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 8 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 a story to analyse how a character's point of view shapes what is told.
I made a claim
I quoted accurately
I explained the quotations
I wrote a conclusion
2.Take notes on a text without copying a single sentence from it, then write from your notes.
I paraphrased everything
I copied nothing
I wrote from my notes
I listed my sources
LessonPrint · W.5.8 · Set 8 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Summarise and Paraphrase
Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.
1.A claim about how a character's point of view shapes the story, with evidence drawn from it.
2.Notes and finished writing entirely in the writer's own words, with sources.
More practice for W.5.8
Summarise and paraphrase from sources, and list them.