Transcript paraphrasing in your own words 1a

In Your Own Words…
PARAPHRASING
By the End, You will
Know…
o How to put a passage
in your own words
without changing the
meaning
o The definition of
Paraphrasing
o How to find the main
idea of the text in order
to paraphrase it
What is Paraphrasing???
o PARAPHRASING IS…
o A rewriting of text in your
own words
o Used to clarify meaning
o Used to shorten a longer
statement but keeps the
main ideas
So How Do We Do It?
o Read the passage
carefully
o Decide the main
ideas of the passage
o Highlight important
words or phrases
o Put the main points
in your own words
PARAPHRASE
ME!
Example 1
Passage from Book
• Ancient Egyptians
believed that Osiris, a
good and wise king, was
the first pharaoh. He
spread knowledge to
other parts of the world,
while his wife, Isis,
ruled Egypt in his place.
Good Example 1
ORIGINAL
PASSAGE
HIGHLIGHTED
PASSAGE
· Ancient
Egyptians
Ancient
Egyptians
believed
that Osiris, a
believed
thatwise
Osiris,
a was
good and
king,
good
king, He
was
theand
firstwise
pharaoh.
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first pharaoh.
He to
knowledge
spread
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parts of thetoworld,
other
parts
the world,
while
hisofwife,
Isis,
while
hisEgypt
wife, in
Isis,
ruled
hisruled
place.
Egypt in his place
PARAPHRASED
PASSAGE
· King Osiris was the first
pharaoh and spread
knowledge. Queen Isis
ruled Egypt when he
was gone.
Poor Example 1
Highlighted
Passage
Original Passage
Poor Paraphrasing
Ancient Egyptians
Egyptians
· Ancient
· King Osiris was an
believed that
that Osiris,
Osiris, aa
believed
ancient Egyptian King
good and
and wise
wise king,
king, was
was
good
and the first pharaoh.
the first
first pharaoh.
pharaoh. He
He
the
He was good and wise
spread knowledge
knowledge to
to
spread
because he spread
other parts
parts of
of the
the world,
world,
other
knowledge to other parts
while his
his wife,
wife, Isis,
Isis, ruled
while
of the world. His wife
EgyptEgypt
in hisin
place.
ruled
his place.
Isis ruled Egypt in his
place.
Example 2
Passage from Book
Osiris and Set
o Upon returning home,
Osiris was murdered by
his evil brother Set, who
cut Osiris’s body into
pieces and dumped it in
the Nile River. Isis
found the body and put
it back together by
winding linen bandages
around it.
Good Example 2
Highlighted
Passage
Original Passage
returning
home,
·Upon
Upon
returning
home,
Osiris
was
murdered
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Osiris
was
murdered
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evil
brother,
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evil
brother,
who
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body
into
pieces
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into
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and
and
dumped
dumped
it in
it in
thethe
Nile
River.Isis
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found
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River.
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body
and
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body
and
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it back
together
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together
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winding
linen
bandages
around
linen
bandages
around
it.
it.
Paraphrased Passage
· Osiris’s brother Set
killed Osiris by cutting
his body into pieces, and
Isis put the body back
together.
Isis, Osiris’s
wife
Poor Example 2
Highlighted
Passage
Original Passage
Upon
returning
home,home,
· Upon
returning
OsirisOsiris
was murdered
by hisby
was murdered
evil brother,
who cut
his evil Set
brother,
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his body
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pieces
and
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into
pieces
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in the Nile
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found
River.Nile
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found Isis
the body
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put it by
back
and put
backand
together
together
winding
winding
linen by
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linen
around
it. bandages around
it.
Poor Paraphrasing
· Osiris was murdered and
Isis found the body
Your Turn
Remember the Rules
o Read the passage
carefully
o Find the main ideas
o Highlight important
words or phrases
o Put the main points in
your own words
Passage from Book
· In 1857, a British
expedition led by
Richard Burton and John
Speke set out to find the
great lakes shown on
Ptolemy’s map. After
reaching Lake
Tanganyika, the two
men split up because
Burton was ill.
Now You Try!
Remember to highlight
the right words
·
In 1857, a British expedition
led by Richard Burton and
John Speke set out to find the
great lakes shown on
Ptolemy’s map. After
reaching Lake Tanganyika,
the two men split up because
Burton was ill.
Which one is the best?
o Richard Burton and his friend
looked for the great lakes
shown on Ptolemy’s map.
The men split up.
o In 1857, Richard Burton and
John Speke searched for the
great lakes on Ptolemy’s map,
but they had to split up when
Burton was ill.
o Two men from Britain looked
for the great lakes but had to
split up because one was ill.
Now You Try!
Which one is the best?
Remember to highlight
the right words
·
In 1857, a British expedition
led by Richard Burton and
John Speke set out to find the
great lakes shown on
Ptolemy’s map. After
reaching Lake Tanganyika,
the two men split up because
Burton was ill.
-the purple one is correct
o Richard Burton and his
friend looked for the great
lakes shown on Ptolemy’s
map. The men split up.
o In 1857, Richard Burton
and John Speke searched for
the great lakes on Ptolemy’s
map, but they had to split up
when Burton was ill.
o Two men from Britain
looked for the great lakes but
had to split up because one
was ill
Paraphrasing Perfection
Practice your
paraphrasing Skills
for Perfection
o Read passage and write
passage down on piece
of paper.
o Highlight the key words
in the passage.
o Paraphrase the passage
in your own words.
Passage from Book
· Speke discovered
Victoria Nyanza and was
convinced that the White
Nile Flowed from it. A
second expedition
proved him right when
he found the outlet of
the Nile at a waterfall
which he named Ripon
Falls.
…look like this?
Original Passage
· Speke discovered
Victoria Nyanza and was
convinced that the White
Nile flowed from it. A
second expedition
proved him right when
he found the outlet of
the Nile at a waterfall
which he named Ripon
Falls.
Highlighted Passage
Speke discovered Victoria
Nyanza and was
convinced that the White
Nile flowed from it. A
second expedition proved
him right when he found
the outlet of the Nile at a
waterfall which he named
Ripon Falls.
…look like this?
Original Passage
Paraphrased Passage
· Speke discovered
Victoria Nyanza and was
convinced that the White
Nile flowed from it. A
second expedition
proved him right when
he found the outlet of
the Nile at a waterfall
which he named Ripon
Falls.
· Speke discovered
Victoria Nyanza and
found the outlet of the
Nile which he called the
Ripon Falls.
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU HAVE
SUCCESSFULLY
COMPLETED THIS
LESSON ON
PARAPHRASING!
REMEMBER
PRACTICE MAKES
PERFECT!