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 explain what a transitional element is and that it can be a word, phrase, clause, sentence or paragraph. (Guide: “What a transition does”; Practice question 5)
- I can name the relationships transitions signal. (Guide: “Relationships and the words that signal them”; Practice question 1)
- I can explain why a transition must match the logic of the ideas. (Guide: “Matching the transition to the logic”; Practice question 2)
- I can explain how transitions introduce evidence and show its relation to other evidence. (Guide: “Transitions that introduce and relate evidence”; Practice question 5)
Skills
- I can identify the relationship a transition signals in a passage. (Guide: Worked example 2; Practice questions 1 and 4)
- I can choose the right transition for a given relationship. (Guide: “Matching the transition to the logic”; Practice questions 1 and 2)
- I can add transitions to a paragraph whose ideas are linked but unmarked. (Guide: Worked example 1; Practice question 6)
- I can write a sentence that links two paragraphs by looking back and forward. (Guide: “Bigger transitions”; Practice questions 3 and 8)
Reasoning
- I can explain how transitions guide a reader through a line of reasoning. (Guide: Worked example 2, Step 3; Practice question 7)
- I can spot a transition that misleads and repair it. (Guide: “Matching the transition to the logic”; Practice question 2)
- I can judge when a text needs more or fewer transitions. (Guide: Worked example 1, Step 5; Practice question 6)
- I can write a one-sentence analysis of how transitions create coherence. (Guide: Worked example 2, Step 4; Practice question 7)