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
Typical age: 11–14 years
“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?”
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- Cohesion within paragraphsREQUIRED
Text-level cohesion extends KS2 cohesive devices within paragraphs
- Paragraph CohesionREQUIRED
KS3 transitions build on KS2 cohesive devices across paragraphs with ellipsis
- Linking paragraphs with adverbialsREQUIRED
Cross-paragraph linking extends KS2 linking ideas across paragraphs with adverbials
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- Writing Character & DialogueREQUIRED
Writing narratives with pacing, point of view, and varied transitions depends on command of the full toolkit of transitional and cohesive devices for signalling shifts in time, setting, and perspective
- Persuasive WritingREQUIRED
Writing arguments with logically organised reasons, acknowledged counterclaims, and a formal concluding statement requires command of varied transitions, cohesive devices, and paragraph-linking strategies
- Developed Informational and Explanatory WritingREQUIRED
Writing informative/explanatory texts with logical organisation and clear development of ideas across sections requires the ability to use cohesive devices and transitions to create coherence at whole-text level