IE3 Spring: Lesson 6

Hi everyone,

Finally!  The projector was fixed!!  What a relief!

Paraphrasing:
In today's class, we learned about paraphrasing.  This is another way we can include information into our research papers from our sources.  When you paraphrase, you put the author’s ideas into your own words.   Even if you want to use general facts from your source, you still have to paraphrase this information.

Remember that some paraphrases need in-text citation and some paraphrases do not require it.

1. general facts do NOT need in-text citation
2. opinions, statistics and information that is not common knowledge NEED in-text citation

Before you paraphrase, you have to identify shared language (= words that you cannot change) and find synonyms for words that you can change.  This is the most important step in writing a good paraphrase.

This is a difficult skill to master and it often takes a long time to paraphrase information.  I even have trouble paraphrasing when I have to prepare research papers, too.  Be patient and don’t give up!

Concluding Paragraph:
We also looked at the different parts of a concluding paragraph:  thesis restatement, body paragraph summaries and a final thought.  The most important sentence will be your final thought; you want to leave the reader with a strong impression so that he/she remembers your essay. For your final thought, you can use the following types of sentences:
a.  prediction
b.  recommendation
c.  question
d.  quotation

Homework:
1.    Discussion preparation
2.    First draft

• Introduction, Body Paragraphs, Conclusion and Bibliography
• email  by Monday, May 27 before 12 noon

NO blog comment and journal writing this week!