Summarise and Paraphrase is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on recording a source in your own words, aligned to Common Core standard W.5.8. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 15 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 24 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 15 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
Summarise and Paraphrase
W.5.8
NameDate
Write on the lines. Use the checklist.
1.Draw evidence from two information texts to compare their structures.
I made a claim
I quoted accurately
I compared the structures
I wrote a conclusion
2.Research two accounts of one event. Write what each includes, omits and emphasises.
I used two accounts
I noted what each omits
I paraphrased, not copied
I listed my sources
LessonPrint · W.5.8 · Set 24 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Summarise and Paraphrase
Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Two structures compared with quoted evidence from each text.
2.Two accounts compared on inclusion, omission and emphasis, with sources.
More practice for W.5.8
Summarise and paraphrase from sources, and list them.