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Weaving three texts into one

English · Reading Comprehension · ages 10-11
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  1. Two texts describe the same club meeting this week. A says Tuesday; B says Wednesday. Which sentence accurately combines their claims?

    • Both texts give Tuesday.
    • Neither text gives a day for this week's club meeting.
    • The texts disagree about this week's meeting day.
  2. Leo is taking notes from three texts. Which format helps him credit sources later?

    • Write each fact beside the longest word in the passage
    • Write each useful fact beside its source title or label
    • Write each fact on a page without any source information
  3. A: The class reads on the bench marked star. B: The star bench is in the pond area; the moon bench is in the river area. C: The pond area is in North Park; the river area is in South Park. In which park does the class read?

    • In South Park.
    • In North Park.
    • In West Park.
  4. A fact sheet uses three notices: A gives the fair's date, B gives its place and C gives its opening time. Which heading brings these details together?

    • Fair notices and their design
    • When and where to visit the fair
    • Why the fair attracted more visitors
  5. Tom learned about honey storage from a classroom passage titled 'Inside the Hive'. Which sentence identifies that source?

    • Inside the Hive explains how bees store honey.
    • A passage explains how bees store honey.
    • One of the things I read explains honey storage.
  6. Aya's notes show that Text A gives the pond's depth and Text B gives its location. She writes, 'Text A describes the pond's location.' What must she change?

    • Replace the location with an opinion
    • Keep Text A because both texts describe the same pond
    • Credit Text B for the location information
  7. Nadia's task requires three wind texts: boats, turbines and seed movement. Her draft connects boats and turbines but leaves out seeds. Which requirement is unmet?

    • Every paragraph must use exactly three sentences
    • The draft must draw on all three assigned texts
    • Every sentence must repeat the three texts' titles
  8. Ben wants to include one exact sentence from a source in his combined report. How should he show that these are the source writer's words?

    • Change a word and give no credit
    • Copy it without marks because other sentences are his own
    • Use quotation marks and identify the source
  9. Mia and Theo give accurate talks combining three texts. Mia identifies each source by title. Theo gives no source information. Which judgment separates synthesis from credit?

    • Only Mia combines ideas, because titles create the connections
    • Both combine ideas, but only Mia supplies source credit
    • Both supply source credit, because their facts are accurate
  10. A classroom text says: 'The school pond holds rainwater collected from the roof.' Priya paraphrases: 'Water from the sea fills the school pond.' What must she fix?

    • Restore the source's rainwater meaning
    • Keep the sea as the pond's water source
    • Change 'fills' to 'holds' and keep the sea
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  1. The texts disagree about this week's meeting day. · The texts give different days for the same meeting, so the combined account should report that conflict.
  2. Write each useful fact beside its source title or label · Keeping the source beside a fact lets Leo trace the information when he writes.
  3. In North Park. · A identifies the star bench. B places that bench inside the pond area. C places that area inside North Park. South Park contains the river area; no text places the class in West Park.
  4. When and where to visit the fair · Date, place and opening time all help readers plan a visit.
  5. Inside the Hive explains how bees store honey. · The title identifies the passage that supplied the information.
  6. Credit Text B for the location information · Text B supplied the location, so Aya must credit Text B.
  7. The draft must draw on all three assigned texts · This task requires all three texts. The seed-movement text has not contributed.
  8. Use quotation marks and identify the source · Quotation marks identify exact borrowed words; source credit identifies where they came from.
  9. Both combine ideas, but only Mia supplies source credit · Both talks combine ideas. Only Mia also identifies the sources.
  10. Restore the source's rainwater meaning · A paraphrase must preserve meaning. Priya changed roof-collected rainwater into seawater.
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