Year 6 · SPaG · Summer: After the test: cohesion
Year 6 linking paragraphs in a text worksheet and PowerPoint
To link paragraphs in a text with suitable openings and linking words, and to choose a heading that fits a paragraph.
Linking paragraphs
A text is not just a pile of paragraphs: each one should connect to the one before. A linking adverbial at the start of a paragraph tells the reader how the new paragraph relates to the last one. A heading says what a paragraph is about.
| time | Later that afternoon, ... Eventually, ... |
|---|---|
| contrast | However, ... On the other hand, ... |
| result | As a result, ... Consequently, ... |
| addition | In addition, ... Furthermore, ... |
Examples
- We spent the morning on the beach. Later that afternoon, the tide began to come in.
- How penguins swim (a heading)
Key words
- linking adverbial
- a word or phrase that links ideas or paragraphs
- heading
- a title for a section
- cohesion
- how well the parts of a text are linked
- opening sentence
- the first sentence of a paragraph
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 the opening sentence of three more paragraphs to follow an information text about your school. Each opening should link to the paragraph before it.
Pupil target: I can link my paragraphs.
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 linking paragraphs in a text PowerPoint.
Where this lesson fits
This is lesson 66 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
- Avoiding repetition
- Using cohesive devices
- Ellipsis
- Layout and organisation of texts
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