Paraphrasing vs Using Direct Quotes

Paraphrasing Vs Using Direct Quotes

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Paraphrasing

• This is when you take a fact from a text and write it in your own words

• It's like a summary of what the text says

• You do NOT need quotation marks ("quote") because it is written in your own words

Multiple Choice

Which one uses paraphrasing?

• “Malala Yousfzai (born 1997) is a Pakistani education activist and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate.”

• Malala Yousfzai is an activist for education from Pakistan, and the youngest person to win a Nobel Peace Prize.

Multiple Choice

You need quotation marks when paraphrasing. True or False?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Paraphrasing is putting a fact from the text in your own words

• True

• False

Using a Direct Quote

• This is a fact that is written word-for-word from the text.

• When typing your paper, you can copy and paste this fact and put quotation marks around it; like this: "quote"

Multiple Choice

Which one is an example of using a direct quote?

• “Malala Yousfzai (born 1997) is a Pakistani education activist and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate.”

• Malala Yousfzai is an activist for education from Pakistan, and the youngest person to win a Nobel Peace Prize.

Multiple Choice

You MUST use quotation marks when using a direct quote. True or False?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A Direct Quote is word-for-word from the text; when typing you can even copy and paste it into your paper and put quotation marks around it.

• True

• False

When to Use

• Paraphrasing and Direct Quotes are used to back up your answers

• It's supporting your inferences or answers with evidence from a text.

• When you use evidence, you can better prove your answer right.

Today's Assignment

• Practice with paraphrasing and using direct quotes

• Then, practice using supporting details to determine a central idea and to support your answer

• In Google Forms: must submit from Google Forms when you are done with the assignment

Reminders

• Read your book daily

• Practice vocab

• Upload photo of your book, tell me the page number you're on, and how you like the book so far. I'll leave the assignment open through the weekend for those getting their library books this week.

Happy Friday-Eve!!

Let me know if you have questions