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Paraphrasing
and the Goals of “Muhammad Ali and When We Were Kings” A paraphrase is a restatement
of a text or passage in another form or other words, often to clarify meaning.
A paraphrase does not reduce the length of the original text.
Your writing task for today is to paraphrase a series of standards, or
goals, which have guided your schooling for many years.
These standards appear in a document known as the Massachusetts
English Language Arts Framework and shape the MCAS tests that you have taken
in the past and probably will take in the future. The standards you will be
paraphrasing today are among the goals of the unit you chose to undertake
yesterday, the unit entitled “Muhammad Ali and When We Were Kings.”
You may paraphrase the standards in any order you choose. Reasons
to Study Muhammad Ali and When We Were Kings (Standards
that receive special emphasis appear in boldface type.) This
study of Muhammad Ali and When We Were Kings gives students opportunities
to: pose
questions, listen to the ideas of others, and contribute their own information
or ideas in group discussions in order to acquire new knowledge; (Standard 2); identify
the basic facts and main ideas in a text and use them as the basis for
interpretation (Standard 8); deepen
their understanding of a literary or non-literary work by relating it to its
contemporary context or historical background (Standard 9); identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the characteristics of various forms of art and literature, such as film reviews and documentaries (Standard 10); identify,
analyze, and apply knowledge of the purpose, structure, and elements of
nonfiction (Standard 12); and identify,
analyze, and apply knowledge of the conventions, elements, and techniques of
film (Standard 26) |
