Goal: Students will strengthen and reinforce previously learned strategies aiding in processing written language and respond with an appropriate summary of the material. Paraphrase: Putting information into your own words. Paraphrasing

You can paraphrase: A single word A phrase or group of words A whole sentence A whole paragraph A whole page Characteristics of a Good Paraphrase Must be accurate Must be in your own words Must make sense Paraphrasing

To paraphrase a word: 1.Find a synonym that you can replace the word with, 2.Complete the sentence in your own words. To paraphrase a sentence: 1.Use the subject-verb identification procedure to determine the subject and action of the sentence, 2.Break the sentence into two or more phrases, 3.Rewrite each phrase in your own words so that it maintains the correct subject and action from the original sentence. Paraphrasing

To paraphrase a paragraph: 1.Fill in the blank “ This paragraph is about_________. ” This will provide you with the topic of the paragraph. 2.Next, ask yourself “ What does this paragraph tell me about (The Topic) ? ” This will provide you with the main idea of the paragraph. 3.Finally, ask, “ What ’ s one piece of specific information about the main idea? Are there are any other details about the main idea in this paragraph? ” This will provide you with the details of the paragraph. Paraphrasing

Paraphrase the following paragraph: I HEARTILY ACCEPT the motto, "That government is best which governs least”; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe, "That government is best which governs not at all"; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have. Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient. The objections which have been brought against a standing army, and they are many and weighty, and deserve to prevail, may also at last be brought against a standing government. The standing army is only an arm of the standing government. The government itself, which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their will, is equally liable to be abused and perverted before the people can act through it. Witness the present Mexican war, the work of comparatively a few individuals using the standing government as their tool; for, in the outset, the people would not have consented to this measure.” Excerpt from Henry David Thoreau ’ s “ Civil Disobedience ” Paraphrasing