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Summarizing, Paraphrasing and Quoting
How skilled are your class members at summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting from a text? Find out with this assessment that asks readers to identify the thesis statement, the summary, the paraphrases, and the quoted material in an...
Worksheet Web
What did it Say? – Summarizing
Provide scholars with an opportunity to practice summarizing text with a two-page learning exercise. Learners read poems, share stories with their peers, and summarize their new-found-knowledge.
Curated OER
Poetry Reading: Analysis Worksheet
Explore poetry by reading the poem "The Walloping Window Blind" by Charles E. Carryl, and completing an analysis with your class. The worksheet provides the entire poem, a graphic organizer to help with summarizing and paraphrasing, and...
Curated OER
MLA Documentation Exercises
Has your school adopted the MLA style for documentation? If so, use this activity to assess whether or not your class members know the rules. Young researchers complete of series of documentation exercises using the MLA format. They...
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Research Skills and Exercises
In this grammar instructional activity, students rewrite five sentences to eliminate the striking or catchy language and rewrite three student paraphrases to make each one grammatically correct.
Curated OER
Avoiding Plagiarism Worksheet
What exactly is plagiarism? Help your class recognize some of the related vocabulary terms with this two-page worksheet. Words like plagiarism, citing, and paraphrasing are included.
Curated OER
Summary and Paraphrase
In this summary and paraphrase worksheet, students review the definition for a summary and paraphrase. Students learn the steps for writing a summary and then write one for the passage.
Curated OER
Analyzing Poetry
Use this poetry analysis learning exercise to help your learners understand a poem of their or your choosing. This resource asks class members to summarize the poem and analyze it by looking at voice, word choice, imagery, and theme. The...
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Paraphrasing 1
In this paraphrasing worksheet, students watch a paraphrasing video, fill in the blanks to sentences, and complete sentences where they do not paraphrase. Students complete 13 problems total.
EngageNY
Word Problems Leading to Rational Equations
Show learners how to apply rational equations to the real world. Learners solve problems such as those involving averages and dilution. They write equations to model the situation and then solve them to answer the question —...
Curated OER
When Did That Happen?
An awesome packet teaches individuals how to chronologically order and sequence events. The resource also provides practice that immediately follows the different ways to order events. Lastly, learners read a newspaper article...
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Vocabulary Builder
In this vocabulary learning exercise, students write the definition of the word, write it in paraphrasing, what it makes them think of, and more. Students complete 5 sections.
Curated OER
Things Fall Apart: Bloom's Taxonomy of Thinking Processes
One of the things that makes Bloom's Taxonomy so effective is that it works off different levels of understanding. Test your readers' knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation with these short questions....
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
Provides guidance on the ways to quote, paraphrase, and summarize information. Gives various reasons for paraphrasing, summarizing, and quoting various sources.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting Source Material Accurately
You will learn how to summarize, paraphrase, and quote material from your sources.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Using Sources: Paraphrase and Summary
This lesson plan focuses on how to integrate source material using paraphrase and summary and the differences between the two. It also provides a practice exercise.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Basic Level Paraphrase and Summary Writing
Practice paraphrasing sentences and summarizing short paragraphs.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Technology and the World Around Us: Paraphrasing
This lesson focuses on the importance of paraphasing and how to paraphrase to avoid plagiarism. It provides links to an example of an MLA research paper, an article of effective paraphrasing, and a "Purdue Owl: Paraphrase" entry showing...
Tom Richey
Slide Share: 3rd Grade Summarizing and Paraphrasing
A slide show with eight slides with explanations and examples of paraphrasing and summarizing a text.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Writing Process: Finding Evidence
This lesson focuses on finding evidence to support your thesis, how to incorporate your findings into your own work, and how to effectively quote, paraphrase, and summarize your information. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.9, W.11-12.1b...
TES Global
Blendspace: Verbs and Quotes
A ten-part learning module. The first six lessons include links to videos, a worksheet, a word list, notes, and a learning game on verbs. The last four lessons include links to videos and information on paraphrasing, citing, summarizing...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Summary and Paraphrase: Tutorial
In this slideshow tutorial, students are provided with notes that distinguish "summarizing" from "paraphrasing" content. Examples of effective summaries and paraphrases of text are provided. Then students have the opportunity to engage...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Using Sources: Applying Paraphrase, Summary, and Quotation
This lesson focuses on when to use paraphrase, summary, and quotation to integrate source material into your paper.
University of Sydney (Australia)
The Write Site: Overview: Using Quoting & Paraphrasing
This learning module explains the components of academic writing. The module includes the following topics: original material, paraphrased content, summarized information, and direct quotations.