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Paraphrase Passport

Paraphrase Passport is a reading, listening and speaking activity used to increase comprehension. It provides a structure for reading, processing and restating written text or another person's verbalized opinions or statement during conversations.

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Paraphrase Passport

Paraphrase Passport is a reading, listening and speaking activity used to increase comprehension. It provides a structure for reading, processing and restating written text or another person's verbalized opinions or statement during conversations.

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Paraphrase Passport:

A Kagan Structure Grouping: Pairs Goal: A reading, listening and speaking activity used to increase comprehension. Paraphrase
Passport provides a structure for reading, processing and restating written text or another persons verbalized opinions or statement during conversations

Learning Styles/Intelligences:
-Verbal/Linguistic -Interpersonal

Reading Example Step 1: Prepare reading


- Teacher selects a piece of text and divides the text into manageable sections or paragraphs.

Step 2: Pair students up


- Students are placed into partnerships (A & B). - Partners sit, in chairs, shoulder to shoulder, facing opposite directions.

Step 3: Distribute text to students


- Teacher distributes a copy of the text to each student.

Step 4: Students read text


- Both partners look at their copy of the text. Partner A reads the first paragraph aloud as Partner B reads along silently.

Step 5: Paraphrasing
- Partner B paraphrases what they heard Partner A read. Example: What I think I heard you saying is that

Step 6: Partners switch roles - Partners exchange roles. Partner B reads the second paragraph aloud as Partner A
reads along silently.

Step 7: Paraphrasing
- Partner A paraphrases what they heard Partner B read.

Step 8: Repeat steps 4-7


The process continues until the entire piece has been read.

Step 9: Whole class conversation


Teacher engages the whole class in a Grand Conversation about the piece.

Examples: What connections to the text did you make? (Text-to-Self, Text-to-Text, TextTo-World) What conclusions did you draw from the piece? (Authors Point of View) What insights do you now have? What would you now like to study as a result of the reading the piece? Variation: Follow up Line-up with paraphrase passport and have students share opinions/stand and then partner must paraphrase what they heard.

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