steps to take as you teach your students to write a biography report.

   The first step ALWAYS: Introduce Biographies

   Before I even begin to teach my students how to write a biography, I like to read several from our school library.

   For second and third grade students:

   • Have several biographies in the classroom and give students time to explore the books. Then discuss: What did you notice about all these books? How are they the same? How are they different?
   • Discuss genre and introduce biographies.
   • Then, I