Use this worksheet to encourage students to improve their persuasive writing by integrating text connectives into their writing. Students will come up with arguments for and against a topic, then construct a variety of sentences, using different types of text connectives, to strengthen their argument.
Uses an increasing range of skills, strategies and knowledge to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of texts on increasingly challenging topics in different media and technologies
Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
Identify how text connectives including temporal and conditional words, and topic word associations are used to sequence and connect ideas
Understand how texts are made cohesive through the use of linking devices including pronoun reference and text connectives
Understand how texts are made cohesive through the use of linking devices including pronoun reference and text connectives