SIM Virtual Professional Learning: Canvas Course
The Fundamentals of Paraphrasing and Summarizing Strategy
The Fundamentals of Paraphrasing and Summarizing Strategy helps older students acquire the fundamental skills they need to be able to identify and paraphrase main ideas and details. Lesson topics include paraphrasing words, phrases, and sentences; identifying details, topics, and main ideas; creating summaries; and more. These skills are foundational to being able to paraphrase and summarize information and are required when students write answers to questions or write reports in school.
Register Anytime and Complete the Course at your own pace.
Course Price: $150 (*plus guidebooks)
Participants will receive the following materials as part of their registration: Access to the Fundamentals of Paraphrasing and Summarizing Strategy Professional Development Course on Canvas, access to digital teacher resources, and two one-hour follow-up coaching sessions.
- *Note: If you do not have them already, you will need to purchase the Fundamentals of Paraphrasing and Summarizing Strategy guidebooks (student and teacher) separately through the publisher, Edge Enterprises, Inc.)
Registration Step One: Fill out the Online Registration Form
Registration Step Two: Payment
- To pay by check or purchase order (PO), download the form (.doc)
- To pay by credit card, visit our online store or call our order desk, 785-864-4780, with your credit card information between 9 am and 4 pm CST.
Registration Step Three: Purchase Guidebooks (if you do not already have them) For this session you will need the following materials:
- Instructor's Manual: Fundamentals of Paraphrasing and Summarizing Strategy (sold by the publisher, Edge Enterprises)
- Student Workbook: Fundamentals of Paraphrasing and Summarizing Strategy (sold by the publisher, Edge Enterprises)
Refund Policy: There will be no refunds issued for this course.
An accessible version of the documents on this site will be made available upon request. Please contact the KU CRL Professional Development Research Institute, at simpd@ku.edu to request the document be made available in an accessible format.