PARAPHRASING GROUP

INSTRUCTIONS: STEP #1: Pull out a brand new piece of notebook paper. Write your name in the corner and your group name.

STEP #2: Preview the title of the article (ask a question, make a prediction, make a connection, or activate background knowledge). You should write how you previewed down on your notebook paper.

STEP #3: Read the entire article to identify the main idea of it. Youre not looking for a moral or lessonjust the main idea! Also, actively read along the way (make notes in the margins, ask questions, make connections, jot down your reactions.basically anything you are thinking should travel from your brain, down through your arm and pencil, and onto a piece of paper). Please write the main idea down on your piece of notebook paper.

STEP #4: Read through and review the FIRST TRICK on the 2 Tricks for Paraphrasing sheet. Apply that FIRST TRICK to passages 1-4 on your article. You should follow each step, step-by-step and show your work! (whether its underlining, making a list, crossing things off, etc.) Follow the guidelines below for checking your work.
***When you feel the need to check your work, walk over to the chalkboard to find your answer key. For each of the 7 passages you need to paraphrase, there are 2 sections on the key: (1) The recipe list of key details that you should have pulled out of each of the passages (2) Abbes paraphrased passage created using the list of key details ***KEEP IN MIND, THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO PARAPHRASE A PASSAGE SO YOUR SENTENCES MAY NOT BE THE EXACT SAME AS ABBES. THATS OKAY AS LONG AS YOU HAVE INCLUDED ALL THE KEY DETAILS*** There are 2 ways you can check your work: (1) Follow one of the 2 tricks for paraphrasing to identify the key details in each passage. Then use that list to paraphrase the passage in a complete sentence or sentences. Once youre confident in your work, come over to this answer key and check only that question. (2) Follow one of the 2 tricks for paraphrasing to identify the key details in each passage. If youre unsure if the details you selected are key details, come over to the answer key and check it for just the key details. Then, go back and turn those key details into a paraphrased sentence or sentences. Then, if you need to, you may come back and check to see if youve paraphrased correctly.***

STEP #5: Read through and review the SECOND TRICK on the 2 Tricks for Paraphrasing sheet. Apply that SECOND TRICK to passages 5-7 on your article. If you are struggling and have found that this is not a good trick for you, feel free to use trick #1.

PARAPHRASING ANSWER KEY

For each of the 7 passages you need to paraphrase, there are 2 sections below: (1) The recipe list of key details that you should have pulled out of each of the passages (2) Abbes paraphrased passage created using the list of key details ***KEEP IN MIND, THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO PARAPHRASE A PASSAGE SO YOUR SENTENCES MAY NOT BE THE EXACT SAME AS ABBES. THATS OKAY AS LONG AS YOU HAVE INCLUDED ALL THE KEY DETAILS*** There are 2 ways you can check your work: (1) Follow one of the 2 tricks for paraphrasing to identify the key details in each passage. Then paraphrase the passage in a complete sentence or sentences. Once youre confident in your work, come over to this answer key and check only that question. (2) Follow one of the 2 tricks for paraphrasing to identify the key details in each passage. If youre unsure if the details you selected are key details, come over to this answer key and check the answer key for just the key details. Then, go back and turn those key details into a paraphrased sentence or sentences. Then, if you need to, you may come back and check to see if youve paraphrased correctly.

#1 school

14 year old Pakistani student known around the world for speaking out against the Taliban banning girls from going to gunman got on her school bus and shot her in the head

In Pakistan, a member of the Taliban shot a 14 year old girl in the head after forcing his way on her school bus. The student is known around the world for speaking out against the Talibans ban on girls going to school.

#2

Malala Yousafzai, a ninth grader first noticed after writing a diary about living under the Taliban in 2009 for BBC Yousafzai lives in Mingora, Pakistan

Malala Yousafzai, the ninth grade student who lives in Mingora, Pakistan, first became known after writing a diary about life under Taliban rule for the BBC in 2009.

#3

Yousafzai is a symbol of hope and peace in a country filled with violence Pakistani government awarded her $10,500 dollars and a peace prize

Yousafzai received a peace prize and $10,500 dollars from the Pakistani government for being a symbol of hope and peace in a country filled with violence.

#4

Yousafzai was taken to a military hospital and had a bullet removed from near her spine she had not regained consciousness but was improving

Pakistans President Asif Ali Zardari ordered for her to go to Britain or the U.A.E. for more medical care if necessary

#5 leave

School had just ended an the bus was not far from the school when the attack happened Two men stopped the bus, demanded for Malala, and shot her before the driver could

Just after school ended, two men stopped the bus, got on it and asked for Yousafzai, then shot her before the bus driver could leave.

#6

Ihsanullah Ihsan, spokesman for the Taliban in Pakistan attacked her because she was making Muslims look bad

According to the spokesman for the Taliban in Pakistan, Ihsanullah Ihsan, Yousafzai was attacked because she was making Muslims look bad.

#7

Pakistani Taliban bombs hundreds of schools in the province where Yousafzai lived

The Pakistani Taliban has bombed hundreds of schools in the past in the province where Yousafzai lived.

IDENTIFYING KEY DETAILS GROUP

INSTRUCTIONS: STEP #1: Write your name in the corner of your green piece of paper which contains todays article.

STEP #2: Preview the title of the article (ask a question, make a prediction, make a connection, or activate background knowledge). You should write how you previewed down on the back of your green paper. Please use a complete sentence.

