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Features

  • Three events, each told in three accounts
  • Journals, messages, reports, an interview, a blog and a news story
  • What all the accounts agree on, and what only one tells
  • Each writer's point of view, and how it shapes the account
  • Which account to trust for which question
  • A chart to compare three accounts of any event
  • Answer keys included

Skills Covered

  • Compare several accounts of the same event
  • Find what each account tells that the others do not
  • Describe the point of view of each account
  • Decide which account to trust for a question

How to Use This Pack

Pages 1 to 6 are three events, each a page of three accounts and then a page of questions. Page 7 compares three accounts of any event.

In the Classroom

Give each group one account to read aloud as its writer would say it. Then the groups compare: what did everyone agree on, and why did each writer notice different things?

At Home

After a family outing, ask each person to tell what happened in one or two sentences. Talk about why the stories are different even though everyone was there.

Tips for Success

  • People who see the same event notice different things
  • A writer's job and feelings shape what they tell
  • Firsthand writers were there; others learned about it
  • Use more than one account to understand an event

Multiple Accounts of One Event for 5th Grade

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Three animal events, a moose at a school, a whale in a harbor and a bear at a campground, each told three times by people who saw it differently, at a 5th grade level. Children compare what each account tells and the point of view each one shows.

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What’s Included

  • 3 events, each with three accounts and a page of questions
  • 1 chart to compare three accounts
  • Answer keys
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