Information Literacy

What is the best reason for citing your sources?

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

You decide to cut and paste some information from a website into your school report. What is this called?

• Copyright vindication
• Plagiarism
• Being smart

Information Literacy refers to:
a. the ability to find, evaluate and make good use of information.
b. the attitudes necessary to use information ethically.
c. a necessary skill for lifelong and self-directed learning.

• a + c
• a + b
• b + c
• a + b + c

What is a source?

• Something you put on a meat pie
• Where you find your information 
• A cut
• A bright light

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What should be written down when doing good research?

• Phrases
• Full sentences
• Paragraphs
• Keywords 

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Information literacy is an assessment of how well you can find and use information. You need to use the information to reach conclusions.

• True
• False

When copying something word for word, use ___.

• exclamation marks

• commas

• quotation marks

• parentheses

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

All the news and headlines that can be found online are true.

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

Only experts can post information on the internet.

• True
• False

Which of the following is NOT an important part of evaluating a website? 

• expert author
• current information
• how many people use the website
• it is relevant to me

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9