Lesson Plan

Paraphrasing-Timbuktu in Your Own Words

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How do you paraphrase information? Part of plagiarizing is taking information word for word and using it in your writing. Teach your writers how to paragraphs correctly to avoid this!   They watch a QuickTime video on Timbuktu and complete the main idea handout. Then, after competing the paraphrasing strategies handout, they also attempt to paraphrase two passages from the video on Timbuktu. 

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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Duration
1 hr
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