After your teacher tells you and your classmates a funny story about her first time riding a roller coaster, your classmate draws a comic strip about the event. The comic strip is...

• firsthand account

• secondhand account

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

You read a book about World War I. It includes letters written from the soldiers to their loved ones back home in America, telling them about the war. The letters are...

• firsthand account
• secondhand account

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

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Your teacher shows you famous photographs captured during the Great Depression. The photographs are… 

• firsthand account
• secondhand account

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

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You read an encyclopedia entry about the person who invented the microwave. The entry is… 

• firsthand account
• secondhand account

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

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CCSS.RL.5.10

You can find firsthand account by finding the pronouns

• you, your
• he, she, it
• I, me, we, us

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

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A first hand account is when someone is __________ .

• there
• not there

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

A description of an REAL event that is based on research and written by someone who was NOT there to witness the event is called a ______________________.

• Firsthand Account
• Secondhand Account
• Third Person Point of View
• First Person Point of View

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is an example of a firsthand account?

• a newspaper article about the president visiting a local elementary school
• a letter written by someone who saw their house destroyed by a tornado
• a nonfiction book about the sinking of the Titanic
• a science textbook

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

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Is this passage written by firsthand or secondhand accounts?

"Today I went to the mall to hang out with my friends. We had such a great time because we bought lots of toys and clothes for Christmas!"

• firsthand account

• secondhand account

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

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What account is the following passage?

"The people moved West because they wanted to search for gold. They hoped they would get land and become rich."

• firsthand account

• secondhand account

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9