2. Writing a Great Speaker’s Corner or Essay In Your Own Words … Paraphrasing, Turnitin.com & Topic Sentences

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4. Pre-class Time ·Please find your paraphrase partners and reread the original source about Hoover dam; and if time, read the pretty good paraphrase of it. And let’s rock and roll the day away.

5. Schedule Paraphrase Marathon (30) Research (50) Teams Paraphrasing.

6. Writing a Great Speaker’s Corner or Essay In Your Own Words … Paraphrasing

7. The Purpose of our lesson is to practice more on… oHow to put a passage in your own words without changing the meaning oHow to find the main idea of the text in order to paraphrase it.

8. What is Paraphrasing??? oPARAPHRASING IS… oUsed to rewrite the text in your own words oUsed to clarify meaning oUsed to shorten a longer statement but keep the main ideas oUsed to avoid PLAGIARISM. oUsed to avoide quoations.

9. Hoover Dam spans the Colorado River in Black Canyon between Arizona and Nevada, some 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas Nevada. Constructed in the 1930s, the concrete arch- gravity structure was intended to prevent flooding as well as provide much-needed irrigation and hydroelectric power to arid regions of states like California and Arizona. It was originally known as Boulder Dam, but was renamed in 1947 in honor of Herbert Hoover, who as U.S. secretary of commerce and the 31st U.S. president proved instrumental in getting the dam built. At 726 feet high and 1,244 feet long, Hoover Dam was one of the largest man-made structures in the world at the time of its construction, and one of the world's largest producers of hydroelectric power. Source:http://www.history.com/topics/hoover- dam

10. Hoover Dam spans the Colorado River in Black Canyon between Arizona and Nevada, some 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas Nevada. Constructed in the 1930s, the concrete arch-gravity structure was intended to prevent flooding as well as provide much-needed irrigation and hydroelectric power to arid regions of states like California and Arizona. It was originally known as Boulder Dam, but was renamed in 1947 in honor of Herbert Hoover, who as U.S. secretary of commerce and the 31st U.S. president proved instrumental in getting the dam built. At 726 feet high and 1,244 feet long, Hoover Dam was one of the largest man-made structures in the world at the time of its construction, and one of the world's largest producers of hydroelectric power. Source:http://www.history.com/topics/hoover-dam Key points Location History: when built Function Look of it. Key points Location History: when built Function Look of it.

11. Hoover Dam spans the Colorado River in Black Canyon between Arizona and Nevada, some 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas Nevada. Constructed in the 1930s, the concrete arch- gravity structure was intended to prevent flooding as well as provide much-needed irrigation and hydroelectric power to arid regions of states like California and Arizona. It was originally known as Boulder Dam, but was renamed in 1947 in honor of Herbert Hoover, who as U.S. secretary of commerce and the 31st U.S. president proved instrumental in getting the dam built. At 726 feet high and 1,244 feet long, Hoover Dam was one of the largest man-made structures in the world at the time of its construction, and one of the world's largest producers of hydroelectric power. Source:http://www.history.com/topics/hoover-dam Paraphrase Challenge! Using the 4 big ideas of the source, you and your team will mix up the order of the ideas. Then, paraphrase this article in your own words. Note: you cannot use the student paraphrase #3. Why? Time: 10 minutes! Supplies A pencils Recycle paper Original Source Student Paraphrase #3 Supplies A pencils Recycle paper Original Source Student Paraphrase #3

12. Hoover Dam spans the Colorado River in Black Canyon between Arizona and Nevada, some 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas Nevada. Constructed in the 1930s, the concrete arch- gravity structure was intended to prevent flooding as well as provide much-needed irrigation and hydroelectric power to arid regions of states like California and Arizona. It was originally known as Boulder Dam, but was renamed in 1947 in honor of Herbert Hoover, who as U.S. secretary of commerce and the 31st U.S. president proved instrumental in getting the dam built. At 726 feet high and 1,244 feet long, Hoover Dam was one of the largest man-made structures in the world at the time of its construction, and one of the world's largest producers of hydroelectric power. Source:http://www.history.com/topics/hoover-dam Paraphrase Challenge II Paraphrase again but you can’t use any previous paraphrase to help you!!! Why, ask a student, are you torturing us, Mr. Kohler?!!!! Time: 5 minutes! Supplies A pencils Recycle paper Original Source Student Paraphrase #3 Supplies A pencils Recycle paper Original Source Student Paraphrase #3

13. What is NOT Paraphrasing ·-Changing a couple of words. ·-Deleting a couple words or phrases. ·-Rearranging the order of the words.

17. So How Do We Do It? oRead the passage carefully oDecide the main ideas of the passage oIdentify important words or phrases oPut the main points in your own words PARAPHRASE ME!