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When we do research, we will often find value in the work of others. By sharing this information or ideas with our audience we can immediately establish trust from them. We can achieve this by rewriting these thoughts in our own words. When we are paraphrasing in our work it is important to keep the original meaning and facts intact. In many cases the sheer volume of the original work is reduced in form when being paraphrased. In some cases, you will only need to paraphrase a sentence, in other situations an entire paragraph will be your target. Being able to paraphrase properly is a key research communication skill. It displays that we have a good command on our sources. This also serves as a potent substitute for a direct quote, which in certain situations can flow much better. Sourcing our arguments is helpful because it adds a level of validation to what we are saying. Otherwise it may come across as an opinion. It also displays that you have control over and a high level of understanding of the source because you were able to write it in your own words. When you are about to paraphrase something make certain you fully understand what is being said, if anything is unclear ask someone who is knowledge of it.

The best way to approach paraphrasing is to start by reading the work a few times. Now write an original thought based on what you have read. Make sure what you write keeps the nature and tone the author was originally trying to create. When you complete your paraphrase make sure to include a citation of where the original source is given credit. These worksheets will help you learn how to use paraphrasing in your work.

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Paraphrasing means restating an author’s words in your own words without changing the meaning of the passage or including any interpretation of your own. When you paraphrase something, you only relay the idea expressed, not the entire quoted passage.

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Read each passage. On a separate page, paraphrase each passage. Try not to look back at the original while you are paraphrasing.

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Susan B. Anthony

Read Susan B. Anthony's speech below. Then paraphrase the speech.

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Highlight the portion of the text that you would like to focus on. Then paraphrase the ideas on the notecard below.

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Paraphrasing Practice

Paraphrase each passage.

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Read and Paraphrase

An onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like the sound it is trying to describe.

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Paraphrasing with Synonyms

Rewrite each sentence below, replacing each underlined word with a synonym.

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Paraphrasing Worksheet

Read the assigned passage. Then answer the questions below.

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Using Synonyms When Paraphrasing

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Rafael Palma

Paraphrase Palma's speech for use in your article. Then complete the worksheet below.

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Paraphrasing means restating what an author has said in your own words without changing the meaning of the passage or including any interpretation of your own. When you paraphrase something, you only relay the idea expressed, not the entire quoted passage.

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As you conduct your research, fill out the questionnaire below for each of your sources.

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Paraphrase It

A citizen is someone who is able to legally participate in a political community such as a state, country, or local government.

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People love to discuss something new every day. They gossip television shows, heard stories, news with the other persons. This talk further proceeds in the curiosity of what, how, and why the incident occurred? It happened between friends, family, and colleagues to refresh their minds. Whatever theme the discussion has included storyline, events, main characters, crucial points, considerations, etc. The author uses his or her own words or informal writing (under rules and regulations). All of such a structure of writing something or explaining something will be in your own words. During all of this process, you convey someone's message or express someone's ideas. Don't forget to maintain your ideas and source meaning while paraphrasing. You will use the main idea at the time of specific needs in your own words. How can you paraphrase a source? Give two or three times to read the original paragraph until and unless you understand it. After a thorough understanding, start writing the main idea by using your own words. Avoid generating the order of emphasis and ideas. Go through all unknown words. Observe each word that makes a clear sense of your writing. Check the tone of each paragraph, and it must be intuitive with a correct flow of understanding. Change as per the requirement, such as appropriate tone, meaning variation, and words or phrases related to the original words.

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When you paraphrase, you restate an author’s words in your own words without changing the meaning of the passage or including any of your own thoughts or ideas about it. When you paraphrase something, you only relay the main idea, not the entire passage.

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Paraphrasing from Sources

Read each passage. On a separate page, paraphrase each passage. Try not to look back at the original while you are paraphrasing.

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: The passage below is from The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed. Read the passage. Then paraphrase what you have read.

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Where Is It?

Highlight the portion of the text that you would like to focus on. Then paraphrase the ideas on the notecard below.

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In Your Own Words

Paraphrase each passage.

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Paraphrasing Practice

Read the passage. Highlight what you think is most important. Then paraphrase the highlighted information below.

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Paraphrasing and Synonyms

One strategy for paraphrasing is to use synonyms. Rewrite each sentence below, replacing each underlined word or phrase with a synonymous word or phrase.

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What are the author’s main supporting points?

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Use Synonyms

Rewrite each sentence below, replacing each underlined word with a synonym.

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The Manifesto

The passage below is taken from The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Paraphrase the passage.

