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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Editing for Coherence and Transition

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, students will learn how to edit sentences so they move seamlessly from one to another within a paragraph; however, they can use the same methods to ensure that paragraphs move seamlessly from one to another in an entire...
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Handout
University of Ottawa (Canada)

University of Ottawa: Writing Paragraphs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from the University of Ottawa provides a wonderfully designed website that not only gives you exhaustive information on paragraph writing. Students will engage in starting with outlines, writing topic sentences, dividing their...
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Handout
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Toefl Practice Site: Coherence and Unity

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site discusses coherence achieved through major and minor connector transitions. Examples are given, and there is a link to an exercise meant for the particular class this site was designed for, still useful practice for anyone....
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Handout
University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Using Transitions: Transitional Words and Phrases

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Tables of words that show different types of sentence transitions. W.9-10.1c cohesion/clarity/reason, W.9-10.2c cohesion/clarity/transitions. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.4, W.11-12.1c Transitions/Cohesion, W.11-12.2c Transition/Cohesion....
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Emphatic Transition Words: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson goes over emphatic transition words and how they are used. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Emphatic Transition Words."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Flow: Shorter to Longer

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson discusses improving the flow of writing by progressing from shorter elements to longer elements. W.9-10.3c seq/coherent
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Handout
The Write Place

Literacy Education Online: Cohesion: Using Repetition and Reference Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site gives a brief overview of how to achieve cohesion or coherence in writing. It explains how the repeating of key words and using reference words help tie ideas together. Use link in first paragraph to find charts of transitional...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Cause and Effect Transition Words: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson goes over cause and effect transition words and how they are used. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Cause and Effect Transition Words." W.9-10.2c cohesion/clarity/trans, W.11-12.2c Transition/Cohesion