Student Number ______

Name _______________________________________________________

Period ______

PARAPHRASING AND RETELLING

RETELLING
This is an ____________________ event something that you verbally tell someone
else.
Readers often use the authors ____________________ and ___________________ in the
____________________ text to retell.
More frequently used to retell _______________.

PARAPHRASING
Paraphrasing is ____________________ text into your own words.
Paraphrasing is __________ the same as retelling.
When paraphrasing, use your __________ familiar words and phrases to
______________ the material into your own words.
When paraphrasing, you should make ____________________ to ideas you already
know about the topic (prior knowledge).

PURPOSE OF PARAPHRASING
Used to ____________________ the text in your own words
Used to ____________________ meaning.
Used to ____________________ a longer statement but keep the main ideas.
Use to avoid ____________________.

HOW DOES PARAPHRASING HELP YOU TO COMPREHEND WHAT YOU ARE

READING?
Paraphrasing allows you to ____________________ your understanding of text as you
are reading.
You should __________________ and __________________ after reading sections of a text.
Ask yourself what are the ________________ _________________ the author is trying to
tell you. AND
What are the __________ important _______________ I need to understand.
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PARAphrase IT
__________________ the text in your own words
___________________ copying the text.
__________________ similar text.
__________________ yourself if you included all the main points.

PARAPHRASING STRATEY: RAP

____________________ the passage carefully.
____________________ what the main ideas and details of the text are
____________________ the main points in your own words

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Student Number _______

Name ______________________________________________________________

Period ____

SUMMARIZING
In order to write a summary, you must first read the _____________ text and absorb a
thorough understanding of the ___________________ of the text.

You should read the text __________________ to get a full understand of it.

A summary helps a reader better __________________ and _________________ text.

It includes the ______________

_______________ and only the _________________

important _______________.

It _______________ minor, ____________________

__________________ in the text.

SUMMARIZE IT!
____________________ version of ____________________ text.
Write with the same ____________________
Write in the same __________________
__________ your own ________________
_______________

_______________ and important _______________are included.

SIGNAL WORDS TO DETERMINE WHAT IS IMPORTANT

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__________ (subject)
__________ (action)
__________ (location
__________ (time)
__________ (reason)
__________(process)

A SUMMARY ANSWERS THESE QUESTIONS

1. What does the text _____________?
2. What does the text _______________?
3. Why does it matter?
STEPS TO REMEMBER WHEN WRITING A SUMMARY
Step 1: _______________

__________ any information that is __________ necessary to

understand the text.

Step 2: _______________

__________ words / sentences that are ___________________

(repeat information).
Step 3: ___________________ lists of things with words that describes the things in
lists (example: flowers for daisies, tulips, and roses).
Step 4: Find a _______________ sentence (_______________

__________________

sentence). If you cannot find one, write one. Remember that every topic sentence
has two parts (subject + authors claim).

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