Rewrite the Passage

A. What you need 必要なもの

• A computer with PowerPoint and Word (or Pages, Google Docs)

• You need to switch back and forth between PowerPoint and Word.

• If you cannot switch to Word while a slide show is running, use a notebook and handwriting instead.

B. Important Points 重要点

• You need to A) understand main points of a passage, and B) paraphrase it with your own words.

• Copying the passage word by word will give you a low score.

C. Process 学習の仕方

1. Click the link and open the PowerPoint file (you have to log in to Microsoft.com with your APU email account).

2. Open a new document with Word.

3. Start the slide show.

4. Once you start the slide show, DO NOT stop it until the end. It will automatically play through.

5. Follow the directions on the slides. You have 30 seconds to read a passage, 90 seconds to rewrite it.

6. As soon as a passage disappears, go back to the Word document to rewrite the passage with your own words.

7. You will hear a "door-bell" alarm at 90 seconds. When you hear it, come back to the slide show.

8. Move on to the next passage. Repeat (5) through (7) till the end.

9. After finishing all the passages, stop the slide show to check original passage. Compare them with your writing.