Judge sources, quote and paraphrase fairly, and credit them

Grade 8 Reading Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   Use this

   “Stride-Lite Shoes: The Comfort Test” (company web page)
   Author: Brenna Quill, a marketing writer for Stride-Lite Shoes. Container: Stride-Lite Stories. Publisher: Stride-Lite Shoes. Date: 2 March 2025. Found at: stridelite.example/comfort.
   [1] Stride-Lite Shoes asked 24 volunteers to wear its new Cloud Walker sneaker for two weeks of ordinary days, including walks to school and trips to the store. [2] At the end of the two weeks, each volunteer filled out a short form about how the shoes had felt. [3] Twenty of the 24 volunteers said that the shoes felt very comfortable.

   [4] The company ran the test itself in its own office, and no volunteer wore a different brand for comparison. [5] The volunteers were chosen from the company's customer mailing list. [6] “Twenty out of twenty-four is a clear win,” said Odell Tamsin, the company's product manager.

   [7] Comfort is hard to measure, so the form simply asked volunteers to circle a number from one to five. [8] The company printed the forms but did not hire anyone outside the company to read or score them. [9] Independent testers have not yet reviewed the results. [10] The company says more tests will follow next year, and the Cloud Walker is on sale now in three colors.
   Draft paragraph by Kira: (A) Comfort matters to anyone who walks a lot. (B) I think the Cloud Walker looks too bright for my taste. (C) In the company's test, 20 of 24 volunteers said the shoe felt very comfortable. (D) According to Brenna Quill, a marketing writer, the company ran the test in its own office.

2. 1.

   Kira drafted a paragraph using the page. Which sentence still needs a credit?

   • Sentence C: it gives a count from the company's test, and the count came from the page.
   • Sentence D: it uses the page's information, so it needs a credit.
   • Sentence B: it says something about the shoe, so it must have come from the page and needs a credit.
   • Sentence A: it states a fact, and facts need a credit.

3. Use this

   “Stride-Lite Shoes: The Comfort Test” (company web page)
   Author: Brenna Quill, a marketing writer for Stride-Lite Shoes. Container: Stride-Lite Stories. Publisher: Stride-Lite Shoes. Date: 2 March 2025. Found at: stridelite.example/comfort.
   [1] Stride-Lite Shoes asked 24 volunteers to wear its new Cloud Walker sneaker for two weeks of ordinary days, including walks to school and trips to the store. [2] At the end of the two weeks, each volunteer filled out a short form about how the shoes had felt. [3] Twenty of the 24 volunteers said that the shoes felt very comfortable.

   [4] The company ran the test itself in its own office, and no volunteer wore a different brand for comparison. [5] The volunteers were chosen from the company's customer mailing list. [6] “Twenty out of twenty-four is a clear win,” said Odell Tamsin, the company's product manager.

   [7] Comfort is hard to measure, so the form simply asked volunteers to circle a number from one to five. [8] The company printed the forms but did not hire anyone outside the company to read or score them. [9] Independent testers have not yet reviewed the results. [10] The company says more tests will follow next year, and the Cloud Walker is on sale now in three colors.
   Draft note card by Zee:
   Quote or paraphrase? Quote.
   Note: Brenna Quill, a marketing writer, writes that the company ran the test itself in its own office, and no volunteer wore a different brand for comparison.
   Citation: Quill, Brenna. “Stride-Lite Shoes: The Comfort Test.” Stride-Lite Stories, Stride-Lite Shoes, 2 March 2025, stridelite.example/comfort.

4. 2.

   One line of Zee's draft note card has a problem. Which repair fixes it without breaking anything else?

   • Change the Citation to put the date before the container, so the date is easier to find.
   • Change the first line to Paraphrase, and leave the Note as it is.
   • Put quotation marks around all the copied words after writes that, and keep the first line as Quote.
   • Put quotation marks around only the last words, no volunteer wore a different brand for comparison, and leave the rest.

