Transition Words and Phrases

  Story transitions indicate a new scene or a change in time. Story transitions for narratives are different from transition used in informational paragraphs and essays. Story transitions help the reader as the plot moves from one time or place to another. Why do we need transitions?

I am haily and I am 12 years old. Can you imagine if you switch places with you dog for one day it would be wired if you didn’t even know what is going on how did you became a dog? Would that happened to me one day. I was at my house in my room it was at night I was thinking about dogs and when I slept I was dreaming about them too and I don’t know why. When I woked up I felt so cold them I touched my hair and it was rough. I cold hear all the birds singing then…I opened my eyes and I notice that I was sleeping out side laying in the grass and I got so scared. I tried to get inside to see what was happening buy my mom would not let me in she would say, “Go outsid shagy,” and I said, “what is wrong with you mom i am your daughter,” but she would not answer me and she didn’t let me in, so I stayed outside. I was laying back in the grass and I looked at my foot and they wore not mines they looked like shagy’s foots then I touched my ears and they wore long and hairy I looked at the window and all I could see was a dog reflecting in the window, I creamed but all I could hear wore barkings, I went crazy. I saw somebody opening the door and it was me! I thought, “oh no that’s impossible!” I cannot belive that I became a dog and that my dog had became me. Grade 7 Narrative Writing Without Transitions

A day laterDuringNever AfterEarly in the morningNext After thatFinallyOne evening After we walked a whileFor a while Quickly AfterwardsFor the next few daysRight away Almost as quicklyHours went bySeveral weeks later An hour laterImmediatelySometime later Around noonIn between the timeSoon AsIn just twenty minutesSuddenly As soon asIn the late afternoonThat night At dawnIn the meantimeThe following day At duskJust asThe next day At first I sawJust before dawnThen At the same timeJust thenWhen BeforeLaterWhen spring came By four o’clockLater onWhen we arrived By the time I arrivedMean whileWhile

One day, when I was five, I went to a local park with my mom. While I was playing in the sandbox, I noticed a boy about my age in a wheelchair. I went over to him and asked if he could play. Since I was only five, I couldn’t understand why he couldn’t just get in the sandbox and play with me. He told me he couldn’t. I talked to him for a while longer, then I took my large bucket, scooped up as much sand as I could and dumped it into his lap. Then I grabbed some toys and put them in his lap, too. My mom rushed over and said, “Lucas, why did you do that?” I looked at her and replied, “He couldn’t play in the sandbox with me, so I brought the sand to him. Now we can play in the sand together.” Lucas Parker, age 11 This excerpt was borrowed from the book Chicken Soup for the Kid’s Soul: 101 Stories of Courage, Hope and Laughter [ISBN ] The Sandbox

One day, when I was five, I went to a local park with my mom. While I was playing in the sandbox, I noticed a boy about my age in a wheelchair. I went over to him and asked if he could play. Since I was only five, I couldn’t understand why he couldn’t just get in the sandbox and play with me. He told me he couldn’t. I talked to him for a while longer, then I took my large bucket, scooped up as much sand as I could and dumped it into his lap. Then I grabbed some toys and put them in his lap, too. My mom rushed over and said, “Lucas, why did you do that?” I looked at her and replied, “He couldn’t play in the sandbox with me, so I brought the sand to him. Now we can play in the sand together.” Lucas Parker, age 11 This excerpt was borrowed from the book Chicken Soup for the Kid’s Soul: 101 Stories of Courage, Hope and Laughter [ISBN ] The Sandbox

Game Time In your table groups you will be asked to create a sentence using a transition word or phrase. Points will be given for creativity.

Put both the subject and transition word together to create a sentence with transition.  After we walked a while

Add a transition to the following:  The weather was freezing.

Put both the subject and transition word together to create a sentence with transition.  Suddenly

Add a transition to the following:  Sophia cheered up.

Put both the subject and transition word together to create a sentence with transition.  Hours went by