This was a lecture that I ended up showcaseing as a workshop for our lecturers at VCPE ... I thought others may benifit too:
This lecture was a roaring success and it may also work as a summarising and paraphrasing workshop.
I racked my brain on how to lecture this section of work - because, lets face it, summarising and paraphrasing is *snore* BORING!
I realised that the steps in the summarising and paraphrasing processes are theory based and will probably be in the exam, but creating a mind map is a skill... So. I asked the students to help me create a mind map on the board of the content in Chapter 5 IN THEIR OWN WORDS.
I then got them some flip chart paper and they did their own mind maps (and referenced them). They loved it, it may also be because I allowed them to pump the music while they were at it, and once one student was done I allowed for some collaboration on the other person's mind map... The result:
•The students read the work
•Paraphrased the work for my mind map
•Saw it completed on the whiteboard
•AND then wrote the work down
•While they were busy they discussed it amongst themselves
•They left with notes
For those students that did not have a textbook? I loaded google books on my laptop and they could work too ... and they learned about another resource. I moved around to assist where I could and to encourage the guys to use their own words
2. Supporting student learning in the
classroom
Covering content, assisting with note taking and having fun
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14. A bit of technology too
Hyperlink to Google books
Arranged for another laptop in the classroom.
Students who did not have books could also participate.
Students also discovered an alternative resource.
15. Outcomes O1: Avoid
plagiarism
O2: Id main
ideas
O3: How to
paraphrase
O4: How to
summarise
O5: Note
taking skills
16. 1. Write a reference for your textbook
2. What is a topic sentence?
3. Define plagiarism
17. 1. Beekman, L., Dube, C. & Underhill, J. (2011).
Academic Literacy. Cape Town: Juta
Outcome 1 2. What is a topic sentence?
A paragraph is introduced
with a topic sentence. The
main idea of a paragraph is
stated there…
Outcome 1 Outcome 2
3. Not referencing other’s work or ideas
20. Chapter 5:
• Paraphrasing & Summarising
– Plagiarism
• What plagiarism is
• Why one should not do it
– Paraphrasing
• What paraphrasing is
• Steps to paraphrasing
–1
–2
– Summarising
• What a summary is
• How to summarise
–1
–2
23. Outcomes O1: Avoid
plagiarism
O2: Id main
ideas
O3: How to
paraphrase
O4: How to
summarise
O5: Note
taking skills
24. Read through Chapter 5 and
create a mind-map of the
information provided there.
What will work for you?
You should be able to
use it as a poster to
study from.
25. 1. True or false:
a)Both paraphrasing and summarising require
you to cite a source
b)If something is in your own words, you do not
need to credit to the source of your ideas
c) When quoting you must use inverted commas
and cite the source
d)Facts must be referenced.
2. What is the difference between paraphrasing
and summarising?
26. Please summarise article on p 60 of your manual
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27.
28. For this activity
Anything goes… Students made
• BUT annotations in
– Everyone must have a poster textbooks
– All the content must be noted
– Must be completed in 1 hour
1 Activity covers entire chapter, tangible proof at the end that it is done and
that outcomes have been reached .
Activity supported by
• A quick quiz at the end
• A homework assignment Students read
the work
BONUS
• Students enjoyed it
• Business Communication
CATCH:
• Works best for straight forward sections of work.
• A simple explanation may be required