Paraphrase
This is a literacy strategy resource from the National FFA Organization that teaches students to paraphrase text by putting another person’s ideas into their own words to support comprehension, recall, and application. It includes a worked example using the steps of lighting an oxy-acetylene torch and a reproducible student graphic organizer with “My Paraphrase” and “My Views” sections for up to four texts.
At a glance
- Description
- The ability to put another person's idea into one's own words is essential for understanding. Teaching students to paraphrase text, key concepts and specific facts will help students with basic recall as well as application of the material.
- Example Activities
- This strategy can be used with many different activities, including reading assignments, step by step guides and verbal instructions.
Downloads & Links
Aligned Standards
Common Core – Language
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.6Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
Common Core – Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects: Writing
- WHST.9.10.4Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
- WHST.9.10.5Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
Common Core – Reading: Informational Text
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.2Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Common Core – Science & Technical Subjects
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.2Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; trace the text's explanation or depiction of a complex process, phenomenon, or concept; provide an accurate summary of the text.
Common Core – Writing
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.4Produce clear and coherent writing the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.