Lesson 5a

I left my house at 7am. I got into my car

and switched on the radio. I can’t stand Chris
Moyles and it was his voice blaring out of the
stereo at me. I quickly switched him off. The
car wouldn’t start at first and tried
everything. I switched it off, counted to one
hundred, as much to calm myself down as to
make the car work, and tried again. It started
and I was on my way.
 To understand how to use connectives to
improve our writing.
 •AS I
I left my house at 7am. I got •APART
into my car and switched on the FROM
radio. I can’t stand Chris Moyles
and it was his voice blaring out of •AFTER
the stereo at me. I quickly •DESPITE
switched him off. The car
•ALTHOUGH
wouldn’t start at first and tried
everything. I switched it off, •WHENEVER
counted to one hundred, as much
to calm myself down as to make
the car work, and tried again. It
started and I was on my way.
 In rows of 6/7.
 You will start by copying the sentence from
the board onto the paper and finishing it.
 The paper will then be passed along the row.
 Each time you get a new piece of paper you
must use the connective on the board and
continue the story.
 Let’s play!
As I arrived at
school,
Apart from
After
Despite
Although
Whenever
 What was the effect of adding the
connectives?

 Were they easy or difficult to use? Explain

your answer.
 Level 7 sophisticated
connectives

Level 6
creative
connectives

Level 4/5
basic
connectives
 Although  Because
 Consequently  Also
 But  In addition
 Then  Significantly
 Apart from  Whereas
 On the other hand  Especially
 Otherwise  For instance
 Moreover  And
 However  For example
 Using thumbs up cards.

 Put your thumbs up if you are feeling

confident about connectives.
 Put your thumbs down if you are feeling a
little unsure about connectives.
 Paring – one of you will be feeling confident
about connectives the other person will be
feeling a little unsure.
 Write the opening of a speech, in pairs, about why
Radio One should stage a concert at Pudsey
Grangefield.
 You will be marked on how well you use the
connectives to give your writing cohesion.
 You will pick four connectives from the bag of
examples and you need to think of two of your
own.
 You have 15 mins to do this task.
 Use the level descriptors for the use of connectives
to help you ensure you writing achieves the highest
level it can.
 Level 4 =Used a couple of basic
connectives.
 Level 5 = Used connectives, but they are
not smoothly integrated.
 Level 6= Used the basic connectives and
others that are more creative. They make
perfect sense within the speech.
 Level 7= Used basic connectives and others
that are more creative and sophisticated.
They make the piece sound better and
make argument more logical or effective for
reader.
 Look at another pairs speech.

 How many basic connectives did they use?

 How many creative connectives did they
use?
 How many sophisticated connectives did
they use?
 What level would you award them?
 What would they have to do to achieve the
next level?
 Draw a brain in your book. Fill it with
everything you have learnt about connectives.