5. Use this

   “Harbor Gate Garage: Easing Downtown Parking” (company web page)
   Author: Marcus Ehlers, a communications manager for Harbor Gate Development. Container: Harbor Gate News. Publisher: Harbor Gate Development. Date: 17 November 2025. Found at: harborgate.example/garage.
   [1] Downtown Harbor Gate is running out of places to park, and the new Harbor Gate Garage is meant to fix that. [2] The garage will have 600 spaces on four levels, and it will open next September on Wells Street. [3] To plan it, the company hired a traffic consultant, who watched 12 downtown blocks on three weekday afternoons.

   [4] The consultant saw an average of 85 cars circling per hour, looking for a place to stop. [5] The consultant says the new garage should cut that number by about 40 percent. [6] “Drivers will spend less time searching and more time shopping,” said Lena Petrov, who owns the bakery on Wells Street.

   [7] The company will charge $2 an hour for parking, with the first twenty minutes free. [8] The garage includes 40 spaces with chargers for electric cars. [9] Construction begins in January and is expected to take nine months. [10] Harbor Gate Development has built three other garages in the county, and tours of the finished garage will be offered in October.
   Draft paragraph by Tala: (A) Harbor Gate Development says its consultant counted 85 cars circling per hour. (B) The garage will have 600 spaces on four levels. (C) Most people dislike searching for a parking space. (D) I would rather walk downtown than drive there.

6. 3.

   Tala drafted a paragraph using the page. Which sentence still needs a credit?

   • Sentence A: it uses the page's count, so it needs a credit.
   • Sentence D: it is about getting downtown, so it must have come from the page.
   • Sentence B: it gives a number of spaces, and the number came from the page.
   • Sentence C: it states a fact, and facts need a credit.

7. Source A

   “Harbor Gate Garage: Easing Downtown Parking” (company web page)
   Author: Marcus Ehlers, a communications manager for Harbor Gate Development. Container: Harbor Gate News. Publisher: Harbor Gate Development. Date: 17 November 2025. Found at: harborgate.example/garage.
   [1] Downtown Harbor Gate is running out of places to park, and the new Harbor Gate Garage is meant to fix that. [2] The garage will have 600 spaces on four levels, and it will open next September on Wells Street. [3] To plan it, the company hired a traffic consultant, who watched 12 downtown blocks on three weekday afternoons.

   [4] The consultant saw an average of 85 cars circling per hour, looking for a place to stop. [5] The consultant says the new garage should cut that number by about 40 percent. [6] “Drivers will spend less time searching and more time shopping,” said Lena Petrov, who owns the bakery on Wells Street.

   [7] The company will charge $2 an hour for parking, with the first twenty minutes free. [8] The garage includes 40 spaces with chargers for electric cars. [9] Construction begins in January and is expected to take nine months. [10] Harbor Gate Development has built three other garages in the county, and tours of the finished garage will be offered in October.
   Source B: news item “Downtown Garage Could Cut Circling by 40 Percent,” by Hugo Brandt, a reporter. Harbor Gate Herald, 19 November 2025. It reports the 40 percent figure and says it comes from the developer's consultant. It has been shared 2,500 times.

8. 4.

   Source B gives the same 40 percent figure as Source A. Ren wonders whether the match shows the figure is accurate. What is the best answer?

   • Yes. Source B is newer, so it has updated Source A's figure with a fresh check.
   • No. Source B is a news item, and a news item cannot confirm anything about a developer's plan.
   • Yes. Source B and Source A give the same 40 percent figure, so two writers have now confirmed the figure between them.
   • No. Source B took its figure from the developer's consultant, the same origin as Source A; look for a study by someone else.

