What is Theo supposed to bring to Ms. Villanueva on Thursday?
Listen to a Classroom Conversation · ELPAC Grades 6–8 listening. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.
A multiple-turn conversation between two speakers, followed by three questions.
Listen to the conversation between Ms. Villanueva and Theo. Then answer the questions.
Quotations in a Research Draft
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Ms. Villanueva: Theo, your draft on the Owens Valley aqueduct has strong sources, but two of your paragraphs are just quotations stitched together.
Theo: I thought using the sources was the point.
Ms. Villanueva: Using them is the point. Quoting them is not the same thing. A quotation shows what somebody else said. Your own sentence has to say why it matters.
Theo: So should I cut the quotations?
Ms. Villanueva: Keep the two strongest ones. After each one, add a sentence in your own words that connects it to your claim about the farmers. Bring me that revised page on Thursday, before you touch the rest of the essay.
The question
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What is Theo supposed to bring to Ms. Villanueva on Thursday?
- The whole essay, rewritten
- Two additional sources
- A draft with every quotation removed
- One revised page that keeps the two strongest quotationsCorrect answer
Why “One revised page that keeps the two strongest quotations” is correct
Instructions in a classroom conversation almost always land in the final turn, and this one carries a limit as well as a task: bring the revised page 'before you touch the rest of the essay'. A student has to hold three things at once — one page, two quotations kept, nothing else revised yet. Replaying just the last turn and listing the steps aloud is a useful drill.
Why the other answers are wrong
- The whole essay, rewritten — She specifically tells him not to work on the rest of the essay until she has seen the page.
- Two additional sources — She calls his existing sources strong and never asks for more.
- A draft with every quotation removed — He asks whether he should cut the quotations, and she answers by telling him to keep two.
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