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Grade 11 Reading Worksheet

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1. Read this first

   Use this

   Main Street Paving Approved by Council (newspaper article, 1925)
   Source line: Unsigned news article, “Main Street Paving Approved by Council,” *Pinecrest Courier*, 14 May 1925, page 1. The writer is not named. The whole article is on page 1. Stars mark italics.

   [1] After a debate that lasted until nearly midnight, the Pinecrest Town Council voted four to one on Tuesday to pave Main Street with brick. [2] Construction will begin in June, and the council expects it to be finished before the autumn rains, provided the brick from the Hollis yard arrives on time. [3] For years, merchants have complained that the street turns to deep mud each spring and raises dust in dry weather, so that customers carry half the road into the shops.

   [4] Councilor Edith Ames, who has championed paving since her election, told the audience that "a town that wants visitors cannot ask them to wade through mud to reach its doors." [5] Most of the merchants who spoke favored the plan, although several asked whether the expense would fall on the shops or on the town as a whole. [6] Under the plan, the town will pay two-thirds of the cost from its road fund, and property owners along Main Street will pay the remainder over five years. [7] Mr. Rollo Pike, who has operated a hardware store on the street for twenty-two years, said he supports paving but "not at a price that closes the very shops it is meant to help."

   [8] The lone opposing vote came from Councilor Walter Dunning, who argued that the town should first repair the River Road bridge, which carries farm wagons into town. [9] He said its planks have been patched so often that some farmers now drive two miles around it. [10] The council promised to consider the bridge at its next meeting, but no money has been set aside.

   [11] Automobiles have become far more common in recent years, and the council's engineer reported that brick holds up better under their weight than gravel. [12] He estimated that a brick street laid on a proper foundation of sand and gravel should last at least thirty years. [13] Residents of side streets asked when their roads would be paved, and the mayor said the council would decide once the Main Street work revealed the actual cost. [14] The vote ends a three-year dispute, and drivers are asked to use Elm Street while the crews are at work.

2. 1.

   Ari quotes part of sentence [2] and must show what “it” stands for. Which version follows MLA 9?

   • The council expects “[the paving] to be finished before the rains” (“Main Street Paving” 1).
   • The council expects “[the paving] to be finished before the autumn rains” (“Main Street Paving” 1).
   • The council expects “the paving to be finished before the autumn rains” (“Main Street Paving” 1).
   • The council expects “(the paving) to be finished before the autumn rains” (“Main Street Paving” 1).
3. 2.

   Esme paraphrases sentence [5] for an MLA 9 paper. Which note uses the source fairly?

   • Most of the merchants who spoke liked the plan, although several asked if the cost would fall on the shops or on the whole town (“Main Street Paving” 1).
   • A majority of the merchants who spoke supported the plan, but several questioned whether shops or the whole town would bear the cost.
   • The merchants supported the plan, but they questioned whether the shops or the whole town would bear the cost (“Main Street Paving” 1).
   • A majority of the merchants who spoke supported the plan, but several questioned whether shops or the whole town would bear the cost (“Main Street Paving” 1).
4. 3.

   Kira quotes Councilor Ames's words from sentence [4] and names Ames in the sentence. Which in-text citation follows MLA 9?

   • (qtd. in *Pinecrest Courier* 1)
   • (qtd. in “Main Street Paving” 1)
   • (qtd. in “Main Street Paving,” 1925, p. 1)
   • (Ames 1)
5. 4.

   Luz paraphrases Mr. Pike's view from sentence [7] for an MLA 9 paper. Which note is fair to the source?

   • Pike, a longtime hardware dealer, backed paving but warned that its cost must not drive Main Street shops out of business (“Main Street Paving” 1).
   • Pike said he supports paving but not at a price that shuts the very shops it is supposed to help (“Main Street Paving” 1).
   • Pike, a longtime hardware dealer, opposed paving because its cost would drive Main Street shops out of business (“Main Street Paving” 1).
   • The *Pinecrest Courier* argued that paving must not cost so much that it drives Main Street shops out of business (“Main Street Paving” 1).

6. Use this

   Ninety Years of Change in Harrow Meadow (journal article (research report))
   Source line: Journal article by Lena Varga, Owen Tullis and Abena Osei, three botanists at the Harrow Field Station, “Ninety Years of Change in Harrow Meadow,” *Prairie Field Notes*, vol. 12, no. 2, 2021, pages 17–20. The article reports the authors' own 2020 survey and quotes the 1931 field notebook of the botanist Signe Lindqvist. Sentences [1] to [7] are on page 18, and sentences [8] to [14] are on page 19. Stars mark italics.

