teaching resource

Using Linking Devices in Narrative Paragraphs Worksheets

Updated: 31 Aug 2023

3 worksheets teaching students how to link ideas when writing narrative paragraphs.

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 4 Pages
Years: 3 - 6

Curriculum

VC2E3LA04

Understand that paragraphs are a key organisational feature of the stages of written texts, grouping related information together <ul> <li>recognising that longer informative texts are organised into paragraphs, which begin with a topic sentence that predicts how the paragraph will develop and is then elaborated on in various ways</li> <li>recognising that paragraphs in narrative texts vary in length and do not always follow a predictable structure</li> <li>examining models of well-constructed paragraphs and identifying their features</li> </ul>
VC2E4LA04

Understand how text connectives, including temporal and conditional words, and topic word associations, are used to sequence and connect ideas <ul> <li>recognising how authors construct texts that are cohesive and coherent using pronouns that link to something previously mentioned and determiners (for example, ‘this’, ‘that’, ‘these’ and ‘those’) to identify things</li> <li>recognising how authors use text connectives to create links between sentences, for example ‘however’, ‘therefore’, ‘nevertheless’ and ‘in addition’</li> <li>recognising how text connectives link sections of a text, providing sequences through time, for example ‘firstly’, ‘then’, ‘next’ and ‘finally’</li> </ul>

EN2-OLC-01

Communicates with familiar audiences for social and learning purposes, by interacting, understanding and presenting
EN2-VOCAB-01

Builds knowledge and use of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, and by defining and analysing words
EN2-RECOM-01

Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
EN2-CWT-01

Plans, creates and revises written texts for imaginative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
EN2-CWT-02

Plans, creates and revises written texts for informative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
EN2-CWT-03

Plans, creates and revises written texts for persuasive purposes, using text features,sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience

teaching resource

Using Linking Devices in Narrative Paragraphs Worksheets

Updated: 31 Aug 2023

3 worksheets teaching students how to link ideas when writing narrative paragraphs.

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 4 Pages
Years: 3 - 6

3 worksheets teaching students how to link ideas when writing narrative paragraphs.

Cohesion is an important part of narrative writing. Use these worksheets to show how linking devices, such as phrases, clauses and time connectives, can help to link ideas in a narrative paragraph.

This teaching resource include activities, such as:

locating and underlining the linking devices within a narrative paragraph
building onto a sentence by adding a connecting phrase or clause
adding the correct linking device to sentences within a narrative paragraph
matching the correct sentence beginning to the correct sentence ending.

Answer sheets are also provided.

Curriculum

VC2E3LA04

Understand that paragraphs are a key organisational feature of the stages of written texts, grouping related information together <ul> <li>recognising that longer informative texts are organised into paragraphs, which begin with a topic sentence that predicts how the paragraph will develop and is then elaborated on in various ways</li> <li>recognising that paragraphs in narrative texts vary in length and do not always follow a predictable structure</li> <li>examining models of well-constructed paragraphs and identifying their features</li> </ul>
VC2E4LA04

Understand how text connectives, including temporal and conditional words, and topic word associations, are used to sequence and connect ideas <ul> <li>recognising how authors construct texts that are cohesive and coherent using pronouns that link to something previously mentioned and determiners (for example, ‘this’, ‘that’, ‘these’ and ‘those’) to identify things</li> <li>recognising how authors use text connectives to create links between sentences, for example ‘however’, ‘therefore’, ‘nevertheless’ and ‘in addition’</li> <li>recognising how text connectives link sections of a text, providing sequences through time, for example ‘firstly’, ‘then’, ‘next’ and ‘finally’</li> </ul>

EN2-OLC-01

Communicates with familiar audiences for social and learning purposes, by interacting, understanding and presenting
EN2-VOCAB-01

Builds knowledge and use of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, and by defining and analysing words
EN2-RECOM-01

Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
EN2-CWT-01

Plans, creates and revises written texts for imaginative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
EN2-CWT-02

Plans, creates and revises written texts for informative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
EN2-CWT-03

Plans, creates and revises written texts for persuasive purposes, using text features,sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience

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Steph Cannell · 7 years ago

Hi, On the answers the title for the middle page is incorrect. It should say 'The Deep Sea Diver' rather than Professor Fizz's Potion. Thanks
- Stephanie (Teach Starter) · 7 years ago
  
  Hi Steph, thank you so much for taking the time to point this out to us! The typo has now been corrected and the updated version is available for download. Have a lovely weekend!