SHB Paraphrase Quiz

1) When you are looking for the important ideas or key words when you are reading Informational text you can

• Circle important ideas

• Highlight or underline important ideas

• Call your friends and have a party

• All of the above

2) When you paraphrase an important idea what do you need to remember?

• To express the main idea of the idea

• To use only 10% of the words from the original quote

• To use your own words to explain the idea

• All of the above

3) The Student Handbook for Medford High School is an informational text.

• True

• False

4) When you are paraphrasing an important idea and you use too much of the original text it is considered

• Paraphrasing

• Direct Quote

• Plagiarism

• None of the above

5)Direct Quote: " A total of 112 credits is required for graduation."

Is the following paraphrase an accurate version of the original text (direct quote) listed above?

Paraphrase: Prepared to work and you need at least six-cycle through the year. You need good grade to graduate. Every six-cycle students need to schedule at least 36 period of academics.

         Sophomore Status:                Minimum of 26 credits

        Junior Status:                        Minimum of 54 credits

        Senior Status:                        Minimum of 80 credits

• Yes

• No

6) “Course subjects are required for graduation. Proficient scores on the MCAS ELA and Math test. 4 years of community service ( 60 hours required, 15 per year )¨ - ( MPS, p.2 ). 

Is the following paraphrase an accurate version of the original text (direct quote) listed above?

Paraphrase: All students should have the determined number of years in each subject so they can graduate. Also they need 60 hours of community service and good grades for MCAS.

• Yes

• No

7) The Academic section of the student Handbook discusses information that students need to know about:

• How to graduate

• Grades

• Honor Roll and National Honor Society

• All of these and much more too

8) Paraphrasing main ideas into our own words is an important skill to learn because it:

• Helps us to understand what we read

• Helps us to explain what the idea is about

• Helps us to learn new words in order to make sense of ideas

• All of the above

9) In the following quote what strategy is being applied to identify the important ideas or key words?

Direct Quote-“Medford High School is a community of lifelong learners who respect diversity and are actively involved in the life of the school, which offers physical safety, emotional security and well-being.” (MPS p.1) 

• Using quotation marks

• Underlining main ideas and/or key words

• Citing the text source

• Labeling the direct quote

10) The MHS student handbook is important to read and understand because it:

• Explains the rules

• Describes graduation requirements

• Helps students to understand the systems of the school

• All of this and more!