Slotted Notes

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Fundamentals of Summarizing Paraphrasing
Strategy

• Slotted Notes
• Cue Cards

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Paraphrasing

• Paraphrasing means putting __________ into your
  _____ words.
• You can paraphrase
• A single word
• A phrase or group of words
• A whole sentence
• A whole paragraph
• A whole page (Cue Card 1)

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Characteristics of a Good Paraphrase

• A paraphrase must be _________.
• A paraphrase must include ______ _____ ________.
• A paraphrase must _____ _______.
• (Cue Card 2)

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Synonym

• A ________ is a word that has the ______ meaning
  or a very close ___________ to the original word.
• Examples
• A synonym for pretty is lovely.
• A synonym for starving is famished.
• A synonym for purple is amethyst.
• A synonym for automobile is car.
• (Cue Card 3)

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Phrase

• A ______ is a small group of _______
• that ____ ________.
• Examples
• under the couch
• wooden house
• along the avenue
• before the game began
• (Cue Card 4)

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Sentence

• A _________ is a group of words that
• Has a _______ and a ______
• ________ with a capital letter
• Has a ______ or end __________
• Makes _______
• Examples
• We found the book under the couch.
• The wooden house was very old.
• Bicyclists rode along the avenue.
• Mike ate dinner before the game. (Cue
  Card 5)

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Paragraph

• A ____________ must
• Be ________ at the beginning
• Contain __________ that are all _______ to each
  other
• Contain a ______, a _____ ______, and some
  _________
• (Cue Card 6)

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Topic

• A _______ is
• One or two words that tell what a paragraph is
  __________
• Frequently located in the _____ (or second)
  ____________ of a paragraph
• Sometimes repeated _________ a paragraph
• Sometimes found in the _______ above a paragraph
• To find a topic, say
• This paragraph is about ___, and then fill in
• the blank with the one or two words.
• (Cue Card 7)

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Example Paragraph

• Emily had done many things to get ready for her
  big performance in the play Alice in
  Wonderland. First, in a used clothing store, she
  had found the perfect costume to wear. Her dress
  looked just like the one in the book everyone had
  been reading. Second, she had practiced and
  memorized all her lines. She had worked at
  reading and rereading her lines every night.
  Finally, she attended every rehearsal and
  practiced with all the other actors. She knew
  exactly what would happen at any moment during
  the play. As you can see, by finding a great
  costume, memorizing her lines, and rehearsing,
  Emily had ensured that she would do a great job
  in her play.
• (Cue Card 8)

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Main Idea

• A _____ ______ is
• The ____ _______ that the paragraph is about
• A general statement that _____________ all the
  information in the paragraph
• To find a main idea, ask
• What does this paragraph tell me
• about the (the topic) ?
• (Cue Card 9)

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Detail

• A ________ is
• A piece of information thats _________ to the
  main idea
• A statement that provides __________ information
  about the ______ _______ and topic
• To find a detail, ask
• Whats one piece of specific information
• about the main idea?
• (Cue Card 10)

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Diagram for Parts of a Paragraphs
(Cue Card 11)
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The TM to D Process

• 1. Find the TOPIC (T)
• Q What is this paragraph about?
• A This paragraph is about ____________. (in one
  or two words)
• 2. Find the MAIN IDEA (M)
• Q What does this paragraph tell me about the
  topic?
• A It tells me ____________.
• 3. Find the DETAILS (D)
• Q What information in this paragraph tells me
  more about the main idea?
• or
• Q Whats one piece of information thats
  related to the main idea?
• A One detail is _________________.
• A Another detail is ________________.
• (Cue Card 12)

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The D-to-MT Process

• 1. Find the DETAILS (D)
• Q What are several pieces of related
  information?
• A The details are _______ _______ _______.
• 2. Think of the MAIN IDEA (M)
• Q What phrase or statement can I use to
  summarize or group these details?
• A The paragraph tells me that ________.
• 3. Think of the TOPIC (T)
• Q What is this paragraph about?
• A This paragraph is about _________.
• (in one or two words)
• (Cue Card 13)