Information Literacy Skills Review 6th/7th

Your teacher wants you to write a report about a natural disaster. Choose the correct order of the steps from the choices below:
A. Make a list of questions about your topic
B. Decide upon a topic
C. Find information on your topic
D. List what you already know

• A, B, C, D
• B, D, A, C
• D, A, C, B
• B, A, C, D

You want to find out about particular atoms and molecules for science. Which resource could you use for general background information?

• Atlas
• Dictionary
• Encyclopedia
• Book on atomic scientists

Below are 4 fiction books that might be found in your library. Select the correct order in which these books would appear on the library shelf.
1. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2. Elephant Run by Roland Smith
3. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
4.The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier

• 4,1,3,2
• 1,4,2,3
• 4,2,3,1
• 2,1,4,3

Your group is creating an informational pamphlet on recycling batteries. Select the source below that has the most authority on the topic.

• www.epa.gov (U.S. Environmental Protection Administration with facts on battery recycling)
• recyclebattery.org (A site created by battery manufacturers to encourage recycling)
• www.batteriesplus.com ( Listing of stores that recycle)
• www.duracell.com (A battery manufacturer website)

What is the best reason for citing your sources?

• Citing identifies sources that your classmates may want to use.
• Citing shows your teacher that you did your research.
• Citing gives credit for the original work or the idea to the author.
• Citing gives the location of the sources you used.

You find a photo on the Internet that you would like to include in your report. What is the proper way to use this photo?

• Copy and paste the photo into your paper.
• Cite the photo and include in your list of sources.
• Edit the photo to make it your own.
• Include a title for the photo in your paper.

You have the following citation to a book. Identify the publisher.
Winthrop, Elizabeth. The Castle in the Attic. New York: Holiday House, 1985. Print.

• Winthrop, Elizabeth
• The Castle in the Attic
• Holiday House
• New York

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

This is what you use to locate a webpage:

• cite
• web-address (URL)
• title
• source

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

A difference between a "story" and an "article" is:

• they are the same thing - both mean writing
• a story is longer than an article
• a story may be fiction; an article is non-fiction
• a story is shorter than an article

This word means of a source being trustworthy:

• accuracy
• relevancy
• timeliness