First, we started by researched Katherine Johnson's life and finding out why she was famous. These are some of the facts we found out about her:

- She was born in West Virginia, USA.

- She was a maths whizz.

- The school she went to was for black children only.

- She graduated from university at age 18.

- She was a maths teacher.

- She went to work for NASA and helped plan the trajectory of Apollo 11 on the moon mission.

- Her nickname was the Human Computer. 

Then we looked at the features of a biography, such as subheadings, time conjunctions, and pronouns. We wrote our biographies using the following subheadings: Early Life, Education, Career and Famous Achievements. 

Here are some examples of our biographies: