Work through the list without notes. If you cannot do a statement, follow its link, then come back. Guide = study guide; Practice = practice questions.
Understanding
- I can define unity and coherence and tell them apart. (Guide: “Two words, two jobs”; Practice question 5)
- I can explain how coherence operates between clauses, between sentences and between paragraphs. (Guide: “Two words, two jobs”; Practice question 7)
- I can list ways ideas are linked (logic, known-then-new order, repetition, parallelism, order of paragraphs). (Guide: “How ideas link”; Practice question 2)
- I can explain why transitions cannot repair ideas that do not connect. (Guide: “Common misconceptions”; Practice question 3)
Skills
- I can find a sentence that breaks the unity of a paragraph. (Guide: Worked example 1; Practice question 1)
- I can reorder sentences so that each leads to the next. (Guide: Worked example 1, Step 3; Practice question 2)
- I can choose an opening sentence that links a paragraph to the one before. (Guide: “How ideas link”; Practice question 3)
- I can revise a paragraph by cutting, reordering and linking. (Guide: Worked example 1; Practice question 6)
Reasoning
- I can explain how a published passage builds coherence at more than one level. (Guide: Worked example 2; Practice questions 4 and 7)
- I can diagnose the cause of a jolt in a draft (off-topic, order, vocabulary, vague reference). (Guide: “What breaks unity and coherence”; Practice question 6)
- I can write a sentence that links two paragraphs so that the argument moves on. (Guide: “How ideas link”; Practice question 8)
- I can explain how organisation reflects a line of reasoning. (Guide: “How ideas link”; Practice question 7)