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Paraphrasing and Summarizing

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Read an article about the migration of our ancestors and write a paragraph. Pupils paraphrase and summarize to restate the information found in a nonfiction text. They write a shortened version of the reading to demonstrate the difference between paraphrasing and summarizing.

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CCSS: Adaptable
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paraphrasing, summarizing, immigration

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Informational Text, paraphrasing, summarizing, immigrants, immigration, reasons for migration, w.5.8, english language arts
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Grade
4th - 6th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Common Core

W.4.9.a W.4.9.b

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