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Teach students to understand how cohesion is created in texts with this explicit, engaging 38-slide teaching deck focused on repetition, word associations, synonyms and antonyms.

These teacher slides can be used independently. Note: Where the teacher slides reference printable independent activities, these are available in the full lesson bundle available here.

Designed to strengthen students’ awareness of how writers link ideas across sentences and paragraphs, this slide sequence guides learners through recognising cohesive devices and analysing how deliberate word choice shapes clarity and flow. Students explore how general words connect back to specific examples, how key ideas are reinforced through repetition, and how synonyms and antonyms can maintain meaning while avoiding overuse building both comprehension and writing control.

Following an explicit teaching approach, the slides support teacher modelling, shared discussion and gradual release as students develop confidence in identifying and explaining cohesive language features across a range of examples.

Ideal for whole-class instruction, small-group teaching or revision sessions, this flexible teaching deck provides a clear, curriculum-aligned pathway for developing cohesion and vocabulary precision.

This teacher resource includes:

• 38 instructional slides aligned to AC9E6LA04
• Clear explanations of cohesion and cohesive devices
• Teacher-led modelling and worked examples
• Guided discussion prompts and check-ins for understanding
• A strong focus on key concepts:
  • how repetition links ideas across a text
  • how word associations connect general and specific terms
  • recognising synonyms and antonyms used for cohesion
  • analysing the effect of deliberate word choice

Perfect for explicit instruction and targeted language development, this slide deck helps students strengthen text connections, improve fluency and write with greater precision and control.

Format: PowerPoint Slides

Aligned to Australian Curriculum Outcome: Understand that cohesion can be created by the intentional use of repetition, and the use of word associations. (AC9E6LA04)

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