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Why use it?

•It will help you understand and remember what you read

To put something into your own

words

I‘ll be able to remember what I read

For tests and assignments

Before AfterBefore After

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Any Time You are Reading

Something and You Want to Make

Sure You Remember it

Ask Yourself

1) Look at the first sentence of paragraph

2) Is it mentioned in other facts of the paragraph?

What was the Main Idea & Details

Other Questions to AskOther Questions to Ask

• Who – Who is the paragraph about

• What – What is the paragraph about

• When – When is it taking place

• Where – Where is it taking place

• Why – Why is it happening

Now Put it in your

own words

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• Step 1: Read a paragraph

• Step 2: Ask yourself, “What was the main idea and details of this paragraph”

• Step 3: Put into your own words

•R - READ

•A - ASK

•P - PUT

OK, NOW WHORECALLS WHATRAP MEANS?

RAP MNEMONIC

PlagiarismPlagiarismPlagiarismPlagiarism• The unauthorized use of the language and

thoughts of another author and saying they are your own

DON’T WRITE WORD FOR WORD WHAT SOMEONE WRITES OR SAYS

DON’T CUT AND PASTE WHEN REASEARCHING FOR A PAPER OR PROJECT

Plagiarism

DOWN WITHPLAGRAISM

Lets Practice Together

The people of the world have been making inventions for as long as we can remember. The first invention was discovered by the cavemen. They discovered fire and the wheel several thousand years ago. Gold was later discovered through mining. A man named John Deere was the first to make the tractor in the late 1800’s.