4 Part Biography Teacher Guide

Students will have to write about the following 4 things:

1. Personal Information birthday, birthplace, etc.
2. Family/Friends
3. Favorite Things
4. Hobbies/interests
They will need to have at least 4 sentences for each section, so they should
decide on at least 4 questions for each section.
Sample Interview Questions:
(Help students through writing and organizing their questions. They will have
an Interview Questions planning sheet on which they will have to write their
questions. Guide them through coming up with questions for each section.
Write the questions on the board for them.)
Personal Information
1. What is your full name? (First, middle, and last names)
2. What is your birthday?
3. Where were you born?
Town: _______________________________
Hospital: ____________________________
4. What cities have you lived in?
5. How did your parents decide what to name you?
6. If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
Family/Friends
7. Who do you live with?
8. How many brothers and sisters do you have?
9. What are their names?
10. Do you have any pets?
11. What kind of pets do you have?
12. What are your pets names?
13. Who is your favorite relative?
14. Who is your best friend?

Favorite Things
15. What is your favorite ________________?
16. What is your favorite ____________________?
17. What is your favorite ________________________?
18. What is your favorite ________________________?
19. What is your favorite _______________________?
(Ideas: tv show, color, food, song, music, book, etc.)
Hobbies/Interests
20. Do you play sports?
21. What is your favorite sport?
22. Have you ever played on a sports team? What sport? What was the
name of your team?
23. What is your favorite hobby/thing to do in your free time?
24. Have you ever gone on a vacation? To where?
25. What do you do on the weekends?
26. What is your favorite thing about school?

Name _____________________________
4 Part Biography
Interview Questions
Before you can start writing a biography about a classmate, friend, or family member, you
first have to interview them to find out as much information about them as you can.
Your biography will have 4 parts: Personal information, Family/Friends, Favorite things, and
Hobbies/Interests. For each part, you will need to have at least 4 sentences. To help you
with those sentences, you should ask at least 4 interview questions for each part. Record
some questions below and then use the next page to record the answers to your questions.

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Favorite Things

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Interview Answers
Personal Information

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Name _____________________________
Rough Draft
All About ____________________________
Part 1: Personal Information
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Part 2: Family/Friends
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Part 3: Favorite Things

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Part 4: Hobbies/Interests
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Name _____________________________________
4-Part Biography -- 2nd Draft

All About ________________________

Part 1: Personal Information

Part 2: Family/Friends

Part 3: Favorite Things

Part 4: Hobbies/Interests

4-Part Biography Grading Rubric

Student: _________________________

All About ______________

Interview Questions

Rough Draft

Included ____ /1
4 Questions for Each Part: ____ /12
Interview Conducted ____ /4

Included ____ /1
4 Sentences for each Part ____ /12
Teacher Conference ____ /2

_____ /17

____ /15

2 nd Draft

Final Draft

4 Sentences for each Part ____ /12

Included _____ /1

4 Sentences for each Part ____ /12

Included ____ /1
Neat handwriting _____ /1
No mistakes _____ /1

____ /13

_____ /15

TOTAL: _____ /60