Suckered – School Journal Level 3 November 2018

In this story, two rival students named Jason and Maia compete in a triple-points classroom quiz where they must use their research skills to verify the existence of the “North American tree octopus,” ultimately learning a lesson about the importance of evaluating the reliability of internet sources.

Keywords: competition, evaluating evidence, fact checking, hoax, humour, information, internet, participating and contributing, quizzes, relating to others, school, sources, teamwork, thinking, tree octopus, websites