There are many different processes that can be used for paraphrasing. Here are two sets of steps. You will be creating your own steps for how to paraphrase using instructions that makes are clear to you.

Steps to Paraphrase - Vanier College

1. Read and reread the text until you understand its meaning completely
2. Put the text away, and without looking at it, try to paraphrase it.
3. Look at the original text and compare it to your version. Make sure your version is accurately expressing all the information as the original, but in your own terms and words. You cannot just change the sentence structure and keep the same words, nor can you change the words, but keep the same sentence structure.
4. If you are using specific terms or unique words from the original texts, enclose those words in quotation marks.
5. At the beginning of the first sentence in which you paraphrase, make it clear that what is coming next in someone else’s idea (according to Smith, in his 2003 study, Robinson proved)
6. At the end of the last sentence containing the paraphrased material, insert a parenthetical citation to show where the material comes from.
   

Source: http://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/tlc/tipsheets/writing/paraphrasing.pdf

Steps to Plagiarism Used in the Following Activities

1. Read the passage.
2. Look up new words.
3. List keywords that you can replace with a synonym.
4. List the main ideas.
5. Make note of special words that you will use in the original form.
6. Create the paraphrase without looking at the original paragraph.
7. Check that you have not plagiarized and redo step 6 if needed.
8. Cite your source.

Adapted from Vanier College.