   [1] In 1931, the botanist Signe Lindqvist walked the eighty acres of Harrow Meadow every week and recorded each flowering plant she found in a notebook. [2] Her notebook, now kept at the field station, lists sixty-four flowering species, with notes on how common each seemed and where it grew. [3] In 2020 we repeated her survey, walking the same acres on the same schedule and following her routes as closely as possible. [4] We found fifty-one of her sixty-four species, along with nine she did not record, most of them plants that have spread from nearby roadsides. [5] Of the thirteen species we could not find, eleven are low-growing plants that need full sun, which suggests that the shrubs now covering the eastern half have shaded them out. [6] Lindqvist described the eastern slope as "a sheet of blue in early June, so thick with lupine that one can hardly find a place to step." [7] We found a few scattered lupines there, and most of that slope is now covered by dogwood and sumac more than six feet tall.

   [8] Her notebook also records that a neighboring farmer cut hay from the meadow each August, a practice that ended in the late 1950s. [9] Annual mowing prevents shrubs from taking hold, because young woody plants that are repeatedly cut back cannot grow tall enough to shade the flowers. [10] We cannot be certain that the end of haying alone explains the loss, since our survey summer was drier than Lindqvist's and some species may have bloomed less. [11] Our estimates of how common each species is are also hard to compare with hers, because she used words such as "abundant" and "scarce" rather than numbers. [12] Even so, the pattern is clear enough that the station began mowing a test plot on the eastern slope in 2021. [13] Lindqvist ended her season's notes with a line the station has since adopted as its motto: "a meadow is not a thing but a habit, and it lasts as long as someone keeps it." [14] If the low flowers return to the test plot, the result will support her view that a meadow left alone will not remain one for long.

7. 5.

   Milo quotes the start of sentence [4] and must show who “we” and “her” are. Which version follows MLA 9?

   • Varga et al. report that “(they) found fifty-one of (Lindqvist's) sixty-four species” (18).
   • Varga et al. report that “[they] found fifty-one of [Lindqvist's] species” (18).
   • Varga et al. report that “they found fifty-one of Lindqvist's sixty-four species” (18).
   • Varga et al. report that “[they] found fifty-one of [Lindqvist's] sixty-four species” (18).
8. 6.

   Noah quotes the authors' phrase “have shaded them out” from sentence [5] without naming them in the sentence. Which in-text citation follows MLA 9?

   • (Varga et al., 2021, p. 18)
   • (Varga et al. 18)
   • (Varga, Tullis, and Osei 18)
   • (qtd. in Varga et al. 18)
9. 7.

   Pia paraphrases sentence [10] for an MLA 9 paper. Which note is fair to the source?

   • The authors show that the end of haying caused the loss, even though their survey summer was drier than Lindqvist's (Varga et al. 19).
   • The authors are not sure that the end of haying caused the loss by itself, because their survey summer was drier than Lindqvist's.
   • The authors are not sure that the end of haying caused the loss by itself, because their survey summer was drier than Lindqvist's (Varga et al. 19).
   • Lindqvist warned that the end of haying might not explain the loss, since some summers are drier than others (Varga et al. 19).
10. 8.

    Ren wants to quote sentence [12] but leave out the words “on the eastern slope”. Which version follows MLA 9?

    • Varga et al. write that “the pattern was clear enough that the station began mowing a test plot . . . in 2021” (19).
    • Varga et al. write that “the pattern is clear enough that the station began mowing a test plot (. . .) in 2021” (19).
    • Varga et al. write that “the pattern is clear enough that the station began mowing a test plot . . . in 2021” (19).
    • Varga et al. write that “the pattern is clear enough that the station began mowing a test plot in 2021” (19).
11. 9.

    Tala quotes Lindqvist's motto from sentence [13] and names Lindqvist in the sentence. Which in-text citation follows MLA 9?

    • (qtd. in Varga, Tullis, and Osei 19)
    • (qtd. in Varga et al., 2021, p. 19)
    • (Lindqvist 19)
    • (qtd. in Varga et al. 19)
12. 10.

    Zee paraphrases sentence [5] for an MLA 9 paper. Which note is fair to the source?

    • Most of the missing species are short plants that need sun, so the authors think the spreading shrubs have shaded them out (Varga et al. 18).
    • Most of the missing species are short plants that need sun, so the authors think the spreading shrubs have shaded them out.
    • Lindqvist noticed that the low plants needing full sun were being shaded out by the shrubs on the eastern half (Varga et al. 18).
    • Of the thirteen species they could not find, eleven are low plants that need full sun, which suggests that shrubs now covering the eastern half shaded them out (Varga et al. 18).