Firsthand Vs. Secondhand Unit Assessment

A firsthand account is told from whose perspective?

• Someone who read about the event

• Someone who experienced the event

• Someone who researched the event

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

A secondhand account is written in what point of view?

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person

• Narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which is a characteristic of a firsthand account?

• Sounds like a news report

• General information

• More emotions and specific details

• Third person point of view

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

Which is an example of a secondhand account?

• Diary

• Textbook

• Autobiography

• Speech

A firsthand account is told from what point of view?

• Second Person

• Narrator

• Third Person

• First Person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

A secondhand account is told from whose perspective?

• Someone who experienced the event

• Someone who has researched about the event

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Which sentence(s) is from a firsthand account?

• In a coordinated attack, the hijackers intentionally flew two of the planes into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, and a third into the Pentagon.

• For a few minutes, I was thinking: "The building is coming down. This is it. These are the last moments of my life."

• Nearly 3,000 people were killed on that day, the single largest loss of life resulting from a foreign attack on American soil.

• On September 11, 2001, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

Which pronoun would be found in a firsthand account?

• My

• He

• She

• They

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

Which sentence is from a secondhand account?

• I didn't see it happen, but the whole building shook. Some people fell down; I didn't.

• If someone had told us "the building you are in is going to collapse in an hour," I think it would have been complete chaos.

• For a few minutes, I was thinking: "The building is coming down. This is it. These are the last moments of my life."

• On September 11, 2001, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

Which pronoun would be found in a secondhand account?

• We

• My

• She

• I

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6