CHUNKING TECHNIQUE FOR
PARAPHRASING
“Ground Beef and the Hamburger: How Safe Is It?”
PROCESS
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Break the passage into logical chunks
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Write each chunk in your own words --change vocabulary, word order, and
sentence structure
(continued)
Process - continued
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Arrange your new chunks to make a logical
paraphrase.You do not have to present the
ideas in the same order as the original. DO
NOT LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL WHEN
YOU WRITE THE PARAPHRASE. ONLY
LOOK AT YOUR NEW CHUNKS!
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Include attribution. Tell the read the title
and author (if known).
DO NOT CHANGE MEANING
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Do NOT add your opinions.
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Do NOT add any information that is not
in the original text.
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Original – paragraph #2
The meat from one tainted cow ends up so
widespread because the ground beef shaped into
patties for the fry pan is likely to be meat combined
from several animals, a recipe that increases the
odds that the meat is contaminated.
Chunks:
the meat from one tainted cow
ends up so widespread
because the ground beef shaped into patties for the fry
pan is likely to be meat combined from several animals,
a recipe that increases the odds that the meat is
contaminated
Chunks in own words
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the meat from one
tainted cow
ends up so widespread
because the ground
beef shaped into
patties for the fry pan
is likely to be meat
combined from several
animals,
a recipe that increases
the odds that the meat
is contaminated
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the ground beef from
one cow with mad
cow disease
doesn’t just stay in one
hamburger or one
location
in one hamburger, you
find meat from many
different cows
therefore, the chances
are high that ground
beef will carry disease
PARAPHRASE:
In “Ground Beef and the Hamburger: How
Safe Is it?” we learn that the chance that
one hamburger will carry mad cow
Disease is high because the ground beef
from one sick cow doesn’t just stay in one
hamburger. Instead, you can find meat from
many different cows in one burger.
NOW YOU TRY ALL THE STEPS
FOR PARAGRAPHS 4, 8, and 10