Biography
What is an account of someone's life written by someone else?
Biography
These help you figure out the meaning of an unknown word
Context clues
These are big happenings in someone's life
Key events
This is a resource written by someone who has done research, like your biography research paper
Secondary source
In this step you brainstorm and write all your ideas down
Prewriting
What is an account of someone's life written by the person it is about?
Autobiography
This means the setting, or how the word is used
Context
The second paragraph of your biography paper was supposed to be about this
The person's birth and childhood (growing up)
You should always do this when starting a new paragraph
Indent
In this step you organize your ideas into paragraphs
Drafting
Auto
The fourth paragraph in your biography paper was supposed to be about this
The person's accomplishments and why they are important
Name one thing that should be in your introduction paragraph, always
Main idea/thesis statement
3 details about your topic
In this step you use the ARMS (add, remove, move, substitute) strategy
Revising
What is a "memoir"?
Someone writing their memories about their life.
These words mean the same as a word
Synonyms
The third paragraph of your biography paper was supposed to be about this
The person's adult life, what they did that made them important
What is the final paragraph called?
Closing or conclusion paragraph
In this step you use the CUPS (capitalization, usage, punctuation, spelling) strategy
Editing
Biographies are usually written in this type of order.
Chronological order
or order of how things happened
This makes you have to think about what the word might mean
Inference clues
This is a resource written by someone who actually witnessed things
Primary source
This means to combine information from two more more sources to form a new thought
Integrate information
In this step you are ready to share your final writing with others
Publishing