STEP #3: Read the entire article to identify the main idea of it. Youre not looking for a moral or lessonjust the main idea! Also, actively read along the way (make notes in the margins, ask questions, make connections, jot down your reactions.basically anything you are thinking should travel from your brain, down through your arm and pencil, and onto a piece of paper). ***DO NOT USE A HIGHLIGHTER*** Please write the main idea down on the back of your green paper. Please use a complete sentence.

STEP #4: Read the article again, this time highlighting KEY DETAILS AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION. How will you know if its necessary, vital, and worth highlighting? Before you get highlighter happy, ask yourself, Does this information tie back to and support the main idea of the entire article? Do I absolutely need to know this information to get a solid understanding of the main idea? If you can answer Yes to both questions, then it needs to be highlighted. Remember, if youre highlighting everything, are you highlighting anything? ****STOP AFTER THE FIFTH CHUNK (THERES A LINE DRAWN ON YOUR ARTICLE). THEN PROCEED TO STEP #5***

STEP #5: Walk over to the long bulletin board covered in yellow paper to check your work. Lift up the Checkpoint #1 section to see if you have correctly highlighted all the key details that would need to be included in a summary. If you dont have them highlighted, highlight them. If you have highlighted too much, scribble it out in pen/pencil. After youve checked and made the necessary corrections, proceed to Step #6.

STEP #6: Continue to read the 2nd half of the article. You are still highlighting key details and important information that ties back to and supports the main idea of the article. When youve reached the end and you are confident in your work, head back over to the answer key and Checkpoint #2. Again, if you dont have all the necessary information highlighted, highlight it. If you have highlighted too much, scribble it out in pen/pencil.

CONNECTING PARAPHRASED SENTENCES USING PLAYS GROUP

INSTRUCTIONS: STEP #1: Pull out a brand new piece of notebook paper. Write your name in the corner and your group name (Connecting paraphrased sentences).

STEP #2: Preview the title of the article (ask a question, make a prediction, make a connection, or activate background knowledge). You should write how you previewed down on your notebook paper.

STEP #3: Read the entire article to identify the main idea of it. Youre not looking for a moral or lessonjust the main idea! Also, actively read along the way (make notes in the margins, ask questions, make connections, jot down your reactions.basically anything you are thinking should travel from your brain, down through your arm and pencil, and onto a piece of paper). ***DO NOT USE A HIGHLIGHTER*** Please write the main idea down on your piece of notebook paper.

STEP #4: You will notice that I have bracketed or boxed in specific passages or chunks of information. These are key details that tie back to and support the main idea that would need to be included in a summary (if you were writing one). Your task now is to paraphrase the passages using the instructions below, starting with STEP #5

STEP #5: Read through and review the FIRST TRICK on the 2 Tricks for Paraphrasing sheet. Apply that FIRST TRICK to passages 1-4 on your article. You should follow each step, step-by-step and show your work! (whether its underlining, making a list, crossing things off, etc.) Follow the guidelines below for checking your work.
***When you feel the need to check your work, walk over to the back corner of the room to find your answer key. For each of the 7 passages you need to paraphrase, there are 2 sections on the key: (1) The recipe list of key details that you should have pulled out of each of the passages (2) Abbes paraphrased passage created using the list of key details ***KEEP IN MIND, THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO PARAPHRASE A PASSAGE SO YOUR SENTENCES MAY NOT BE THE EXACT SAME AS ABBES. THATS OKAY AS LONG AS YOU HAVE INCLUDED ALL THE KEY DETAILS*** There are 2 ways you can check your work: (1) Follow one of the 2 tricks for paraphrasing to identify the key details in each passage. Then use that list to paraphrase the passage in a complete sentence or sentences. Once youre confident in your work, come over to the answer key and check only that question. (2) Follow one of the 2 tricks for paraphrasing to identify the key details in each passage. If youre unsure if the details you selected are key details, come over to the answer key and check it for just the key details. Then, go back and turn those key details into a paraphrased sentence or sentences. Then, if you need to, you may come back and check to see if youve paraphrased correctly.***

STEP #6: Read through and review the SECOND TRICK on the 2 Tricks for Paraphrasing sheet. Apply that SECOND TRICK to passages 5-7 on your article. If you are struggling and have found that this is not a good trick for you, feel free to use trick #1.

STEP #7: After you are confident you have correctly transformed the passages into paraphrased sentences, your next task is to attempt to combine some of them into one sentences using plays. We do this because we want a summary that flows nicelynot a choppy list of sentences. Were not grocery shopping! Before combining though, review your Plays That Can Be Used to Combine/Connect Sentences sheet, paying close attention to the 4 different categories of plays. Notice that different plays can be used best in only specific situations. ***YOU ARE ONLY REVIEWING/READING THE SHEET. DO NOT START COMBINING YET..***

STEP #8: Go back to your list of paraphrased sentences. Decide which sentences go together and should be combined/connected and draw an arrow between them (you may combine or connect multiple sentences from the same passage if you would like). Now, decide which of the four categories your sentences fit in. Then, combine them. Do this until you have combined sentences that you believe should be combined. ***DONT FORGET YOUR PUNCTUATION!!!!***

STEP#9: Make a brand new, neat list of your paraphrased sentences that includes those you combined and left alone. Next, number them in logical order as if you were writing an actual summary.