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50 million people in the U.S. eat fast food daily, which equates to about one in every seven people. It’s not surprising, then, the fast food restaurants have a combined revenue in the U.S. of $110 billion dollars every year.

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What does the main character(s) decide to do about their problem?

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Paraphrasing for Research

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When You Do It!

When you paraphrase, you convey the main ideas of a passage in your own words. A paraphrase should contain all the most important information in a brief format. Use the organizer below to identify what you want to make sure that you include when you paraphrase the passage. Write your paraphrase below.

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Paraphrasing #1

The Communist Manifesto

Paraphrasing #2

Restate The Passage

Paraphrasing #4

Synonymous Words

Paraphrasing #5

Make It Brief

Paraphrasing #6

Just The Main Idea

Paraphrasing #7

Key Details

Paraphrasing #8

Take Notes And Think

Paraphrasing #9

Listing Supporting Points

Paraphrasing #10

Learn The Process

Paraphrasing #11

Articulate The Structure

Paraphrasing #12

Paraphrase The Story

Paraphrasing #13

Conduct A Research

Paraphrasing #14

5 Wh And 1 H

Paraphrasing #15

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Paraphrasing involves rephrasing the words of others to convey the same meaning in a new and original way. It’s an important skill to develop for writing essays, research papers, and for understanding complex texts. We work on a wide variety of skills including:

Passages to Paraphrase –  These include short passages that students are asked to paraphrase. This helps students practice putting ideas into their own words.

Comparing Paraphrases – Students might be given an original passage and several paraphrased versions, and asked to identify the best paraphrase. This can help students understand what makes a good paraphrase.

Paraphrase and Original Side by Side – These include an original text and a paraphrase side by side, asking students to identify the similarities and differences. This can help students understand how to maintain the original meaning while changing the wording.

Originality Awareness –  The focus here is on distinguishing between paraphrasing and plagiarism, teaching students the importance of changing the structure and words of the original text significantly, and of giving credit to the original source.

What Are the 3 Ways of Paraphrasing?

Here are three common techniques for paraphrasing:

1. Change the Word Order

Changing the sentence structure can be an effective way to paraphrase. Be careful to ensure that the new sentence still accurately represents the original meaning.

2. Use Synonyms

Replace words with their synonyms, but be careful about the words that have no exact synonym or whose meanings vary based on context. Always double-check to make sure that the synonyms fit the context and preserve the original meaning.

3. Change the Voice

If the sentence is in active voice, you can change it to passive voice, and vice versa. However, you should use this method judiciously as overuse of the passive voice can make your writing seem weak or awkward.

Let’s take an example sentence to illustrate these techniques:

Original sentence: “The cat chased the mouse.”

Change the Word Order: “The mouse was chased by the cat.”

Use Synonyms: “The feline pursued the rodent.”

Change the Voice: “The mouse was being chased by the cat.”

Remember, even when you paraphrase, you must provide appropriate citation. Paraphrasing is not just about changing words but about fully understanding and conveying the original idea in your own style. Even if you’ve put the idea into your own words, it’s still someone else’s idea, so it’s important to give credit where it’s due.

What Are the 5 Steps of Paraphrasing?

Step 1: Read and Understand the Original Text

First, thoroughly read the original text to ensure you fully understand the meaning. You might need to read difficult or complex texts several times before you grasp the core idea.

Step 2: Identify the Main Ideas

Once you understand the text, identify the main ideas that you want to include in your paraphrase. This step might involve taking notes or highlighting key points in the text.

Step 3: Write Without Looking at the Original

Put the original text aside and write the paraphrase in your own words. This helps to ensure that you’re not just substituting words with synonyms but truly expressing the idea in a new way.

Step 4: Compare With the Original

After writing, compare your paraphrase with the original text. Make sure you have accurately represented the main ideas and details, and that your paraphrase is significantly different from the original. Check that you haven’t inadvertently used the same phrases or sentence structures.

Step 5: Cite the Source

Even though you are paraphrasing, the ideas are still someone else’s, so it’s important to appropriately cite the source of the information. The citation style (e.g., APA, MLA, Chicago) you use will depend on the academic discipline or the preference of your instructor or institution.

I Used My Own Words! Paraphrasing Informational Texts

I Used My Own Words! Paraphrasing Informational Texts

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Paraphrasing helps students make connections with prior knowledge, demonstrate comprehension, and remember what they have read. Through careful explanation and thorough modeling by the teacher in this lesson, students learn to use paraphrasing to monitor their comprehension and acquire new information. They also realize that if they cannot paraphrase after reading, they need to go back and reread to clarify information. In pairs, students engage in guided practice so that they can learn to use the strategy independently. Students will need prompting and encouragement to use this strategy after the initial instruction is completed. The lesson can be extended to help students prepare to write reports about particular topics.

