EnglishWriting CompositionAges 11–14
Cohesion and Transitions Across Writing
Use varied transitions, cohesive devices, and paragraph-linking strategies to create coherence across a whole piece of writing — including temporal transitions, causal connectives, and techniques for signalling shifts in argument, time, or setting
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Cohesion and Transitions Across WritingProcedural concept
Check understanding
- Use a range of causal and logical connectives (consequently, nevertheless, as a result) appropriately across a discursive essay
- Signal a shift in time or setting within a narrative using a transitional phrase or paragraph break
- Link paragraphs using a cohesive device such as a topic sentence that refers back to the previous paragraph
“When your child writes several paragraphs, do they use linking phrases like "however," "as a result," or "on the other hand" to connect ideas smoothly between sections?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Writing Composition
- Age range
- Ages 11–14
Standards
ccss-ela:W.8.2.cccss-ela:W.8.3.cuk-nc-2013:KS3-ENG-W-1c