Year 6 · SPaG · Summer: After the test: cohesion
Year 6 using cohesive devices worksheet and PowerPoint
To use linking adverbials and pronouns to make writing cohesive.
Making writing flow
To make your writing cohesive, join your ideas with linking adverbials and avoid repeating nouns with pronouns. Choose the linking word that fits the job: contrast, result, time, addition or example.
| contrast | It rained. However, we went out. |
|---|---|
| result | It rained. Therefore, we stayed in. |
| time | We ate lunch. Afterwards, we played. |
| addition | The park is big. Also, it has a pond. |
| example | Many birds visit. For example, robins. |
Examples
- She practised every day. As a result, she won.
- Tom has a bike. He rides it to school.
Key words
- linking adverbial
- joins ideas between sentences
- cohesive
- linked together so it reads smoothly
- contrast
- showing a difference
- result
- what happens because of something
What is on the worksheet
Every sheet for this lesson has a short teaching box and 12 questions that get gradually harder: 8 fluency questions, then 4 reasoning questions that ask pupils to explain or choose. A writing challenge follows. The questions use the same styles as the key stage 2 grammar and punctuation test (circle, underline, tick, fill the gap, add punctuation, rewrite, explain). They are written for this website, not copied from past papers.
All the answers are on the last page of the same editable Word file. New questions are made every time, so you can print a different sheet for every group or for homework. The same sheet code always gives the same sheet.
Writing challenge: Write a paragraph about a school trip. Use one linking adverbial for each job: contrast, result, time and addition. Underline each one.
Pupil target: I can use linking words to make my writing flow.
The PowerPoint
A 20-slide lesson deck for the same lesson: a starter that revisits earlier learning, key words, an I do and a You do question on each slide with a countdown timer, answers that appear one click at a time, and a challenge. Download the using cohesive devices PowerPoint.
Where this lesson fits
This is lesson 68 of 72 in the Year 6 SPaG scheme, in the Summer term, block “After the test: cohesion”. It is taught after the SATs grammar test in May, as a writing skill the test does not ask.
Other lessons in this block
- Recognising cohesion: linking ideas
- Paragraphs in fiction
- Paragraphs in non-fiction
- Ordering sentences within a paragraph
- Linking paragraphs in a text
- Avoiding repetition
- Ellipsis
- Layout and organisation of texts
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