2. Definition of paraphrasing:
Restating or Rewriting a writer’s ideas using your own words.

3. How to paraphrase?
*Read the passage carefully and slowly. (What is important in it?). *Find the meaning of the unfamiliar words and write down their synonyms or definitions. *Reread each sentence. (What is the writer saying? What is the information?). *Rewrite each sentence using your own words.

4. Example:

7. Use the following graphic organizer to paraphrase:
While you read:
List unfamiliar words:
Write their synonyms or definitions: 1. 2. 3.
After you read:
Write:
1.Underline any complicated sentences.
2.Circle any unnecessary sentence that do not give information.
3.Paraphrase the material as clearly as possible.
USE YOUR OWN WORDS/ & DROP UNNESSARY SENTENCES.
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8. The human brain controls all controlled and the uncontrolled behavior
The human brain controls all controlled and the uncontrolled behavior. the process begins when the brain receives information from nerve cells from all around the body. “The cells that receive information in the cortex of the brain are arranged in a regular series of columns…each cell within the column has a specific responsibility to analyze certain kinds of incoming information” (The brain