End of Unit 2 Assessment

You read about the Hippo Roller in the Mid-Unit 2 Assessment. Imagine you were researching that invention. The results of four of your searches are shown below.

Select the two search results that show sources that will likely be the most useful in completing that research project.

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Answer explanation

The search results in B and C are more varied, specific, and complex rather than general, which means each result might add to our understanding not just repeat the same information.

Match each content source descriptor with its search result by drawing a line or labelling it.

Match each content source descriptor with its search result by drawing a line or labelling it.

Select the three sources above that are likely the most credible of the search results.

List your three selections and include a sentence to explain your reasoning.

Select the three sources above that are likely the least credible of the search results.

List your three selections and include a sentence to explain your reasoning.

Complete the bibliographic information for this source:

- Author

- Title

- Date

- Source

- Link

Read the excerpt from “The Hippo Roller” below:

With the Hippo Roller, women and children are collecting more than just water, they are collecting time. In the time they used to spend fetching water, children are attending school and women are being trained in skills they can use to start a business and earn income.

Which of the following best represents a responsible paraphrase of the excerpt?

• With the Hippo Roller, women and children are collecting more than just water, they are collecting time. In the time they used to spend fetching water, children are attending school and women are being trained in skills they can use to start a business and earn income (“The Hippo Roller”).

• Because of the Hippo Roller, women and kids are getting more than just water, they are getting time. Children are going to school and women are getting skills they can use to earn income (“The Hippo Roller”).

• The Hippo Roller is doing more than making water easier to carry. It’s giving time back to the children and the women so they can focus on their lives and future (“The Hippo Roller”).

• With the Hippo Roller, women and children are collecting more than just water, they are collecting time. In the time they used to spend fetching water, children are attending school and women are being trained in skills they can use to start a business and earn income” (“The Hippo Roller”).

Which of the following best describes the answer to question 7?

• It uses the exact same language and structure as the original excerpt.

• It summarizes the content while rewording, removing, and rearranging the language and structure of the original excerpt.

• It uses the exact same language and structure as the original excerpt inside quotation marks.

• It changes some of the words from the original excerpt and uses the same structure, but doesn’t include all of the original information.

Write a responsible paraphrase of this excerpt from “The Hippo Roller” (W.6.8):

Millions of women and children walk up to 6 hours every day to collect water with heavy 5-gallon buckets balanced on their heads. This causes long-term neck and spine damage.