NOTE TAKING, PARAPHRASING, AND SUMMARIZING (4) BUILDING SUPPORTING SKILLS CAMBRIDGE PREPARATION FOR THE TOEFL® IBT TEST

 

CAMBRIDGE PREPARATION FOR THE TOEFL® IBT TEST BUILDING SUPPORTING SKILLS NOTE TAKING, PARAPHRASING, AND SUMMARIZING (4)

 

EXERCISE NPS7 Paraphrasing spoken and written texts Using your notes from Exercise NPS6, paraphrase the original texts and lectures. The leader of the Shoshone tribes in the mid-to-late 1800s was Chief Washakie. He was a brave, wise and charismatic man who could speak many languages. He made a treaty that protected Shoshone lands and gave his people access to education and health services. When he died in 1900, he was known as the ‘Pacemaker,’ and he is the only Native American chief buried with U.S. military honors. EXERCISE NPS8 Summarizing spoken and written texts. Using your notes and sentences from Exercise NPS6-NPS7, write short summaries of the original texts and lectures. Chief Washakie was a talented leader of the Shoshone tribes during the 1800s who helped protect and serve his people by negotiating a treaty for peace. At his death in 1900, he became the only Native American chief to be honoured with a U.S. military funeral.

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