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  • 1. Students read a wide range of print and nonprint texts to build an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States and the world; to acquire new information; to respond to the needs and demands of society and the workplace; and for personal fulfillment. Among these texts are fiction and nonfiction, classic and contemporary works.
  • 3. Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts, their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features (e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).

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  • Computers with Internet access  
  • Whiteboard (or overhead) for projection of text and shared writing  
  • Print or digital texts on instructional levels of students in the class  
  • Individual copies of texts (if computers are not available)

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Student objectives.

Students will

  • Demonstrate comprehension by paraphrasing facts from informational texts  
  • Gain knowledge and apply what they have learned about paraphrasing by reading information about three unusual animals

Session 1: Introduction of Paraphrasing

Session 2: review and guided practice with paraphrasing, session 3: review and guided practice with paraphrasing, session 4: review and independent practice with paraphrasing.

Paraphrasing is a good way to prepare students to write written reports. When students put information into their own words, they are not copying directly from a text. After the previous four sessions, a possible extension would be to identify another topic (such as countries, planets, plants), have students brainstorm what kind of questions would be interesting to answer about these, assign print materials or websites for students to read and paraphrase, take notes to answer the questions, and prepare written reports. These would be more formal than the quick writes that were done in the paraphrasing sessions.

Student Assessment / Reflections

  • Throughout the sessions, when students are working in pairs or independently, make note of whether or not they are using their own words in paraphrasing. Be ready to intervene with additional modeling and practice if students are having difficulty paraphrasing.  
  • The quick writes at the end of the sessions should be collected to see whether students are using their own words, whether they have understood the text they read, and what information they have learned about the animals. Compare the prior knowledge that you assessed at the beginning of each session with the information included in the quick writes to see what new information has been learned.

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In our Paraphrasing lesson plan, students learn what paraphrasing is, when it is used, and strategies for paraphrasing effectively. Students also learn how to distinguish paraphrasing from summarizing and plagiarism.

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Our Paraphrasing lesson plan introduces students to paraphrasing selections of text correctly. The students will also learn the difference between summarizing and paraphrasing. In addition, plagiarism is discussed and reasons are given why it’s wrong to plagiarize another person’s work. Students are asked to work collaboratively to summarize a given piece of text. Students are also asked to paraphrase several sentences and short paragraphs on their own in order to demonstrate their understanding of the concept.

At the end of the lesson, students will be able to define paraphrase, distinguish it from summarizing and plagiarism, and correctly paraphrase selected text and passages.

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Tricks for Teaching Effective Paraphrasing in Middle School Language Arts

“Are you apt for sundry hoof dance?”

My sister and I had discovered my parents’ thesaurus in the basement bookshelf. For hours, we looked up synonyms in order to “translate” common expressions and sayings. And for the next several months, whenever Monday-night football came on the T.V., you could hear us sing-shouting, “Are you apt for sundry hoof dance?” instead of “Are you ready for some football?” because the thesaurus said it was the same thing.

Clearly, it was not the same thing.

Michelle knew that, and I knew that, but some of our students actually believe that replacing a few words with synonyms from a thesaurus turns a direct quote into a paraphrase. Others believe that it’s totally o.k. to copy and paste chunks of others’ words if they’re credited. It’s not enough to tell students, “Don’t plagiarize!” or “Paraphrase your sources!” Our students need us to show them how it’s done.

Here’s my favorite way to teach paraphrasing to my middle school students:

Before students arrive, choose a fun quote to use as an example. I like to use movie quotes or lyrics from a popular TikTok song, but any quote can work.

Write 5 different paraphrases for that 1 quote.

a good paraphrase with unique wording and sentence structure, but the same meaning

a paraphrase with identical sentence structure but words swapped out for synonyms

a paraphrase that misrepresents the original idea

a paraphrase with the same words as the original, but in a slightly different order

a paraphrase that skips part of the quote but still has some identical phrasing

Write each paraphrase on an index card or type them on pieces of paper.

When your students are ready, have them arrange the paraphrases from worst to best on the basis of originality and accuracy. Be sure to encourage conversation throughout the process. Getting the “right” answers is much less important than becoming aware of common paraphrasing mistakes and how to avoid them.

