Paraphrasing

Paraphrasing

Today’s Goal:

Gather information and convey it in our own
words, while still citing where it came from.

A-B Pairs

What did you do after school yesterday?

Student A answers the question in three or four sentences.

Next, Student B paraphrases Student Aʼs answer. (Feedback)

Then, the partners switch roles.

Open Ended

What did you do last night? (3-4 sentences)

Paraphrase Together

WALTER (Crossing slowly to his bedroom door
and finally turning there and speaking
measuredly) What you need me to say you done
right for? You the head of this family. You run our
lives like you want to. It was your money and you
did what you wanted with it. So what you need
for me to say it was all right for? (Bitterly, to hurt
her as deeply as he knows is possible) So you
butchered up a dream of mine—you—who
always talking ʼbout your childrenʼs dreams …
(Act II, Scene II, 218)

●Reword – Replace words
and phrases with
synonyms whenever you
can.

●Rearrange – Rearrange
words within sentences to
make new sentences. You
can even rearrange the
ideas presented within the
paragraph.

Paraphrase Together

WALTER (Crossing slowly to his bedroom door
and finally turning there and speaking
measuredly) What you need me to say you done
right for? You the head of this family. You run our
lives like you want to. It was your money and you
did what you wanted with it. So what you need for
me to say it was all right for? (Bitterly, to hurt her
as deeply as he knows is possible) So you
butchered up a dream of mine—you—who always
talking ʼbout your childrenʼs dreams … (Act II,
Scene II, 218)

●Reword – Replace words and
phrases with synonyms whenever
you can.

●Rearrange – Rearrange words
within sentences to make new
sentences. You can even rearrange
the ideas presented within the
paragraph.

Open Ended

Paraphrase this in line that Walter asks his mother in your own words: What you need me to say you done right for?

"Walter wonders_______________________."

Paraphrase Together

WALTER walks across the room and asks why his mother needs his approval about buying the house. You the head of this family. You
run our lives like you want to. It was your money
and you did what you wanted with it. So what you
need for me to say it was all right for? (Bitterly, to
hurt her as deeply as he knows is possible) So you
butchered up a dream of mine—you—who always
talking ʼbout your childrenʼs dreams … (Act II,
Scene II, 218)

●Reword –Replace words and
phrases with synonyms whenever
you can.

●Rearrange – Rearrange words
within sentences to make new
sentences. You can even rearrange
the ideas presented within the
paragraph.

●Realize that some words and
phrases cannot be changed –
names, dates, titles, etc. cannot be
replaced, but you can present them
differently in your paraphrase.

●Recheck – Make sure that your
paraphrase conveys the same
meaning as the original text.

Paraphrase Together

WALTER walks across the room and asks why his mother needs his approval about buying the house. He tells mama that she controls the family regardless of what he wants. So what you need for me to say it was all right for?
(Bitterly, to hurt her as deeply as he knows is
possible) So you butchered up a dream of
mine—you—who always talking ʼbout your
childrenʼs dreams … (Act II, Scene II, 218)

●Reword –Replace words and
phrases with synonyms whenever
you can.

●Rearrange – Rearrange words
within sentences to make new
sentences. You can even rearrange
the ideas presented within the
paragraph.

●Realize that some words and
phrases cannot be changed –
names, dates, titles, etc. cannot be
replaced, but you can present them
differently in your paraphrase.

●Recheck – Make sure that your
paraphrase conveys the same
meaning as the original text.

Paraphrase Together

So what you need for me to say it was all right
for? (Bitterly, to hurt her as deeply as he knows is
possible) So you butchered up a dream of
mine—you—who always talking ʼbout your
childrenʼs dreams … (Act II, Scene II, 218)

●Reword –Replace words and
phrases with synonyms whenever
you can.

●Rearrange – Rearrange words
within sentences to make new
sentences. You can even rearrange
the ideas presented within the
paragraph.

●Realize that some words and
phrases cannot be changed –
names, dates, titles, etc. cannot be
replaced, but you can present them
differently in your paraphrase.

●Recheck – Make sure that your
paraphrase conveys the same
meaning as the original text.

Multiple Choice

What does Walter mean when he says that Mama "butchered up a dream."

• She ended Walter's dream of being a butcher.

• She cut up slices of meat like a butcher

• She cut up his dream of business ownership.

• She dreams of her husband, who was a butcher.

Paraphrase Together

Walter wonders why Mama even needs to hear
from him. Mama owns the money, so she makes
the decisions. Shouting, he says that she has
killed his dream while trying to make it seem like
sheʼs helping him. He says this to hurt her. (Act II, Scene II, 218)

●Recheck – Make sure that your
paraphrase conveys the same
meaning as the original text.

How is this different than…

A “summary” of the whole scene?

How is this different…

To paraphrase means to restate someone else's ideas in your own language

at roughly the same number of words/ points.

To summarize means to reduce the most essential points of someone else's

work into a shorter form.

How is this different…

To paraphrase means to restate someone else's ideas in your own language

at roughly the same number of words/ points.

To summarize means to reduce the most essential points of someone else's

work into a shorter form.

Both CITE information!
Otherwise, you are “plagiarizing”

Open Ended

Paraphrase with your table what George was saying in this reading from last night's homework.

• Reword, Reorder, Recheck for same meaning and length.

George is frustrated because Beneatha_____________. He thinks__________________. Instead of ___________, men want ___________________.

Open Ended

Paraphrase the conversation between Mrs. Johnson and Mama about the family moving to Cylbourne Park.

Dropdown

Paraphrasing and summarizing are similar. Both require

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. However, paraphrasing keeps the same ​

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of response. It is always important to ​

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the passage into your own words and ​

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that what you have written conveys the same meaning. In general, paraphrasing prevents you from over-​

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the passage in your written work.