In Your Own Words… PARAPHRASING

By the End, You will Know… How to put a passage in your own words without changing the meaning The definition of Paraphrasing How to find the main idea of the text in order to paraphrase it

What is Paraphrasing??? PARAPHRASING IS… A rewriting of text in your own words Used to clarify meaning Used to shorten a longer statement but keeps the main ideas You may want to highlight the words, re-writing, clarify and shorten and keeps. These seem like keys words in the definition.

So How Do We Do It? Read the passage carefully Decide the main ideas of the passage Highlight important words or phrases Put the main points in your own words PARAPHRASE ME! Great graphic! Again, I would use highlights.

Example 1 Passage from Book Ancient Egyptians believed that Osiris, a good and wise king, was the first pharaoh. He spread knowledge to other parts of the world, while his wife, Isis, ruled Egypt in his place.

Good Example 1 PARAPHRASED PASSAGE ORIGINAL PASSAGE HIGHLIGHTED PASSAGE Ancient Egyptians believed that Osiris, a good and wise king, was the first pharaoh. He spread knowledge to other parts of the world, while his wife, Isis, ruled Egypt in his place ORIGINAL PASSAGE Ancient Egyptians believed that Osiris, a good and wise king, was the first pharaoh. He spread knowledge to other parts of the world, while his wife, Isis, ruled Egypt in his place. PARAPHRASED PASSAGE King Osiris was the first pharaoh and spread knowledge. Queen Isis ruled Egypt when he was gone.

Poor Example 1 Highlighted Passage Original Passage Poor Paraphrasing Ancient Egyptians believed that Osiris, a good and wise king, was the first pharaoh. He spread knowledge to other parts of the world, while his wife, Isis, ruled Egypt in his place. Original Passage Ancient Egyptians believed that Osiris, a good and wise king, was the first pharaoh. He spread knowledge to other parts of the world, while his wife, Isis, ruled Egypt in his place. Poor Paraphrasing King Osiris was an ancient Egyptian King and the first pharaoh. He was good and wise because he spread knowledge to other parts of the world. His wife Isis ruled Egypt in his place.

Example 2 Passage from Book Upon returning home, Osiris was murdered by his evil brother Set, who cut Osiris’s body into pieces and dumped it in the Nile River. Isis found the body and put it back together by winding linen bandages around it. Check the comma and the capital S after it. IS that correct? Osiris and Set

Good Example 2 Original Passage Paraphrased Passage Upon returning home, Osiris was murdered by his evil brother, Set who cut his body into pieces and dumped it in the Nile River. Isis found the body and put it back together by winding linen bandages around it. Paraphrased Passage Osiris’s brother Set killed Osiris by cutting his body into pieces, and Isis put the body back together. Highlighted Passage Upon returning home, Osiris was murdered by his evil brother, Set who cut his body into pieces and dumped it in the Nile River. Isis found the body and put it back together by winding linen bandages around it. I like the noise that you added here for the paraphrased passage. Could you do that for the others? Isis, Osiris’s wife

Poor Example 2 Original Passage Highlighted Passage Poor Paraphrasing Upon returning home, Osiris was murdered by his evil brother, Set who cut his body into pieces and dumped it in the Nile River. Isis found the body and put it back together by winding linen bandages around it. Highlighted Passage Upon returning home, Osiris was murdered by his evil brother, Set who cut his body into pieces and dumped it in the Nile River. Isis found the body and put it back together by winding linen bandages around it. Poor Paraphrasing Osiris was murdered and Isis found the body

Your Turn Remember the Rules Passage from Book Read the passage carefully Find the main ideas Highlight important words or phrases Put the main points in your own words Passage from Book In 1857, a British expedition led by Richard Burton and John Speke set out to find the great lakes shown on Ptolemy’s map. After reaching Lake Tanganyika, the two men split up because Burton was ill.

Remember to highlight the right words Now You Try! Remember to highlight the right words In 1857, a British expedition led by Richard Burton and John Speke set out to find the great lakes shown on Ptolemy’s map. After reaching Lake Tanganyika, the two men split up because Burton was ill. Which one is the best? Richard Burton and his friend looked for the great lakes shown on Ptolemy’s map. The men split up. In 1857, Richard Burton and John Speke searched for the great lakes on Ptolemy’s map, but they had to split up when Burton was ill. Two men from Britain looked for the great lakes but had to split up because one was ill. Which one is the best? -the purple one is correct Richard Burton and his friend looked for the great lakes shown on Ptolemy’s map. The men split up. In 1857, Richard Burton and John Speke searched for the great lakes on Ptolemy’s map, but they had to split up when Burton was ill. Two men from Britain looked for the great lakes but had to split up because one was ill I think that some commas are needed in the paragraph. The use of color for the best is an effective strategy. But the heading could read - the purple one is best. So the reader does not have to guess. Also in these two practice slides the sentences are quite long, I am wondering if shorter sentences would be helpful to the students. Also, when you create the lesson plans, I think it would be good if students had copies of the text so that they could practice the highlighting. We’ll do this on Tuesday when we return.

Paraphrasing Perfection Practice your paraphrasing Skills for Perfection Read passage and write passage down on piece of paper. Highlight the key words in the passage. Paraphrase the passage in your own words. Passage from Book Speke discovered Victoria Nyanza and was convinced that the White Nile Flowed from it. A second expedition proved him right when he found the outlet of the Nile at a waterfall which he named Ripon Falls.

…look like this? Original Passage Highlighted Passage Speke discovered Victoria Nyanza and was convinced that the White Nile flowed from it. A second expedition proved him right when he found the outlet of the Nile at a waterfall which he named Ripon Falls. Highlighted Passage Speke discovered Victoria Nyanza and was convinced that the White Nile flowed from it. A second expedition proved him right when he found the outlet of the Nile at a waterfall which he named Ripon Falls. Paraphrased Passage Speke discovered Victoria Nyanza and found the outlet of the Nile which he called the Ripon Falls.

CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THIS LESSON ON PARAPHRASING! REMEMBER PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT! Fun.