teaching resource

Biography Writing Bump It Up Wall

Updated: 12 Aug 2020

Use this visual display in your classroom to help students ‘bump up’ their biography writing.

Editable: Word
Non-Editable: PDF
Years: 4 - 6

Curriculum

VC2E4LY10

Create narrative, informative and persuasive texts, written and spoken, using relevant, linked ideas for a range of audiences and using multimodal elements as appropriate
VC2E4LY11

Re-read and edit texts for meaning by adding, deleting or moving words or word groups to improve content and structure
VC2E5LY10

Create different types of texts, written and spoken, with relevant, elaborated and sequenced ideas, using text structure appropriate for topic, purpose and audience, and multimodal elements as appropriate
VC2E5LY11

Re-read and edit their own texts and the texts of others using agreed criteria for text structures and language features
VC2E6LY09

Create different types of texts, written and spoken, with developed and organised ideas for purpose and audience, and multimodal elements as appropriate
VC2E6LY10

Re-read and edit their own texts and the texts of others using agreed criteria and exploring editing choices

EN2-RECOM-01

Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
EN2-CWT-01

Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
EN2-CWT-02

Plans, creates and revises written texts for informative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
EN2-CWT-03

Plans, creates and revises written texts for persuasive purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
EN3-VOCAB-01

Extends Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, morphological analysis and generating precise definitions for specific contexts
EN3-RECOM-01

Fluently reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes, analysing text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
EN3-CWT-01

Plans, creates and revises written texts for multiple purposes and audiences through selection of text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language
EN3-SPELL-01

Automatically applies taught phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling in a range of contexts, and justifies spelling strategies used to spell unfamiliar words
EN3-UARL-01

Analyses representations of ideas in literature through narrative, character, imagery, symbol and connotation, and adapts these representations when creating texts

teaching resource

Biography Writing Bump It Up Wall

Updated: 12 Aug 2020

Use this visual display in your classroom to help students ‘bump up’ their biography writing.

Editable: Word
Non-Editable: PDF
Years: 4 - 6

Use this visual display in your classroom to help students ‘bump up’ their biography writing.

‘Bump Up’ Your Students’ Biography Writing!

The aim of this visible learning classroom display is to help students ‘bump up’ their biography writing. The display enables students to identify the approximate level of a biographical text they have written, then use the goals provided to ‘uplevel’ their writing.

Print and cut each component of the display. This display includes:

A title banner
Three example texts of varying levels (simple to complex)
Statements describing the structural and language features included in each example text
Goals for ‘bumping up’ each example text

Create a Biography Writing Classroom Display

To create the display:

Print out all of the components.
Place the title banner at the top of the display.
Place the texts in order (1-3) horizontally.
List the ‘This piece of writing includes…’ statements vertically underneath the corresponding text.
List the ‘This piece of writing could be improved by…’ goals vertically underneath the corresponding text.

To print the banner:

Open the PDF file you have just downloaded, in Adobe Reader.
In Adobe Reader, click on the printer icon to bring up the print dialogue box.
With the print dialogue box opens, click on the ‘Poster’ tab.
Next, adjust the ‘Tile Scale’ until you have the desired layout displaying in the preview section.
Once you’re happy with the preview layout, click ‘Print’!

Download to Create This Biography Writing Bump-It-Up Wall

Use the menu on the Download to select the files you would like to use to create your biography writing bump-it-up wall classroom display. The following files can be downloaded:

Example Texts (Colour PDF)
Example Texts (Low colour PDF)
Banner (Colour PDF)
Banner (Low colour PDF)
Example Texts (Colour Word)
Example Texts (Low colour Word)

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Curriculum

VC2E4LY10

Create narrative, informative and persuasive texts, written and spoken, using relevant, linked ideas for a range of audiences and using multimodal elements as appropriate
VC2E4LY11

Re-read and edit texts for meaning by adding, deleting or moving words or word groups to improve content and structure
VC2E5LY10

Create different types of texts, written and spoken, with relevant, elaborated and sequenced ideas, using text structure appropriate for topic, purpose and audience, and multimodal elements as appropriate
VC2E5LY11

Re-read and edit their own texts and the texts of others using agreed criteria for text structures and language features
VC2E6LY09

Create different types of texts, written and spoken, with developed and organised ideas for purpose and audience, and multimodal elements as appropriate
VC2E6LY10

Re-read and edit their own texts and the texts of others using agreed criteria and exploring editing choices

EN2-RECOM-01

Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
EN2-CWT-01

Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
EN2-CWT-02

Plans, creates and revises written texts for informative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
EN2-CWT-03

Plans, creates and revises written texts for persuasive purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
EN3-VOCAB-01

Extends Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, morphological analysis and generating precise definitions for specific contexts
EN3-RECOM-01

Fluently reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes, analysing text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
EN3-CWT-01

Plans, creates and revises written texts for multiple purposes and audiences through selection of text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language
EN3-SPELL-01

Automatically applies taught phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling in a range of contexts, and justifies spelling strategies used to spell unfamiliar words
EN3-UARL-01

Analyses representations of ideas in literature through narrative, character, imagery, symbol and connotation, and adapts these representations when creating texts

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