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Paragraph Cohesion

Link ideas across paragraphs using a wider range of cohesive devices including word repetition, grammatical connections such as adverbials, and ellipsis to create coherent extended texts

Lesson

Set out your lesson

Link short paragraphs through a clear repeated topic, a suitable connecting phrase, and recoverable grammatical ellipsis.

Before teaching

Use this short check, then start teaching.

Activity

Ask what a paragraph groups: connected sentences about a focus. Read 'We put the drawing on the wall. This picture welcomed visitors.' Ask what 'This picture' refers to. If it is unclear, point to the repeated idea. Then read 'We lost the key. As a result, we could not open the box.' Ask which event causes the other. Reteach reference and cause before adding several devices. Existing prerequisite sources are available but are not evidence of learner readiness.

Policy

Check readiness directly. Prerequisite availability is not attainment.

Printer, credit, and teaching notes

Check readiness directly. Prerequisite availability is not attainment.

Use paper and a pencil. All required texts, notes and planning fields are on the stage sheets. Start with the readiness check. Read Show, then work on Guided. Use a separate sheet for Try. There is no time or word-count target. Read the active sheet on screen and write on plain paper. No printer, cutting, purchase or internet is needed. An adult may read instructions or passages without interpreting them. Record read-aloud help, prompts and scribing. Oral answers can show reasoning; dictation and adult scribing do not show independent written composition or handwriting. Split the lesson or pause as needed. Adult-only: keep keys and scripts away from learner pages. Share only the current Show model. Put Show and Guided work aside before Try. Keep the fresh passage or fact notes available in Try; text analysis is not a memory test. Give no target answers, phrases or interpretations during the first attempt. If help is needed, give it and record the work as supported. Use the supplied fiction. No real names, family stories, private experiences, uploads or public sharing are needed. No physical performance is required.

Use the complete materials on screen or print only the current sheet. Keep adult guidance out of learner view.

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Learning resources

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BBC Bitesize · Practice link — not the full lesson

KS2 English

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Before you open · source notes

KS2 English supports Paragraph Cohesion. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.

Free educational page, no sign-in required for the tested path.

Before you open

Ask the learner one fact they learned and one question they still have.

Opening this link does not save learning or assess mastery.

Source, access and review notes

Public BBC Bitesize page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this URL. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. An adult should preview and guide the learner.

BBC Bitesize. “KS2 English.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute materials.

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Check understanding

  • Use adverbials such as 'on the other hand' and 'as a consequence' to connect paragraphs
  • Apply ellipsis to avoid repetition while maintaining clarity across sentences
  • Create cohesion by repeating key words or using synonyms to link ideas between paragraphs
“When your child writes a long piece across several paragraphs, do the sections feel connected — with repeated key words, linking phrases, and occasional gaps (ellipsis) used deliberately to hold the whole text together?”

Curriculum record

Type
Procedural
Subject
English
Domain
Grammar & Punctuation
Age range
Ages 10–12

Standards

acara-v9:AC9E6LA04uk-nc-2013:Eng.App2.Y6.Text.1