Organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories; use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts;provide a concluding statement or section; include formatting when useful to aiding comprehension.
E08.E.1.1.1 - Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
E08.E.1.1.3 - Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
E08.E.1.1.6 - Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the analysis presented.
Standard:
CC.1.4.8.E
Description:
Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of composition.
Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
Use sentences of varying lengths and complexities.
Create tone and voice through precise language.
Establish and maintain a formal style.
E08.D.2.1.1 - Use verbs in the active and passive voice and in the conditional and subjunctive mood to achieve particular effects (e.g., emphasizing the actor or the action, expressing uncertainty, or describing a state contrary to fact).
E08.D.2.1.2 - Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.*
E08.D.2.1.3 - Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.*
E08.D.2.1.4 - Maintain consistency in style and tone.*
E08.D.2.1.5 - Choose punctuation for effect.*
E08.D.2.1.6 - Choose words and phrases for effect.*
E08.E.1.1.4 - Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.
E08.E.1.1.5 - Establish and maintain a formal style.
Standard:
Literacy.W.8.2c
Description:
Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
Standard:
CC.1.4.8.J
Description:
Organize the claim(s) with clear reasons and evidence clearly; clarify relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence by using words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion; provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented
E08.E.1.1.1 - Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
E08.E.1.1.3 - Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
E08.E.1.1.6 - Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the analysis presented.
Standard:
CC.1.4.8.K
Description:
Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of composition.
Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
Use sentences of varying lengths and complexities.
Create tone and voice through precise language.
Establish and maintain a formal style.
E08.D.2.1.1 - Use verbs in the active and passive voice and in the conditional and subjunctive mood to achieve particular effects (e.g., emphasizing the actor or the action, expressing uncertainty, or describing a state contrary to fact).
E08.D.2.1.2 - Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.*
E08.D.2.1.3 - Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.*
E08.D.2.1.4 - Maintain consistency in style and tone.*
E08.D.2.1.5 - Choose punctuation for effect.*
E08.D.2.1.6 - Choose words and phrases for effect.*
E08.E.1.1.4 - Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.
E08.E.1.1.5 - Establish and maintain a formal style.
Standard:
Literacy.W.8.3c
Description:
Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence, signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another, and show the relationships among experiences and events.
Standard:
CC.1.4.8.P
Description:
Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically using a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence, signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another and show the relationships among experiences and events; provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
Linking words and phrases connect opinions, reasons, and ideas in a text. These are called transitions. Some sentences also serve as transitions between paragraphs and ideas.
Linking words and phrases are used to connect opinions (what the author thinks or feels about something) with evidence that explains the opinions. Some linking words compare ideas or show time and the order in which events happen.
Here are some examples of linking words:
Connect opinions and evidence - consequently, specifically, in contrast
Connect ideas - also, another, and, more
Show time and order of events - first, next, finally, then
8th Grade Writing - Transitions Lesson