Intro to "Effectively Summarizing and Paraphrasing"

For my final piece of writing, I choose to include my writing piece out of the class discussion board on summarizing and paraphrasing. In the assignment, the class read two essays recorded in the college textbook, “USA Today: High Schools, Wake UP!”, and “Paul D. Houston’s Opposing View: Reform No Child’s Play”. After reading the essays, the class summarized the first essay and paraphrased the second. Learning how to summarize and paraphrase effectively greatly improved my ability to use research effectively and avoid plagiarism.