9. Use this

   “Harbor Gate Garage: Easing Downtown Parking” (company web page)
   Author: Marcus Ehlers, a communications manager for Harbor Gate Development. Container: Harbor Gate News. Publisher: Harbor Gate Development. Date: 17 November 2025. Found at: harborgate.example/garage.
   [1] Downtown Harbor Gate is running out of places to park, and the new Harbor Gate Garage is meant to fix that. [2] The garage will have 600 spaces on four levels, and it will open next September on Wells Street. [3] To plan it, the company hired a traffic consultant, who watched 12 downtown blocks on three weekday afternoons.

   [4] The consultant saw an average of 85 cars circling per hour, looking for a place to stop. [5] The consultant says the new garage should cut that number by about 40 percent. [6] “Drivers will spend less time searching and more time shopping,” said Lena Petrov, who owns the bakery on Wells Street.

   [7] The company will charge $2 an hour for parking, with the first twenty minutes free. [8] The garage includes 40 spaces with chargers for electric cars. [9] Construction begins in January and is expected to take nine months. [10] Harbor Gate Development has built three other garages in the county, and tours of the finished garage will be offered in October.
   Draft note card by Pia:
   Quote or paraphrase? Paraphrase.
   Note: The garage should cut the number of circling cars by about 40 percent.
   Credit line: (none)
   Citation: Ehlers, Marcus. “Harbor Gate Garage: Easing Downtown Parking.” Harbor Gate News, Harbor Gate Development, 17 November 2025, harborgate.example/garage.

10. 5.

    One line of Pia's draft note card has a problem. Which repair fixes it without breaking anything else?

    • Put quotation marks around the Note, since the idea came from the page.
    • Add a Credit line that names Marcus Ehlers and his job, and keep the Note as a paraphrase.
    • Change the Citation to leave out the container, so that the line is shorter and easier to read.
    • Add a Credit line that says just according to the page, with no name.

11. Use this

    “Why the Ridge Trail Is Closed Until July” (park notice)
    Author: Sofia Ardent, a park ranger. Container: Pinecrest Trail Notices. Publisher: Pinecrest State Park. Date: 1 April 2025. Found at: pinecrestpark.example/ridge.
    [1] The Ridge Trail at Pinecrest State Park closed on 1 April and will stay closed until 15 July. [2] Each spring, several kinds of birds build nests directly on the ground along the trail's open ridge. [3] Hikers who walk close to a nest can frighten the parent birds away, and the eggs may grow cold.

    [4] Rangers walked the ridge in March with a measuring wheel and marked 17 nests in a stretch only 0.8 miles long. [5] Last year, before the closure, rangers found 11 nests along the same stretch. [6] The park chose the closing dates by looking at the records from the past six springs, when the last chicks left their nests in the first week of July.

    [7] “We would rather close the trail for a season than lose a whole generation of chicks,” said Camille Reyes, a volunteer who monitors the nests. [8] The closure does not affect the Valley Loop, which stays open all year. [9] Hikers can still reach the lookout by taking the Valley Loop and the Fern Road trail. [10] Rangers will check the ridge each week and post updates on the park's notice page. [11] The Ridge Trail will reopen on 15 July if no nests are active.
    Draft paragraph by Noah: (A) Birds build nests in many different places. (B) Rangers marked 17 nests along part of the Ridge Trail this spring. (C) I think the trail should reopen sooner, because I love hiking up there. (D) According to Sofia Ardent, a park ranger, the closure ends on 15 July.

12. 6.

    Noah drafted a paragraph using the notice. Which sentence still needs a credit?

    • Sentence D: it uses the notice's information, so it needs a credit.
    • Sentence C: it is about the trail, so it must have come from the notice.
    • Sentence B: it gives a nest count, and the count came from the notice.
    • Sentence A: it states a fact, and facts need a credit.

13. Source A

    “Why the Ridge Trail Is Closed Until July” (park notice)
    Author: Sofia Ardent, a park ranger. Container: Pinecrest Trail Notices. Publisher: Pinecrest State Park. Date: 1 April 2025. Found at: pinecrestpark.example/ridge.
    [1] The Ridge Trail at Pinecrest State Park closed on 1 April and will stay closed until 15 July. [2] Each spring, several kinds of birds build nests directly on the ground along the trail's open ridge. [3] Hikers who walk close to a nest can frighten the parent birds away, and the eggs may grow cold.

