In Their Own Words: Reading and Understanding Through Paraphrasing
Metro Spring 2015 Regional – Vicki Estrem & Pam Ampferer
Effective paraphrasing builds students’ reading and writing skills and boosts comprehension of complex texts. This valuable strategy can be used across all content areas with students of various reading levels. Summarized here are materials and techniques for teaching paraphrasing in various ABE contexts, including addressing paraphrasing for the GED 2014 Extended Response. (This session was geared toward teachers of intermediate to advanced readers and to both native and non-native speakers of English.)
- Reading and Understanding Through Paraphrasing – PowerPoint
- Reading and Understanding Through Paraphrasing – Handout