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
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
- 13.1 Cohesion within a paragraph: connecting words and adverbials
- 13.2 Cohesion across paragraphs: pronouns and consistent tense
- 13.3 Headings, bullet points and underlining: structuring a text
- 13.4 Editing and proofreading: improving a draft
- 13.5 Reading your writing aloud, and joined handwriting
- Summary and key words
- 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.