KS2 English textbook

Chapter 13: Cohesion, editing and reading your own writing aloud

  • Strand Composition
  • Level Year 6
  • Practice 92 questions with step-by-step solutions

National Curriculum for England, Key Stage 2 English, Year 6. Content: Use devices to build cohesion within a paragraph, such as adverbials of time, place and number (Y5-6 grammar and writing), Use cohesion across paragraphs, with pronouns, repeated nouns and consistent tense (Y5-6 writing), Use organisational and presentational devices, such as headings, bullet points and underlining, to structure a text (Y5-6 writing), Evaluate and edit your own and others' writing, and proofread for spelling and punctuation (Y5-6 writing), Read your writing aloud to check its effect, and write legible joined handwriting in a style that suits the purpose (Y5-6 writing, speaking and handwriting).

Open Year 6 chapter

By the end of this chapter you will be able to

  • Choose a connecting word or an adverbial that shows when, where or in what order something happens
  • Use a pronoun to replace a repeated noun, without making the reference unclear
  • Use headings, bullet points and underlining to make a text easier to follow
  • Edit a draft for agreement, word choice and spelling, and proofread the final version
  • Read a piece aloud to check the sense, and plan a legible, joined style of handwriting

You should already know

  • Adverbials, fronted adverbials and commas (Year 4 Chapter 6 of this series, and Chapter 8 of the Year 4 book)
  • Pronouns, tense and consistent verb forms (Chapter 7 of the Year 4 book, and Chapter 6 of this book)

Where this leads

  • The end of the Year 6 English book: revise by reading a text aloud, and editing your own draft

Lessons in this chapter

  1. 13.1 Cohesion within a paragraph: connecting words and adverbials
  2. 13.2 Cohesion across paragraphs: pronouns and consistent tense
  3. 13.3 Headings, bullet points and underlining: structuring a text
  4. 13.4 Editing and proofreading: improving a draft
  5. 13.5 Reading your writing aloud, and joined handwriting
  6. Summary and key words
  7. Check-up and practice test questions

Read the whole chapter on one page (good for printing).

Practise with real exam questions

The DfE publishes every past KS2 test, with mark schemes, for free.

KS2 English past papers