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Year 6 · English

Build Paragraph Cohesion

Year 6 learners practise using connectives for cohesion between paragraphs.

The activities include Identify Connectives Showing Cause and Effect, Identify Connectives That Compare and Contrast, Identify Connectives that Give Emphasis or Add Information, and related practice. The checked support below includes teaching, lesson, video, worksheet. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Identify Connectives Showing Cause and Effect
  • Identify Connectives That Compare and Contrast
  • Identify Connectives that Give Emphasis or Add Information
  • Identify Connectives that Qualify Information
  • Identify Connectives, Connecting Adverbs and Conjunctions

Checked learning resources

  • BBC Bitesize: Grammar

    BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    BBC KS2 Grammar support for using connectives for cohesion between paragraphs.

  • Twinkl: Planit Year 6 Spag Lesson Pack Cohesion Across Paragraphs

    Twinkl · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Twinkl Year 6 resource linked to using connectives for cohesion between paragraphs.

  • Using Conjunctions | KS2 English Concept Video

    Twinkl · Video · Account may be required

    Explains how conjunctions link words, phrases and clauses, including conjunctions expressing time. The video teaches how conjunctions link ideas; the accompanying compare-and-contrast word mat supplies the exact contrast

  • KS2 Comparative Connectives, Conjunctions and Adverbials Word Mat

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    KS2 practice reference separates comparing and contrasting connectives, conjunctions and connecting adverbs, including similarly, likewise, equally, however, although and in contrast with sentence examples.

  • Conjunctions and Conjunctive Adverbs Cloze Activity Sheets

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    Verified KS2 cloze worksheets practising both conjunctions and connecting or conjunctive adverbs as connectives that link clauses and ideas.

  • Oak: Writing The First Argument Of A Persuasive Letter About School Uniform

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 5 english lesson. I can write the first argument of a persuasive letter about school uniform. A written argument tries to convince the reader of something using strong reasoning to support. The PEPS structure stands

  • Year 6 English - Connectives

    YouTube — Adnan Khan Tutoring · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Two short sentences can be joined together through a connective. This Year 6 English video explains the use of connectives ... · Adnan Khan Tutoring · 1 minute video

  • Correct Connectives Word Cards

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    Verified KS2 activity cards practising connectives for opposition, reinforcing and adding information, explaining and listing, cause and effect, and time.