Causal Connectives for Improved Student Writing

How many teachers out there can relate to reading a piece of student writing where the words ‘and then’ or ‘so’ are tirelessly repeated throughout? If this is the case, your students could use a lesson on causal connectives! 

These powerful little words and phrases (words like because, therefore, as a result and consequently) are the building blocks that help students show clear cause and effect relationships in their writing. They have the power to transform disconnected ideas into a cohesive, flowing text.

This causal connectives worksheet pack has been designed by the Teach Starter team to support your students in identifying and using these useful parts of speech. The pack features nine unique worksheets that progressively build understanding. Starting with simple single-sentence activities, students build their confidence before moving on to short paragraphs and eventually complete passages of text

Some of the activities you will find in this sequence words worksheet pack include:

• Cloze passages
• Joining sentences using causal connectives
• Identifying causal connectives in context
• Uplevelling texts using causal words
• And many more!

This sequence words worksheet pack downloads as an easy-print PDF or an editable Google Slides file. Answers are included in both file options.

Whether you’re introducing the concept for the first time or reinforcing prior learning, these causal connectives worksheets will help your students become coherent and articulate writers.

Teaching Causal Conjunctions in Your English Lessons

This comprehensive causal conjunctions worksheet pack can be used in multiple ways across your English program. Here are some ideas as to how you can use this resource to transform your students’ writing:

• Explicit Teaching – Use the worksheets as teaching tools during your lesson introduction to model how causal conjunctions work in context.
• Guided Practice – Have students work through activities together in small groups, providing opportunities for collaboration and support as they develop their skills
• Independent Practice – Once your students have demonstrated mastery of the concept, these worksheets work perfectly as an independent consolidation activity.

Download to Teach Examples of Causal Connectives

Ready to transform your students into connective experts? Click the Download button for immediate access to the quick-print PDF or the editable Google Slides file. Please note that you will be prompted to make a copy of the Google Slides file to your computer before accessing it.

Print the entire pack or select specific worksheets based on your students’ needs. Within minutes, you’ll have everything you need to deliver engaging, effective instruction on casual connectives!

This resource was created by Kaylyn Chupp, a teacher and Teach Starter collaborator.

More Resources for Teaching Cause and Effect Connectives

Cause and effect connectives can transform good writing into great writing! Click below to explore more teacher-created gems to use when teaching this key grammar concept to your students.

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