Paraphrasing

Goals: You will be able to...

• Recognize good vs. bad paraphrasing
• Paraphrase a text effectively without plagiarizing 

Warm-up: Imagine you are a reporter at Daily Illini. Paraphrase (write in your own words) the original email message below from the Chief Police offier Jeffery Christensen on Feb 2, 2015, to include as part of your short news report about Vicente Mundo. You can double-click the wall below to create a new post. (You can also see this text at Google Doc).

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Helpful Resource: Paraphrasing Technique

Homework: 
1. Do ONE of the exercises titled "Avoiding Plagiarism in APA papers" from Writer's Help.
2. Read Common Causes of Stress in College and upload your answers to Discussion Questions in Google Drive.