Quote, paraphrase, or summarize text, ideas, or other information taken from print or other electronic sources. 0801.3.16

Links verified on 8/25/2014

1. Incredible Shrinking Notes - lesson plan on how to summarize what is heard
2. Paraphrase Craze - Well thought out lesson with lots of chances to practice. If you want to get rid of the horrible background in IE go to Tools, Internet Options, click on Accessibility at the bottom of the General tab and click Ingore Colors. Ahhh, much better.
3. Paraphrase: Write it in Your Own Words - six steps to effective paraphrasing plus some examples of good (and bad) paraphrasing
4. Paraphrasing Exercise - [not interactive] five paragraphs to read and paraphrase on your own paper [Possible Answers here]
5. Paraphrasing Practice - a six slide show - one at a time show the slides and allow students time to paraphrase. Note to teacher: Allow students time to read the slide carefully and then press the B key to black out your screen. Press B one more time to get back to the show.
6. Paraphrasing Practice - suggestions on how to paraphrase followed by a paragraph to read and paraphrase on paper
7. Paraphrasing Topic Sentences - Read five paragraphs and then select the sentence that best paraphrases the topic sentence of the paragraph.
8. Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing - defines each and then tells why and how to use each
9. Summarizing - lesson on learning to summarize
10. Self Test: Identifying and Avoiding Plagiarism - excellent examples and tests of the right way to quote, paraphrase and summarize
11. Summarizing - interactive lesson and exercise

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