Paraphrasing Worksheet Packet
This paraphrasing worksheet packet offers a collection of related articles designed to help students practice paraphrasing. Each article, ranging from 300 to 350 words, covers a specific topic. Students are required to read the article, understand the key ideas, and then paraphrase the content in their own words. Additionally, they will illustrate their understanding through drawings or diagrams, reinforcing their comprehension and creativity while honing their paraphrasing and critical thinking skills.

Assignments Included:
Overview
Sputnik 1 Launched (October 4, 1957)
Sputnik 2 Launched (November 3, 1957)
Explorer 1 Launched (January 31, 1958)
NASA Established (October 1, 1958)
Luna 1 Launched (January 2, 1959)
Able and Baker’s Flight (May 28, 1959)
Luna 2 Impact (September 14, 1959)
Luna 3 Photographs Far Side of the Moon (October 7, 1959)
Project Mercury Announced (December 17, 1958)
Belka and Strelka’s Flight (August 19, 1960)
Yuri Gagarin’s Flight (April 12, 1961)
Alan Shepard’s Flight (May 5, 1961)
President Kennedy’s Moon Speech (May 25, 1961)
Gherman Titov’s Day-Long Flight (August 6, 1961)
Enos the Chimp’s Orbital Flight (November 29, 1961)
John Glenn Orbits Earth (February 20, 1962)
Valentina Tereshkova’s Flight (June 16, 1963)
Voskhod 1 Launched (October 12, 1964)
First Spacewalk (March 18, 1965)
Gemini Program Begins (March 23, 1965)
Luna 9 Lands on the Moon (February 3, 1966)
Surveyor 1 Lands on the Moon (June 2, 1966)
Luna 10 Orbits the Moon (April 3, 1966)
Apollo 1 Tragedy (January 27, 1967)
Zond 5’s Flight (September 15, 1968)
Apollo 8 Orbits the Moon (December 21-27, 1968)
Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 Docking (January 16, 1969)
Apollo 11 Moon Landing (July 20, 1969)
Luna 16 Returns Lunar Soil (September 24, 1970)
Apollo-Soyuz ÌÇÐÄVlogt Project (July 17, 1975)
Legacy of the Space Race