Using the text to your Advantage
The text at your Command
By Damion Scott
The steps
- The Author's name
- Title of the website,book magazine, etc
- The date of when it was made/published
- Where it was made/published
- The company
- if its an encyclopedia you put the volume number
- if its a book you put the page numbers
- Ex: Dr. Seuss, Red fish blue fish 1 fish 2 fish, 1960, Random House, page #5 #3 and # 9
Next Paraphrasing
What is paraphrasing?
Ex:Original Sentence: The orbits of the planets are caused by the strong gravitational pull of the sun.
Paraphrases: Our planets orbit because of the suns gravity.
Summarize
Original: Like other rodents, the species in the squirrel family have four large incisor teeth (an upper and a lower pair) for gnawing. These teeth grow throughout the life of the animal. Some species have cheek pouches where they can temporarily hold food, such as grain, and then deposit it later for storage in a nest or burrow. The tree squirrels bury nuts in the ground for later consumption. Many of these nuts are never found, and the dispersal of many plant species is an indirect consequence: the uneaten seeds and nuts germinate and grow into new plants.("Squirrel family." Britannica School. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2016. Web. 18 Mar. 2016. <http://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/277196>.)
Summarized: Squirrels have 4 teeth that are always growing. Certain types of squirrels can store food in their cheeks. Squirrels bury nuts which they commonly forget about and they grow into plants.
Quote
Ex: The text states (p.1 <http://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/277196#>.)"Probably no wild animal is more commonly known than the eastern gray squirrel."