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.
Understand how texts can be made cohesive by using the starting point of a sentence or paragraph to give prominence to the message and to guide the reader through the text
Understand that the starting point of a sentence gives prominence to the message in the text and allows for prediction of how the text will unfold
Uses an integrated range of skills, strategies and knowledge to read, view and comprehend a wide range of texts in different media and technologies
Fluently reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes, analysing text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
Understand that the starting point of a sentence gives prominence to the message in the text and allows for prediction of how the text will unfold