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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Basic Level Paraphrase and Summary Writing

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Practice paraphrasing sentences and summarizing short paragraphs.
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Julius Caesar Paraphrase

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A scene-by-scene paraphrase of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in two formats. You can proceed act by act through the paraphrase, or you can view the original text and the paraphrase side by side in a PDF document. RL.9-10.4 Word choice, Tone
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University of Sydney (Australia)

The Write Site: Summary: Paraphrasing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides a list of reminders about paraphrases. Then student will self-assess their own writings to ensure that they have properly used their paraphrases.
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Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Identifying Acceptable Paraphrases

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This learning module defines paraphrasing and discusses how to paraphase, and then they identify acceptable paraphrases of source material.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Poetry Analysis Fact Sheet

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a Poetry Analysis Fact Sheet that includes how to analyze the parts of a poem including the title, connotations, tone, shifts, theme, poetic devices, and writing a paraphrase.
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Millcrest Academy: Rhyme Scheme

For Students 9th - 10th
This page lists and defines many poetic terms commonly associated with rhyme and rhyme scheme. Unfortunately, there are no examples given. The list includes the following: anapestic meter, blank verse, couplet, dactylic meter, end rhyme,...
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Using Sources: Putting It Together: Using Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a summary of the lessons on integrating credible sources using paraphrase, summary, and quotations and citing sources. Click on the Next button on the bottom right to learn about Why It Matters: Multimodality; you will have the...
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Other

Morningside Center: Active Listening

For Teachers 2nd - 6th Standards
In this lesson, young scholars practice active listening by paraphrasing what they hear. Students will practice listening to one another and repeating what they heard. Various listening activities are included in this lesson.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Paraphrasing Timbuktu

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment from Religion and Ethics Newsweekly features the ancient city of Timbuktu, once a thriving center of learning and trade.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Writing About Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
Purdue University's Writing Lab offers some hints and tips for writing about literature, including how to construct a thesis and how to handle secondary material.
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Indiana University

Indiana University: How to Recognize Plagiarism: Tutorials and Tests

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Indiana University provides an excellent set of tutorials on plagiarism, designed for university or advanced secondary students. After completing the tutorials, students may register to take a free certification test...
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Indiana University

Indiana University: Plagiarism: What It Is and How to Recognize and Avoid It

For Students 9th - 10th
A guide for the student to understand what plagiarism is and how to avoid it in their work.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: Vanishing Verbs

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Ever noticed how tv news reporting sounds so different from conversation and from academic writing? Explore this topic with your learners using the resources and plans at this site. Handouts, discussion questions and vocabulary practice...

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