Let’s Warm Up!

• Choose one (1) of the songs shown on the next slide

and rewrite its lines without changing their meanings.
• The first three (3) students who can provide answers
will get 10 extra points in written works.
• Just type and send your answers into our chat panel.
1. The club isn’t the best place
to find a lover
so the bar is where I go

2. Going back to the corner

where I first saw you
Gonna camp in my sleeping bag
I’m not gonna move
“Oh baby, why don't you just meet me in the middle?
I'm losing my mind just a little
So why don't you just meet me in the middle?
In the middle”

REWRITTEN LINE/S:
I’m kind of going crazy now, my dear; so I am asking you to meet me halfway.

“Oh, let me apologize

I'll make up, make up, make up, make up for all those times
Your love, I don't wanna lose
I'm beggin', beggin', beginn', beggin', I'm begging you”

REWRITTEN LINE/S:
I am sorry for the things I did in all those times. Please don’t stop loving me; I beg for your
forgiveness.
 PARAPHRASING: Write It in Your Own
Words
• A paraphrase is your own rendition of essential
information and ideas expressed by someone else.
• A paraphrase is one legitimate way (when accompanied
by accurate documentation) to borrow from a source.
• A paraphrase is a detailed restatement, which focuses
concisely on a single main idea.
 Paraphrasing Tips

• When paraphrasing, try to understand the original phrase

or sentence/s completely.
• After understanding it completely, try to put it away or
don’t take a look at it and try to restate it or rewrite it in
your own words.
• Then check your paraphrase and compare it with the
original source to see if you’ve included or pointed out all
the main points.
Examples
Original: The neighbor’s dogs were barking when I brought my bone-like
friend to my house.

Main points: neighbor’s dogs; barking; bone-like friend; house

Paraphrase 1: When I went back home with my skinny friend, the dogs of my
neighbor barked at us.

Paraphrase 2: The dogs of my neighbor started to bark when they saw me

with my very thin friend entering to my house.
Paraphrasing Example 1
Name of the Author/Writer: Luffy D. Monkey
Date Published: 2014

Original: In today’s society, education and learning play an

indispensable role in shaping the lives of individuals and the society
at large.

Paraphrase: According to Monkey (2014), education and learning

are essential factors in shaping people’s lives and the society in
general nowadays.
Paraphrasing Example 2
Name of the Author/Writer: Zoro Roronoa
Date Published: 2015
Original: Learning institutions bring together students with
different backgrounds with the aim of providing them with
education.
 

Paraphrase: According to Roronoa (2015), schools aim to provide

education to students from different places with different
orientations; they want to bring these students together.
Paraphrasing Example 3
Name of the Author/Writer: Sanji Vinsmoke
Date Published: 2013

Original: Bullying has become one type of violence that threatens a

young person’s wellbeing both in school and in the neighborhood.
 

Paraphrase: According to Vinsmoke (2013), bullying manifests in a

violent form of action that puts a young person’s welfare in school
and in the neigborhood in jeopardy.
Paraphrasing Example 4
Name of the Author/Writer: Teach D. Marshall
Date Published: 2017
Original: Wikipedia’s broad encyclopedic content boldly attempts
to encompass “all human knowledge”, which is presently embodied
in over 26 million articles across over 250 languages. Its enormous
breadth with easy accessibility on the Web has made Wikipedia an
essential source of information for many people with various
information needs and purposes.
 Paraphrase: According to Marshall (2017), Wikipedia currently has
over 26 million articles across over 250 languages; with its stature
and wide encyclopedic content, it seems it tries to cover
“everything.” Many people enjoy its easy access through the
Internet and see it as an indispensible source of information that can
provide their information needs and purposes.
Paraphrase the following sentences (+ 5
points in performance task)
Author: Ace D. Portgas Date Published: 2014

School bullying can be described as victimization and

intimidation of students by their fellow peers n a school
environment.

Author: Dragon D. Monkey Date Published: 2015

Wikipedia is the sixth most-visited website globally with

over 500 million readers each month.