Stephen Hawking Biography Writing Unit | Year 5 or Year 6 | Inventors & Scientists

Teach your students about Stephen Hawking while building reading and writing skills! This engaging biography writing project includes a fact-sorting activity, guided paragraph organizers, introduction and conclusion templates, and final writing pages. Perfect for informational writing, STEM connections, or Inventors and Scientists units in Upper Key Stage 2. Fun extension tasks include a crossword and wordsearch to reinforce key vocabulary. A complete print-and-teach literacy and history resource celebrating one of the world’s greatest scientists and creative thinkers!

Included in this PDF printable resource:

• Four fact sheets which students need to cut out and sort into paragraphs
• Writing templates for four draft paragraphs
• Two prompt sheets for students to write their introduction and conclusion
• A template for students to write up their neat biography text
• A crossword puzzle & wordsearch activity to consolidate learning

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This resource is great for:

• In class learning
• Independent work
• Homework
• Creative writing sessions
• Assessment practice
• Emergency sub plans

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This engaging biography writing project is designed to take place over four structured lessons, each lasting approximately 40–50 minutes. The unit builds reading comprehension, paragraph organization, and informational writing skills in a fun, hands-on way.

Lesson 1 – Sorting and Organising Facts: The first lesson is interactive and hands-on. Students begin by cutting out a set of mixed facts about the chosen historical figure. Working individually or in pairs, they read through each fact carefully and then sort them into four paragraph categories.

Lesson 2 – Writing Paragraph Drafts: In the second lesson, students use their sorted facts to write four clear and detailed paragraphs.

Lesson 3 – Writing the Introduction and Conclusion: The third lesson focuses on planning and writing the introduction and conclusion.

Lesson 4 – Editing and Final Draft: In the final lesson, students review and edit their draft paragraphs, checking for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors.

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