RI.5.6 Lewis and Clark Passages

What makes you a "first-hand" witness of something?

• Hearing about it from a friend

• Reading about it in a book

• Actually being there and seeing it for yourself

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Which passage is the FIRSTHAND account?

• American Explorers: Lewis and Clark

• Journal Excerpts

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

Which passage is the SECONDHAND account?

• American Explorers: Lewis and Clark

• Journal Excerpts

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

How can I identify the FIRSTHAND account?

• The passage has a problem and solution.

• The passage involves two or more people.

• The passage gives many details about an event.

• The passage gives personal feelings and experiences of an event.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

How can I identify the SECONDHAND account?

• The passage has a problem and solution.

• The passage involves two or more people.

• The passage gives many details about an event.

• The passage gives personal feelings and experiences of an event.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

How are the FIRSTHAND and SECONDHAND accounts similar?

• They both give details about the exploration of Lewis and Clark.

• They both describe personal feelings of Lewis and Clark.

• They both give information about the American Revolution.

• They both talk about the reason for Lewis and Clark's expedition.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

How are the FIRSTHAND and SECONDHAND accounts different?

• The FIRSTHAND account talks about Lewis and Clark's discoveries; The SECONDHAND account talks about their feelings.

• The FIRSTHAND account talks about the reason for the exploration; The SECONDHAND account talks about Lewis and Clark's childhood.

• The FIRSTHAND account talks about Lewis and Clark's feelings/experiences; The SECONDHAND account talks about their discoveries.

• The FIRSTHAND account talks about Lewis and Clark's childhood; The SECONDHAND account talks about the reason for the exploration.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

How is the focus different in the two passages?

• Readers learn how Lewis and Clark felt in the FIRSTHAND account and not the SECONDHAND account.

• Readers learn how Lewis and Clark felt in the SECONDHAND account and not the FIRSTHAND account.

• The FIRSTHAND account focuses only on a problem, but the SECONDHAND account focuses only on a solution.

• The SECONDHAND account focuses only on a problem, but the FIRSTHAND account focuses only on a solution.

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is a benefit of reading BOTH accounts?

• Reading both passages helps readers learn more about the purpose of the exploration.

• Reading both passages helps readers understand how each person on the trip felt.

• Reading both passages helps readers learn more details about how Lewis and Clark felt while also learning more details about the trip.

• Reading both passages helps readers know where Lewis and Clark explored.

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

This sentence could be found in a FIRSTHAND account passage: We discovered many different animals on our exploration.

• True
• False