    [4] Rangers walked the ridge in March with a measuring wheel and marked 17 nests in a stretch only 0.8 miles long. [5] Last year, before the closure, rangers found 11 nests along the same stretch. [6] The park chose the closing dates by looking at the records from the past six springs, when the last chicks left their nests in the first week of July.

    [7] “We would rather close the trail for a season than lose a whole generation of chicks,” said Camille Reyes, a volunteer who monitors the nests. [8] The closure does not affect the Valley Loop, which stays open all year. [9] Hikers can still reach the lookout by taking the Valley Loop and the Fern Road trail. [10] Rangers will check the ridge each week and post updates on the park's notice page. [11] The Ridge Trail will reopen on 15 July if no nests are active.
    Source B: web page “Bird Club Walks the Ridge,” by Gil Fenner, a Pinecrest Bird Club volunteer. Pinecrest Bird Club Notes, 28 March 2025. It says the club walked the same 0.8-mile stretch of the Ridge Trail on its own in March and marked 17 nests, and it does not mention the park's notice. It has been shared 2,000 times.

14. 7.

    Source B gives the same nest count as Source A. Milo wonders whether the match shows the count is accurate. What is the best answer?

    • No. Source B is a club page, and that kind of page cannot confirm a park's count.
    • Yes. Source B is newer, so its count replaces the notice's count.
    • No. The two counts match exactly, so Source B must have copied the notice.
    • Yes. Source B made its own count on the same stretch, so two separate counts agree.

15. Use this

    “Why the Ridge Trail Is Closed Until July” (park notice)
    Author: Sofia Ardent, a park ranger. Container: Pinecrest Trail Notices. Publisher: Pinecrest State Park. Date: 1 April 2025. Found at: pinecrestpark.example/ridge.
    [1] The Ridge Trail at Pinecrest State Park closed on 1 April and will stay closed until 15 July. [2] Each spring, several kinds of birds build nests directly on the ground along the trail's open ridge. [3] Hikers who walk close to a nest can frighten the parent birds away, and the eggs may grow cold.

    [4] Rangers walked the ridge in March with a measuring wheel and marked 17 nests in a stretch only 0.8 miles long. [5] Last year, before the closure, rangers found 11 nests along the same stretch. [6] The park chose the closing dates by looking at the records from the past six springs, when the last chicks left their nests in the first week of July.

    [7] “We would rather close the trail for a season than lose a whole generation of chicks,” said Camille Reyes, a volunteer who monitors the nests. [8] The closure does not affect the Valley Loop, which stays open all year. [9] Hikers can still reach the lookout by taking the Valley Loop and the Fern Road trail. [10] Rangers will check the ridge each week and post updates on the park's notice page. [11] The Ridge Trail will reopen on 15 July if no nests are active.
    Draft note card by Jun:
    Quote or paraphrase? Quote.
    Note: “We would rather close the trail for a season than lose a whole generation of chicks.”
    Credit line: According to Sofia Ardent, a park ranger, “We would rather close the trail for a season than lose a whole generation of chicks.”
    Citation: Ardent, Sofia. “Why the Ridge Trail Is Closed Until July.” Pinecrest Trail Notices, Pinecrest State Park, 1 April 2025, pinecrestpark.example/ridge.

16. 8.

    One line of Jun's draft note card has a problem. Which repair fixes it without breaking anything else?

    • Change the Credit line to name Camille Reyes, and drop the job so that the line is short.
    • Change the Citation to list Camille Reyes as the author, since her words are the ones being quoted in the notice.
    • Change the Citation to put the date before the container, so the date is easier to find and read.
    • Change the Credit line to name Camille Reyes, a volunteer who monitors the nests, and keep the quotation marks.

