Make sure you pick up the new Article of the Week. It's due Friday. Three assignments have been graded so far; too many of you have a ZERO average.
I think we all struggled last week with paraphrasing and summarizing. Paraphrasing and summarizing aren't writing skills as much as they are reading skills. And, in order to paraphrase and summarize, you have to read really closely, paying attention not only to all the words, but to the way phrases connect to each other. It's possible that your classes haven't required you to read this closely; you'll definitely have to in college. Struggling with this is OK; summarizing is generally recognized as one of the hardest skills to learn (and teach!) We'll continue working with summarizing and paraphrasing next quarter.
Today, we're going to continue with our summarizing and paraphrasing practice. We looked at how to use this in isolation, but today we return to the CEE paragraphs we worked on last quarter. Instead of using direct quotations, however, we are going to use paraphrases and/or summaries. Please open the document entitled "Using paraphrasing and summarizing in a paragraph."
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