Paraphrase Lesson Plans

Students read an article about the migration of our ancestors and write a paragraph.  In this paraphrasing and summarizing lesson, students restate the information in the paragraph in their own words.   Students write a shortened version of the paragraph. students understand the difference between paraphrasing and summarizing.

Students paraphrase various readings.  In this learning to paraphrase activity, students research online material and paraphrase their readings.  They turn in a copy of their original and a copy of their paraphrase.  Students may use the TI-Navigator to complete their work.

Eighth graders read historical documents, paraphrase, and summarize them. They practice their silent reading and fluency using the selections. They also determine how to use context clues and the dictionary when defining difficult and archaic language. Additionally, they work on the doubling rule while adding suffixes to words in the phonics section of the lesson

Students use information available on various websites to create directions for paraphrasing. In this paraphrasing lesson, students collaborate as a class to determine directions and advice for paraphrasing, including when one might decide to paraphrase, how to go about it, and how to cite the information paraphrased.

Students demonstrate paraphrasing for research sources and publish them in a Word document. In this paraphrasing lesson, students visit websites about Anne Frank and select paragraphs to paraphrase on their own. Students work in groups to select the best example and practice the using parenthetical citations.

Seventh graders practice paraphrasing. As a class, they review previous lessons and discuss the difference between paraphrasing and plagiarism. Students begin by paraphrasing sentences orally and then they complete a worksheet, paraphrasing sentences in writing.

Eighth graders examine how to summarize and paraphrase a variety of texts and graphics and participate in a dramatic reading of "How Doth the Little Crocodile..." They identify the differences between summarizing and paraphrasing, paraphrase the information from a chart in their textbook, and paraphrase the speech sentence by sentence.

Ninth graders examine strategies to paraphrase and summarize text. They discuss the difference between paraphrasing and summarizing and observe the teacher model the difference using a speech by Chief Seattle and the poem "The Road Not Taken." Students independently paraphrase the information from a chart, diagram or visual from one of their textbooks.

Fifth graders practice paraphrasing information. In this writing lesson, 5th graders research a topic, such as the digestive system, and practice quoting a source. Students gather several facts about a topic of interest and use note cards to correctly paraphrase information.

Practice paraphrasing and summarizing text in your language arts class. Through activities involving phonics, text comprehension, fluency and vocabulary, eight graders explain the difference between paraphrase and summary and complete an exercise paraphrasing the main ideas in a historical speech.