Writing: Paraphrasing Worksheet

1. Find and highlight ideas from your sources that you would like to use in your essay.

2. Follow the instructions below and complete the table:

2.1 Take an idea from the text

Where is it in your text? In your own words, what is the idea?

Page:

Para:

Line(s):

3. Now pass your paper to your partner.

Your partner needs to follow the instructions below:

Look at the idea above and compare it to the text - answer the questions below:

3.1 Vocabulary

a) What words have been included above

from the source text?

b) Are these mostly keywords?

c) Does your partner need to change any

vocabulary?

3.2 Grammar

a) What sentence structure is used in the

original source text?

b) Has your partner changed the sentence

structure in their sentence?

c) Does your partner need to change this

aspect of the sentence?

3.3 Meaning

b) What is the main idea in the original

source text?

b) Is the meaning your partner has given the

same?

c) Does your partner need to change this

aspect of the sentence?

Handout 2
4.1 Take other ideas from your texts and complete the next worksheet- think about what we have just
done!

Handout 2