Firsthand and Secondhand Account

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.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

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.RL.11-12.6

What type of account was the author personally there to experience the event.

• Firsthand Account

• Secondhand Account

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Is this a firsthand or secondhand account?

"During the dust storm, I could not breathe or see my house."

• Firsthand Account

• Secondhand Account

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

Pronouns like _____ , _____ , or _____ will be used in a secondhand account.

• He, she, or they

• ONLY I

• I, me, and we

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

Pronouns like ____ , ____ , ____ we will be used in a firsthand account.

• He, she, they

• ONLY WE

• I, me, we

• It doesn't matter

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

I walked along the river and felt the summer breeze blow against my skin. The water was peaceful and the sound of the birds singing in the trees made me feel at peace.

Is this a firsthand or secondhand account?

• firsthand

• secondhand

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

Harry Houdini was a great magician who performed many daring escape acts. He amazed crowds by escaping handcuffs, unlocking chains and surviving impossible situations. He died on Halloween in 1926.

Is this a firsthand or secondhand account?

• firsthand

• secondhand

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

How do you know the following text is a firsthand account?

I walked along the river and felt the summer breeze blow against my skin. The water was peaceful and the sound of the birds singing in the trees made me feel at peace.

• It uses he, she, or specific names.

• It uses words like river, breeze and trees.

• It uses the word I to show the author is there.

• It is based on the author's research about rivers.

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

How do you know the following text is a secondhand account?

Harry Houdini was a great magician who performed many daring escape acts. He amazed crowds by escaping handcuffs, unlocking chains and surviving impossible situations. He died on Halloween in 1926.

• It is Harry Houdini who is writing the text.

• Harry Houdini was not a real person.

• The author uses a specific name and the word he.

• The author knew Harry Houdini.

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.5.10