Book Quiz: Sadie’s Incredible

After Sadie looks through the

first few pages of her homework

packet, she feels calm because

she

• does not want to do

  schoolwork on vacation

• does not struggle to keep

  up with schoolwork

• has missed only six days of

  school for a family reunion

• starts the work the night

  before she’s back at school

Sadie’s eyes grow wide when

Mr. King mentions a research

paper because she

• does not know about the

  assignment

• knows that all schoolwork

  is easy for her

• is not sure about how to find

  good sources

• left her research paper until

  the night before

How is this new research paper

different from other research

papers that Sadie has written?

• Sadie expects to earn an

  almost perfect grade for

  this research paper.

• Sources will be provided

  by Sadie’s teacher for this

  research paper.

• There are many credible

  sources available for this

  research paper.

• Sadie has to find sources

  on her own for this research

  paper.

What is Sadie’s first step when

she begins her essay?

• She reads all of the

  instructions she is given

  for her essay.

• She chooses who to write

  about for her essay.

• She takes careful notes to use

  when writing her essay.

• She creates a rough outline

  for her essay.

What does Mr. King say is good

about Sadie’s essay?

• The information comes from

  many reliable sources.

• It summarizes the information

  in Sadie’s own words.

• It is written well and has its

  citations formatted correctly.

• It has quotes to show what

  information is from the

  sources.

How does Mr. King know that

Sadie plagiarized some parts

of her essay?

• Some of the sentences

  in Sadie’s essay paraphrase

  the sources.

• Some of Sadie’s information

  comes from the local history

  museum’s site.

• Some of Sadie’s sources try

  to excite people instead of

  focusing on facts.

• Some of the sentences in

  Sadie’s essay are identical

  to sentences in her sources.

The climax of the story

is when

• Sadie asks Mr. King if she

  failed the assignment

• Mr. King explains plagiarism

  and bias to Sadie

• Sadie uses her tablet to search

  for sources

• Mr. King lets Sadie rewrite

  her essay

Which detail shows that Mr. King

wants to help Sadie learn from

her mistakes?

• ”I have some concerns about

  your paper.”

• ”Let’s go through the notes

  on your essay together.”

• ”Those are good things to

  notice, but what about the

  site itself?”

• ”However, I’ll let you rewrite

  it using credible sources and

  turn it in on Monday.”

Sadie is stunned at the end of

the story because she is

• fuming over what

  Mr. King says

• shocked by what

  Mr. King says

• upset she has to rewrite

  her essay

• worried she cannot write

  a better essay

What lesson does Sadie learn

in the story?

• You can learn from your

  mistakes.

• Everything you read online

  is true.

• You can count on getting

  a second chance.

• Good students can wait until

  the last minute.