This document provides steps for writing a biography. It explains that a biography tells the story of a person's life by including relevant details. It recommends including paragraphs about a subject's early life and family background, childhood education and anecdotes, adulthood including education and marriage, life in their hometown, current life events, and how they became famous. The document also notes that biographies use grammar like past and future tenses, adjectives, time expressions and relative clauses to describe a subject's life. Elements like connectors and punctuation are also important.

1. HOW TO WRITE A
BIOGRAPHY
STEPS TO BE
FOLLOWED
ENCARNACIÓN GONZÁLEZ LARA
Pre-intermediate level NEF Intermediate unit 10A

2. How to write a biography
 What is a biography
Definition
Examples
 Different parts to be included
 Elements to be used
Grammar
Other

3. What is a biography
 Definition
 It’s the story of a person including all the
relevant information and details about his / her
life
 Examples
 William Shakespeare was born in
Stratford-Upon-Avon in 1567. He was the
son of a very por family. Since he was a
child, he tried to develop his talent to write
any kind of stories. He son moved to
London looking for a better life ………

4. Different parts to be included
 1st paragraph: Early life including date and
place of birth, family background, relatives ….
 Second paragraph: Childhood
 Schooling
 Anecdotes
Third paragraph: Adulthood
- Education
- Job
- Marriage and children

5. Different parts to be included
 4th paragraph: Hometown and country
including life and feelings
 Fifth paragraph: Life at the momento
Important life events
Sixth paragraph: Becoming famous
- Awards

6. Elements to be used
 Grammar: past tenses, future
tenses, used to, physical and
personality adjectives, time
expressions, relative clauses
 Other elements: connectors,
punctuation signs