Paraphrasing and Summarising

Which of the following is the most appropriate summary?

Original: “This research indicates that interventions to increase children's fruit and vegetable intake should explicitly target parents’ own intake and feeding practices involving fruits and vegetables. Parents can best encourage fruit and vegetable intake in their children by acting as role models of fruit and vegetable intake.”

• Parents should encourage their children to enhance their consumption of fruits and vegetables (Fisher, Mitchell, Smiciklas-Wright, & Birch, 2002).

• To encourage children to consume more fruits and vegetables, parents should set a positive example for their children to follow (Fisher, Mitchell, Smiciklas-Wright, & Birch, 2002).

• Parents should intervene in children’s consumption of fruits and vegetables by changing their own intake and eating habits (Fisher, Mitchell, Smiciklas-Wright, & Birch, 2002).

• If parents want their children to eat more fruits and vegetables, they should not put pressure on their children to finish the food (Fisher, Mitchell, Smiciklas-Wright, & Birch, 2002).

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CCSS.RI.5.2

Which of the following is the most appropriate answer?

Paraphrasing involves:

• replacing the words with synonyms

• changing the sentence structure

• presenting the original meaning in a new form

• all of the above

A friend tells you, "I am absolutely livid. Jamie shared confidential information with Caroline!" You respond, "So, you're saying that you're angry that Jamie told Caroline your secret?"
When you retell information in your own words, you are __________________.

• summarizing
• paraphrasing
• yelling
• talking

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CCSS.SL.5.2

Paraphrasing, or restating ideas in your own words, helps you check your understanding of what you hear and read. Read the passage. Which sentence  best restates the ideas in the passage?
 "Although television was not widely used in American homes until the 1950s, small, experimental television images were broadcast in the 1920s."

• Television was not widely used in American homes until the 1950s.
• Television became popular in the 1950s, but the first televisions were used thirty years earlier.
• Television became popular in the 1920s, and again in the 1950s.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

Paraphrasing can help you avoid _____________. It is taking another person's ideas or words and presenting them as your own. This is not only a serious academic offense, but it is also illegal in many cases. Use your own words when you write, and always give credit to others whose ideas you use.

• getting int trouble
• plagiarism
• cheating
• pledging

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CCSS.W.5.8

Which is the best paraphrase of the following sentence?
Deserts cover one fifth of the surface of the Earth. 

• Deserts cover one fifth of the Earth.
• One fifth of the Earth's surface is desert.
• Deserts cover one fifth of the Earth.
• Deserts cover more than half of the Earth's surface.

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CCSS.W.5.2D

 Choose the BEST paraphrase of this text: 

Lionel Messi earns a whopping $39.6 million a year for playing striker for La Liga's Barcelona team.
(Scholastic Book of World Records 2011 page 99)

• Lionel Messi earns a whopping $39.6 million a year for playing striker for La Liga's Barcelona team.
• According to Scholastic Book of World Records 2011, I think it is great that soccer player Lionel Messi earns a whopping $39.6 million a year for playing striker for La Liga's Barcelona team!
• Soccer player Lionel Messi earns a whopping $39.6 million a year for playing soccer as striker/winger for La Liga's Barcelona team. Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain.
• According to Scholastic Book of World Records 2011, soccer player Lionel Messi makes over $39 million dollars annually. This impressive salary is from his work as a striker for La Liga's Barcelona team (page 99).

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CCSS.RI.5.2

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CCSS.W.5.2D

What are the characteristics of A GOOD PARAPHRASE

• A good paraphrase must be correct. Right people, right place, right time, right amount It has the same meaning as the original phrase, sentence, or paragraph.

• A paraphrase must include your own words. Use words that you understand, that you yourself use. You won’t be able to change every word, but you should always try to use as many synonyms as you can.

• A good paraphrase must make sense. Right information, right order Use good complete sentences, other people must be able to understand what you’ve said.

• All of the Above

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CCSS.W.5.8

For the walls, Jenny thought she would use a bright yellow paint. She would pick a border that had mostly bright red and green colors, and maybe a little bit of blue. She already had found some curtains that were sky blue with streaks of red, blue and yellow that she thought would go great with the walls. And finally, she had picked a carpet that was mostly blue with specks of red and yellow. Jenny couldn't wait till she was done decorating her room. It was really going to look awesome.

The Summary of this passage is:

• Jenny likes bright colors.

• Jenny was going to paint her room.

• Jenny was picking out colors and materials to decorate her room.

• Yellow is a good color to paint your walls.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.SL.5.2

A summary should..(select all that apply)

• Be shorter than the original text

• The same length as the original text

• Include the main ideas

• Include all details

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2