Description
Looking for clear visuals to help your students master correlative conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs? This printable poster set breaks down these tricky transitions so students can confidently connect ideas and strengthen sentence comprehension.
For struggling readers and students with language-based learning difficulties, explicit instruction in syntax—the way sentences are built—is essential. Correlative conjunctions (like either/or, neither/nor, both/and) and conjunctive adverbs (like however, therefore, meanwhile, consequently) help readers recognize relationships between ideas. When students understand how these words signal contrast, cause and effect, or sequence, they read complex text more accurately and write with greater control.
Use this set to build confidence in sentence combining, reading fluency, and writing cohesion—all key skills for middle school readers who need extra language support.
✅ What’s Included
7 Full-Page Posters (in print and script styles):
- What Are Correlative Conjunctions?
- Common Correlative Conjunction Pairs (either/or, neither/nor, both/and, not only/but also, whether/or, just as/so) – 2 versions
- What Are Conjunctive Adverbs?
- Common Conjunctive Adverbs (however, therefore, moreover, meanwhile, instead, consequently, furthermore, otherwise, still, finally, also)
- Common Conjunctive Adverbs by purpose
- Punctuation & Usage Tips (semicolon/comma examples for conjunctive adverbs)
61 Half-Page Posters (in print and script styles):
Each includes the word or pair, its function, and example sentences in context. Perfect for student notebooks, literacy centers, or intervention binders.
💡 Ways to Use
- Display as grammar or syntax anchor charts during writing and fluency lessons
- Use in reading intervention to teach sentence connections and text cohesion
- Add to student notebooks for ongoing reference
- Practice sentence combining using both correlative conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs
- Color-code by function (cause/effect, contrast, sequence) for clarity
The classic marble background looks professional on any classroom wall and prints beautifully in grayscale or on colored paper.
🧠 Why Teach Syntax with Conjunctions and Conjunctive Adverbs?
Many older struggling readers can decode words but lose meaning in complex sentences. Teaching correlative conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs gives them a roadmap for understanding how ideas fit together.Through direct syntax instruction, students learn to:
- Identify relationships between clauses and ideas
- Use punctuation correctly with complex sentence structures
- Read smoothly through longer, more academic sentences
- Write with stronger transitions and cohesion
Syntax instruction turns “grammar rules” into tools for comprehension and expression—helping students become more confident readers and writers.
