Worksheet

Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts

Grade 4 - Reading - On Level

NameDate

  1. Reader source sort: is a journal entry written during a class trip firsthand or secondhand?

    • map
    • fiction
    • secondhand
    • firsthand

  2. Writer-position clue: which clue explains the account type for a news article written years after the town parade?

    • it was written as a later summary
    • the author summarizes information
    • the speaker attended
    • the writer explains later

  3. Informational source sort: is a letter from a hiker describing the storm she saw firsthand or secondhand?

    • firsthand
    • secondhand
    • fiction
    • map

  4. Account evidence clue: which clue explains the account type for a textbook section about a past invention?

    • the writer explains later
    • the hiker experienced it
    • the author summarizes information
    • the writer was there

  5. Reader source sort: is a speech by a mayor who attended the opening firsthand or secondhand?

    • fiction
    • secondhand
    • map
    • firsthand

  6. Writer-position clue: which clue explains the account type for an encyclopedia entry about a famous explorer?

    • it was written as a later summary
    • the hiker experienced it
    • the author summarizes information
    • the speaker attended

  7. Informational source sort: is a journal entry written during a class trip firsthand or secondhand?

    • secondhand
    • fiction
    • firsthand
    • map

  8. Account evidence clue: which clue explains the account type for a news article written years after the town parade?

    • the writer explains later
    • the author summarizes information
    • the writer was there
    • the hiker experienced it

  9. Reader source sort: is a letter from a hiker describing the storm she saw firsthand or secondhand?

    • secondhand
    • fiction
    • map
    • firsthand

  10. Writer-position clue: which clue explains the account type for a textbook section about a past invention?

    • the speaker attended
    • the writer was there
    • the author summarizes information
    • the hiker experienced it
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