17. Use this

    “Is the Old Oak on Maple Court Safe?” (neighborhood newsletter article)
    Author: Greta Lindqvist, the Gazette's editor. Container: Maple Court Gazette. Publisher: Maple Court Neighborhood Association. Date: 9 September 2025. Found at: maplecourt.example/oak.
    [1] The white oak at the end of Maple Court is about 140 years old, and its branches shade most of the street. [2] After a limb fell in August, neighbors asked whether the tree was safe, so the neighborhood association hired a certified arborist. [3] The arborist, Walter Penhallow, spent two mornings examining the oak from the ground and from a lift. [4] He tapped the trunk with a mallet and used a thin drill to measure the wood inside.

    [5] The drill showed solid wood around the whole trunk, with one hollow pocket about the size of a grapefruit near the base. [6] The fallen limb had a brittle, hollow center, which is common in older branches. [7] Penhallow recommends removing the dry limbs and checking the tree again in two years. [8] He does not recommend cutting down the tree.

    [9] “A tree like this is worth keeping if the trunk is sound, and this trunk is sound,” said Rosalind Achebe, the association's president. [10] The association will vote on the pruning plan at its October meeting. [11] The pruning would cost about $2,400, paid from the association's yearly fund.
    Draft paragraph by Esme: (A) Old trees often have dry limbs. (B) According to Walter Penhallow, a certified arborist, the trunk is solid. (C) I hope the neighborhood keeps the tree. (D) The pruning would cost about $2,400.

18. 9.

    Esme drafted a paragraph using the article. Which sentence still needs a credit?

    • Sentence B: it uses the article's information, so it needs a credit.
    • Sentence D: it gives a cost, and the cost came from the article.
    • Sentence A: it states a fact, and facts need a credit.
    • Sentence C: it is about the tree, so it must have come from the article.

19. Source A

    “Is the Old Oak on Maple Court Safe?” (neighborhood newsletter article)
    Author: Greta Lindqvist, the Gazette's editor. Container: Maple Court Gazette. Publisher: Maple Court Neighborhood Association. Date: 9 September 2025. Found at: maplecourt.example/oak.
    [1] The white oak at the end of Maple Court is about 140 years old, and its branches shade most of the street. [2] After a limb fell in August, neighbors asked whether the tree was safe, so the neighborhood association hired a certified arborist. [3] The arborist, Walter Penhallow, spent two mornings examining the oak from the ground and from a lift. [4] He tapped the trunk with a mallet and used a thin drill to measure the wood inside.

    [5] The drill showed solid wood around the whole trunk, with one hollow pocket about the size of a grapefruit near the base. [6] The fallen limb had a brittle, hollow center, which is common in older branches. [7] Penhallow recommends removing the dry limbs and checking the tree again in two years. [8] He does not recommend cutting down the tree.

    [9] “A tree like this is worth keeping if the trunk is sound, and this trunk is sound,” said Rosalind Achebe, the association's president. [10] The association will vote on the pruning plan at its October meeting. [11] The pruning would cost about $2,400, paid from the association's yearly fund.
    Source B: web page “Maple Court Oak: Safe or Not?” by Darla Winn, a neighbor. Maple Court Chatter, 12 September 2025. It says a second certified arborist, hired by the neighbor's family, drilled the trunk on a different day and found it solid all around. It does not mention the Gazette article. It has been shared 1,200 times.

20. 10.

    Source B gives the same finding as Source A. Bo wonders whether the match shows the finding is accurate. What is the best answer?

    • No. Source B was written by a neighbor, and a neighbor cannot confirm what an arborist found.
    • No. Both pages say the trunk is solid, so Source B must have copied the Gazette.
    • Yes. Source B reports a second arborist's own drilling, so two separate inspections agree.
    • Yes. Source B is newer, so its finding replaces the Gazette's finding.