Paraphrasing

It is important that your paraphrase contains .....

• Vocabulary words
• Commas and periods
• The key details
• The word paraphrase

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Paraphrasing can help you avoid _____________. It is taking another person's ideas or words and presenting them as your own. This is not only a serious academic offense, but it is also illegal in many cases. Use your own words when you write, and always give credit to others whose ideas you use.

• getting int trouble
• plagiarism
• cheating
• pledging

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Paraphrasing means

• writing down exactly what a passage says

• putting information

  into your own words

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is the best synonym for "paraphrase?"

• Invention

• Copy

• Plagairize

• Restate

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

You can paraphrase:

• a single word or a phrase

• a sentence

• a paragraph

• an entire page

• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Repeating the information word for word, or changing a word here and there, leaving most of the text and the sentence order the same is called

• quoting

• plagiarizing

• summarizing

• paraphrasing

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

For the next original sentence choose the best paraphrase option:

My dog ate his food quickly.

• The dog is barking a lot.

• My dog speedily gulped his food.

• My dog ate his food quickly.

• My dog quickly ate his food.

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CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What are the 4 R's of paraphrasing?

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Choose the sentence that BEST paraphrases this sentence:

A high school student usually has summer reading assignments.

• A high school student always has homework assignments in the summer.
• It is common for students in high school to have summer reading assignments.
• Usually school aged students have summer reading assignments.
• Most summer school students have high school reading to do.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

For the next original sentence choose the best paraphrase sentence:

Giraffes like Acacia leaves and hay and they can consume 75 pounds of food a day.

• A giraffe eats a lot of Acacia leaves.

• Hay is a giraffe's favorite food.

• A giraffe can eat up to 75 pounds of Acacia leaves and hay everyday.

• Giraffes can consume 75 pounds of Acacia leaves and hay a day.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2