Today we will work on paraphrasing key quotations from Part Two of The Scarlet Letter, (chapters 9-12).
Before we practice doing this with actual quotations from the text, we will need to be sure everyone is clear about what paraphrasing is. Paraphrasing, Summarizing and Quoting
There are times when it is absolutely essential to quote the text directly because what is being said is "particluarly striking: in its phrasing or word choice (Purdue Owl). Whether you choose to paraphrase or quote directly, it is important that you begin to DO SOMETHING with the quotations that takes us deeper into the text and/or supports a particularly interpretation about it. The GUIDING QUESTION you should think of at these times is "SO WHAT?" Or a sentence frame you may use is "These lines demonstrate....."
If you are absent today, you can find the Assessment for Part Two in your google doc folder.
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