Paraphrase

When you put the words of others into your own words, you are doing what?

• plagiarizing
• writing
• cheating
• paraphrasing

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the first thing you do before you start paraphrasing?

• Start writing

• Understand the text

• Record the source

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

My brother and sister love to eat Coto Makassar.

We can paraphrase the sentence above by finding synonym of the word(s) used in the original sentence become...

• My brother and sister love to eat food.

• My brother and sister enjoy eating Coto Makassar.

• My brother love to eat Coto Makassar.

• My brother love to eat soup.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Dragonflies have six legs. Dragon flies can’t walk with those legs.

We can paraphrase the sentence above by combining the sentence, and it becomes ...

• Dragonflies have six legs but cannot walk, and I think that this is odd.

• Dragonflies have six legs.

• Dragonflies have six legs but they can’t walk.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

He was awake all nights yesterday!

We can paraphrase the sentence above by changing the verb to negative, and it becomes ...

• He was sleeping all nights yesterday!

• He did not sleep all night yesterday!

• He is super sleepy today!

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

The teacher expects student’s participation in class.

We can paraphrase the sentence above by changing nouns into verbs, verbs into nouns, and it becomes ...

• The teacher expects student to participate in class.

• The students expects teacher’s participation in class.

• The teacher did not want student’s participation in class.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

The cake was delivered by the courier to her house.

We can paraphrase the sentence above by changing passive sentences to active, and it becomes ...

• She delivered the cake to the courier.

• The courier was delivered to her house.

• The courier was delivering the cake to her house.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

The cake was delivered by the courier to her house.

We can paraphrase the sentence above by changing passive sentences to active, and it becomes ...

• She delivered the cake to the courier.

• The courier was delivered to her house.

• The courier was delivering the cake to her house.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

Paraphrase the sentence below by changing into negative the word in italic:

You are forbidden to park in construction areas.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Paraphrase the sentence below by finding the synonym of the word in italic:

She is so mad at me because I broke her favorite toy!

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4