HOLY NAME UNIVERSITY

Basic Education Department

Senior High School

Teaching Guide in English for Academic and Professional Purposes

Topic: Paraphrasing and Direct Quoting

Content Standard
The learner acquires knowledge of appropriate reading strategies for a better understanding of academic texts.
Performance Standard
The learner will be able to create a paraphrase of a given set of statements or paragraphs.
Learning Competency
The learner paraphrases/explains a text using one’s own words.
Specific Learning Outcomes / Objectives
By the end of the lesson, the learner will have been able to:
1. Identify the features of paraphrasing and direct quoting;
2. Differentiate summarizing, paraphrasing, and direct quoting;
3. Use appropriate reporting verbs;
4. Paraphrase various texts;
5. Write direct quotations;
6. Apply various formats of in-text citations in paraphrases and direct quotes; and
7. Evaluate paraphrases and direct quotations.
Time Allotment: 4 hours
Materials/ Resources
Textbook, pages 104-114
Teaching Guide Outline

Introduction
1. Prayer
2. Attendance
3. Goal Setting – The teacher presents to the students the need of doing paraphrasing and direct quoting.
The objectives will be associated to the concept of summarizing.
Motivation
The students form groups of five members each. Each group will pick a song written in English and try to
rewrite each line without changing its meaning. Then, with the same group, they will analyze the song. After the
time spent for analysis, they will share their answers to the class.
Instruction Delivery
The discussion on paraphrasing is going to be given to the students. It will be set in contrast with direct quoting.
The concepts that follow are going to be highlighted in the discussion:
 Paraphrasing means completely rewriting or rephrasing all the ideas in an original text while still
retaining the meaning.
 Direct quoting means using the exact words of the author and putting them inside parenthesis.
 Paraphrases and direct quotations should include citations.
 In academic writing, paraphrasing and summarizing are more preferred than direct quoting. Too many

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 direct quotes do not make the paper too scholarly.
Additional/supplementary information will be given to the students.
 Patchwork paraphrase is different from legitimate paraphrase. The former involves rearranging words
and/or phrases used in the original text into a new structure or pattern while the latter involves
modifying or changing the sentence structure of the original text and using a different vocabulary. Of the
two, legitimate paraphrase should be observed.
Students will also be asked to differentiate summaries, paraphrases, and direct quotes. They are going to present
their comparisons to the class.
Practice
Students are going to do the activity on pages 110-114.
Enrichment
Students are going to complete the activity on page 109, together with it is another set of activities where they
are going to create summaries and paraphrases of the given paragraphs.
Evaluation
The students are going to take a quiz on which statement serves as the best paraphrase of a given set of
statements. The other part of the quiz is about the making of a summary.
Valuing
It requires so much time and skill as one tries to create a summary or a paraphrase of a set of statements. This
reminds all of us to be very keen when it comes to compositions and in every task that we do. This further leads
to our ability to evaluate and assess very well whatever it is that is being given and served to us.

Submitted by: Submitted to:

Mr. Simplicio Gadugdug V Dr. Maria Liesle Dopeño
Faculty ILA Coordinator

Date: Date:

Noted by: Approved by:

Mrs. Gladys Flora Floreta, MA Dr. Prisciano Legitimas

Assistant to the Principal Principal - SHS Principal

Date: ________________ Date: ________________

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