If your students need additional practice, you can repeat the activity with a new quote, or you can give students quotes to paraphrase on their own.

If this sounds like fun but you don’t have enough time to create your own paraphrasing cards, I have plenty available here !

Let me know how it goes!

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Summarizing is one of those skills that may seem very easy to a teacher but can be difficult for students who have not been properly taught how to summarize. For many years I did not even teach my seventh and eighth grade students how to summarize. I would just ask them to summarize texts and then get mad at them when they failed to produce quality summaries. I was wrong in doing this. Now I always teach my students how to write summaries.

Additionally, as per the Common Core State Standards, summaries should not contain opinions, background knowledge, or personal information; rather, a summary should be entirely text based. After years of learning to make connections between the text and themselves, students must be retrained to keep themselves out of their writing in regards to summaries. Teaching this skill surely warrants some of your class time.

Here are some resources that I used in my classroom to teach my students how to summarize. I hope that you find this page useful:

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Some great activities, really helpful. One thing I want to point out is that shinobi-no-mono is NOT Chinese – this is Japanese. And in the text the characters given are Japanese, NOT Chinese. This is quite a big oversight. As language teachers we need to be aware of different languages.

Thank you. I appreciate the insight.

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Please send me an answer key for the summarizing test.

Acutually 忍の者 isnt chinese the word の is japanses, while in chinese and japanese they call ninja , 忍者. Other than that this is some really good stuff to study my summary from

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The materials are awesome!! I’d like to separate them to two levels of my students. I’m teaching international students, the comparasion of the good and bad summary really works a lot. I really appriciate for your sharing. However, could you share the summarising answer keys as well? That would help me a lot. Thank you!

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I was wondering if you would mind pointing out the source from which you pulled the information about ninjas for your worksheet on them. I just wanted to make sure I had the right information because from the bit of research that I pulled up, I see that both in history (concept / existence) and etymology, ninjas are Japanese. The Japanese use kanji, which are essentially Chinese characters, and is only one of the three different “alphabet” sets they use for written communication. So words like “shinobi” and “shinobi no mono” are all Japanese in origin, but written using Chinese characters and not really associated with Chinese culture. This is especially true because “no mono” is a Japanese phrase. Please let me know if there is a source that does say otherwise, so that I can have all the information. Thank you again!

Hello. I pulled that content from a Wikipedia page a long time ago. I’m no expert on the subject. I was just writing a worksheet that I hope would interest students.

These worksheets are helpful but the commenter above is correct, none of these words are or have ever been Chinese. “Shinobi” was in Japanese poems in the 8th century, not Chinese. Shinobi was the Chinese reading of the characters, but it was always a Japanese word. It might be helpful to fix this worksheet to avoid presenting incorrect information to students.

What is the answer key for summary test please?

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Good day Mr. Morton 😀 what is the answer keys for the summary test? I am not sure in my answer 😀

Wow, just wanted to thank you for your hard work and generosity to publish them for everybody. Thank you so much.

I was studying for an exam and couldn’t find enough information on summarizing. I was very excited when I found your site. It was very helpful.Thanks a million!

A terrific resource. Thank you so much for sharing. I came across your site as I was looking for help with teaching summarising – no need to look any further! Powerpoint and practice sheets, examples …. awesome.

Gracie Alexander

Is there an answer key for the Test?

Kristen Moore

What an incredible site! Thank you for sharing your resources and ideas. Especially the Summary power point. I’ve been struggling to get my students to differentiate between a summary and a list of details. This will help so much!

Amy Gartland

I just discovered this site today. I teach high school ELL and was looking for good nonfiction texts that were accessible for my students. I will definitely be looking around some more and plan on using material in my lessons this week!

This was VERY helpful. Even for a university student who needed a refresher!

An answer key for the Summary would be helpful if provided. And also a whole passage summary, not just the summary for each paragraph.

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Summarizing teaches students how to discern the most important ideas in a text, how to ignore irrelevant information, and how to integrate the central ideas in a meaningful way. Teaching students to summarize improves their memory for what is read. Summarization strategies can be used in almost every content area.  https://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/summarizing
Summarizing Sentence Starters: In summary... The story/passage is mainly about... The character solved the conflict by... To sum up... To summarize... Putting it all together... My initial/final ideas are... My rating/ranking... To wrap things up... To conclude/review/analyze... To weigh in... My appraisal... In short... All in all... All things considered...

