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WorksheetsPaired Text w/Buffalo-TEXT EVIDENCE
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What are two ways to CITE, or add text evidence, to support your answer?
answer it and add a direct quote
a direct quote or paraphrase
paraphrasing and explaining
When citing information (or adding text evidence), you ALWAYS have to tell where the information is coming from.
TRUE
FALSE
When you copy down the exact words and put quotation marks around them, it is...
a direct quote
a paraphrase
When you put the text into your own words, it is called...
a direct quote
paraphrasing
Including a page number to your cite makes it extra impressive.
TRUE
FALSE
Every C needs an E. What's an E?
energy
explanation of your cite
problem
A good way to explain a cite is to add which statement below?
A. This shows_______ because______
B. This explains_____ because______
C. None of the above
D. Options A and B
Which of the following is the best example of a direct quote?
The text stated that they were trying to get the buffalo herd up to about 1,000 on the tribal lands.
"The goal is to establish at least 1,000 buffalo in herds on American Indian lands" (17).
The text stated, "The goal is to establish at least 1,000 buffalo in herds on American Indian lands" (17).
Which choice below is the best example of a paraphrase?
The text stated, "The goal is to establish at least 1,000 buffalo in herds on American Indian lands" (17).
The text stated that "The goal is to establish at least 1,000 buffalo in herds on American Indian lands" (17).
The text stated that there was a goal to get the buffalo herd numbers on tribal lands up to 1,000 (17).
Imagine your are creating a TDA response that is asking you to write about the role buffalo played in the survival of many American Indian tribes on the Great Plains.
Which would be the best topic sentence?
In the Scope Scholastic article "The Vanishing Beasts", Talia Cowan shared that buffalo were key to the survival of many American Indian tribes on the Great Plains.
In the Scope Scholastic article "The Vanishing Beasts", Talia Cowan shared that millions of buffalo roamed the Great Plains.
Many American Indian tribes had a deep respect for the buffalo.
Which piece of text evidence BEST supports that buffalo were they key to the survival of many American Indian tribes on the great plains?
"The buffalo's meat was an important source of food, and the bones and skin were used to make clothing, shelter, and tools."
"Many tribes honored this important creature with special dances and ceremonies."
"More than 30 million of these majestic beasts once ruled the continent."
"The buffalo's meat was an important source of food, and the bones and skin were used to make clothing, shelter, and tools."
Which choice below BEST explains why the text evidence you chose (above) is relevant?
It provides examples of how buffalo helped American Indians on the Great Plains survive.
It explains how some American Indians showed respect for the buffalo.
It shows how plentiful buffalo once were on the Plains.
THE WORLD WAS VERY DIFFERENT DURING THE ICE AGE.
Which piece of text evidence below BEST supports the statement above?
"Most (buffalo) settled in the region we now call the Great Plains, which extends in a band from Texas all the way up into Canada."
"Then, about 11,000 years ago, Earth began warming."
"This was during the Ice Age, when slow-moving rivers of ice called glaciers covered much of North America."
THE BUFFALO HELPED TO DEVELOP THE ECOSYSTEM OF THE GREAT PLAINS.
Which TWO pieces of text evidence support the statement above?
A. "Few animals dared take on the buffalo."
B. When a buffalo died, its body became food for foxes and coyotes..."
C. "Their pounding hooves stomped grass seeds into the ground and loosened the dirt, allowing oxygen and rainwater to reach the grass's roots."
D. But buffalo were adaptable.
Which paragraph below correctly uses text evidence from the article in the form of a quotation and addresses the R...A...C...E of RACERS?
American Indian tribes and nations of the Great Plains had great respect for the buffalo. For example, Cowen writes, "Humans hunted just enough buffalo to keep herds from overtaking the land" (15). In other words, tribes did not hunt more buffalo than was necessary.
American Indian tribes and nations of the Great Plains had great respect for the buffalo. "Humans hunted just enough buffalo to keep herds from overtaking the land." In other words, tribes did not hunt more buffalo than was necessary.
American Indian tribes and nations of the Great Plains had great respect for the buffalo. For example, Cowen writes, "Humans hunted just enough buffalo to keep herds from overtaking the land" (15).
