Revisit Your Draft

Worksheet Description

The “Using Varied Transitions” worksheet is designed to help students understand and practice the use of different transitional words and phrases in writing. It provides a list of transitional types that signify various relationships between ideas, such as addition, comparison, time, and cause/effect. The worksheet demonstrates how changing a transition word in a sentence can alter the meaning or the relationship between ideas. It also includes examples of sentences with different transitions to illustrate how these words guide the reader through the connections between the boys going outside and the girls deciding to watch TV.

This worksheet aims to teach students how to effectively use transitions to clarify the relationships between their ideas and maintain the flow of their writing. It encourages students to think critically about the logical connections they are making in their writing and the best ways to signal these to the reader. By analyzing examples and practicing with their own work, students learn to enhance the coherence of their writing. The exercise is also intended to develop students’ editing skills, prompting them to revisit and refine their use of transitions during the revision process.