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    Get Free Worksheets In Your Inbox! Printable Paraphrasing Worksheets Click the buttons to print each worksheet and answer key. The Paragraph. Paraphrasing means restating an author's words in your own words without changing the meaning of the passage or including any interpretation of your own. When you paraphrase something, you only relay ...

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    Give two or three times to read the original paragraph until and unless you understand it. After a thorough understanding, start writing the main idea by using your own words. Avoid generating the order of emphasis and ideas. Go through all unknown words. Observe each word that makes a clear sense of your writing.

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    Step 2: Identify the Main Ideas. Once you understand the text, identify the main ideas that you want to include in your paraphrase. This step might involve taking notes or highlighting key points in the text. Step 3: Write Without Looking at the Original.

  4. PDF PARAPHRASING WITH SYNONYMS

    Part B: Paraphrase the Text. Paraphrase the text by replacing the underlined words and phrases with synonyms. Some sentences might need to be changed. Cell phone usage has exploded over the past decade and continues to rise. Today there are over one billion phone users worldwide. Concern has arisen over whether cell phone usage can harm a ...

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    Paraphrasing Practice 2. Tourism and lobster are the midcoast region's two main industries, and they're both warm-weather enterprises, and the Maine Lobster Festival represents less an intersection of the industries than a deliberate collision, joyful and lucrative and loud. Wallace, David Foster. "Consider the Lobster.".

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    Talk about different strategies that can be used. One approach is the Four R's: Reword - Replace words and phrases with synonyms whenever you can. Rearrange - Rearrange words within sentences to make new sentences. You can even rearrange the ideas presented within the paragraph. Realize that some words and phrases cannot be changed ...

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    Our Paraphrasing lesson plan introduces students to paraphrasing selections of text correctly. The students will also learn the difference between summarizing and paraphrasing. In addition, plagiarism is discussed and reasons are given why it's wrong to plagiarize another person's work. Students are asked to work collaboratively to ...

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    Here's my favorite way to teach paraphrasing to my middle school students: Before students arrive, choose a fun quote to use as an example. I like to use movie quotes or lyrics from a popular TikTok song, but any quote can work. Write 5 different paraphrases for that 1 quote. Write each paraphrase on an index card or type them on pieces of paper.

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    Paraphrasing Created by: Heran Zhang 3 Paraphrasing Exercise (The answers are on the next page.) Directions: Write a paraphrase of each of the following sentences or passages. 1. The student requested that the professor excuses her absence, but the professor refused. 2. International Center is hosting English Conversation classes.

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    Test Your Paraphrasing Skills Worksheet Paraphrasing Quotes by HGSE Professors. Before beginning this worksheet you should have completed the Principles of Paraphrasing online tutorial. The five quoted passages included in this worksheet are taken from the writings of HGSE faculty. Now that you have reviewed the rules for paraphrasing, you may ...

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    Summarizing & Paraphrasing Practice Worksheets and Test PRINT & DIGITAL. Created by. Darlene Anne - Middle School ELA. Teach students to summarize and paraphrase fiction and nonfiction with 6 high-interest texts, beautifully designed instructional handouts, and worksheets. An editable test in Google Drive is also included, as are blank graphic ...

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    The important skill of paraphrasing is initially interrogated in this lesson and eventually plans relating to summarizing and quoting will be added. There is an interactive equivalent to this plan, "Paraphrasing In a Pinch", which can be used in a classroom that has an electronic device for each student and a strong WiFi signal. The interactive plan can also be used to flip a classroom.

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    Find the words in Paraphrase 2 that replace the key words in the original text highlighted in blue below. Paraphrase 2 . The United States, Germany, Japan and . other industrial powers. are being . transformed. from industrial economies to knowledge and information based service economies, whilst. manufacturing . has been moving. to . low wage ...

  19. Summarizing Worksheets & Activities

    Summarizing Worksheet 1. Here is a worksheet to help students practice summarizing. Read four nonfiction paragraphs about trains, highlight or underline important information, and write a title for the passage related to its main idea. Then create a summary.

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    Paraphrase 2 The influence of adverts can be felt in all aspects of our lives. 2. Adverts for the soft drink, Tango, have recently been banned for possibly encouraging playground bullying. Paraphrase 1 Advertising for the fizzy drink, Tango, have been disallowed recently for potentially leading to school bullying. Paraphrase 2

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    ACTIVITY 1. Read the original text below. Highlight the words that you think are specialized words or words that should not be ... [PDF] Paraphrasing Exercise Paraphrasing is a verbal summary of the key ideas of your partner's ... Make a statement in response to one of the items on the paraphrase activity exercises.