PPT-Practicing Paraphrasing

An Introduction What does paraphrasing mean Paraphrasing means putting what you have read into your own words You paraphrase by reading something thinking about what it means and then restating it in your own words. Why a Lecture?. Goals for this course include learning how to understand original sources and write about them in your own . words.. Committing plagiarism defeats the purpose of writing assignments. Students who plagiarize are not learning from the assignment.. What is plagiarism?. Download and read the document “Plagiarism Information” from the wiki.. In your notes, write down your understanding of what plagiarism is.. What is paraphrasing?. Paraphrasing is taking an idea from a source and including it in your paper but writing the information in your own words.. Foundations. Primary sources – original evidence from a time period. ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS . (excerpts or translations acceptable): . Diaries. , speeches, manuscripts, . letters, interviews. , news film footage, autobiographies. How to paraphrase a published author’s work in your own words.. The Bigger Picture. Understand that paraphrasing is very difficult and should not feel easy. . As your readings become more specialized and complex, the harder it is to put key class concepts in your own words. Give yourself ample time to read and understand your essay sources and class materials.. Objective:. Students will be able to identify the difference between paraphrasing and summarizing.. Students will be able to identify main idea.. Students will be able to write an effective summary, paraphrase, and main idea.. Paraphrasing . Objective:. Demonstrate comprehension by paraphrasing facts from informational texts. Gain knowledge and apply what they have learned about paraphrasing by reading information about three unusual animals. Paraphrasing. What is it?. Putting something in your own words. can be the shorter, the same length or longer than the original. goal is not to shorten the original; goal is to restate it in your own words. Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing. Avoid Plagiarism!. What does it mean to summarize?. Reduce . what you have read to a few important Ideas. Record . the Essence. of a text. Condense. …larger chunks of information to a few key ideas. This workshop will:. Look at the differences between quoting, paraphrasing and summarising as ways of using sources.  . Explain how and when to use quotations, paraphrases and summaries.  . Introduce you to some basic expectations when paraphrasing. What’s the difference?. Quoting. When writing about something someone has already written, you may find that you want to copy something word for word.. If you copy word for word and do not put it in quotation marks and tell your reader where it’s from, you are plagiarizing. . Using Sources and A Reasoned Argument. Louise . Livesey. Academic Skills Adviser. This . workshop will. .... Introduce the two types of sources and the process of choosing sources. Provide a basic overview of how to use quotations, paraphrases and summaries in your written work. Chapter 22. By: Jonathan Garcia. Quoting, Paraphrasing, and . Summarizing. By: Jonathan Garcia. What’s the difference?. Quotation: Consists of someone’s exact words, enclosed in quotation marks or set off as a block from the rest of your text.. Things That Should Go Without Saying. There are extreme forms of plagiarism that should be immediately obvious as cheating, but just to be safe, I’m listing them here.. Making up, altering, or forging information is absolutely not permitted on assignments.. What do I do when I need to paraphrase ?. Paraphrasing means putting what you have read into your own words.. You paraphrase by . reading. something, . thinking . about what it means, and then . restating it in your own words.