First/Secondhand Account/Assessment
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9 questions
Note from the author:
Comparing and Contrasting First and Secondhand Accounts
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Write a sentence from each passage that supports your answer to Part A. One sentence starts with To Space and Back, then give your evidence. Next, write another sentence that starts with Memorable Milestones and give your evidence.
Write a sentence from each passage that supports your answer to Part A. One sentence starts with To Space and Back, then give your evidence. Next, write another sentence that starts with Memorable Milestones and give your evidence.
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You will now compare the different accounts of the same event. Drag and drop the statment that describes "To Space and Back" or that describes "Memorable Milestones." Drag the statement on the left to the article or the memoir on the right. Some statements may describe both accounts.
You will now compare the different accounts of the same event. Drag and drop the statment that describes "To Space and Back" or that describes "Memorable Milestones." Drag the statement on the left to the article or the memoir on the right. Some statements may describe both accounts.
- Describes the launch of a space shuttle
- Describes the launch of a space shuttle
- To Space and Back
- Memorable Milestones
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Explains how the launch effects the author's body
Explains how the launch effects the author's body
- Explains how the launch affects the author's body
- Explain how the launch affects the author's body
- To Space and Back
- Memorable Milestones
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Tells why the mission was unlike other missions
Tells why the mission was unlike other missions
- Tells why the mission was unlike other missions
- Tells why the mission was unlike other missions
- To Space and Back
- Memorable Milestones
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Presents all events as taking place in the past
Presents all events as taking place in the past
- Presents all events as taking place in the past
- Presents all events as taking place in the past
- To Space and Back
- Memorable Milestones
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Presents events as if they are taking place now
Presents events as if they are taking place now
- Presents events as if they are taking place now
- Presents events as if they are taking place now
- To Space and Back
- Memorable Milestones
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Describe the difference in focus between Sally Ride's memoir and the acount of the launch in "Mission Milestones." Reread the two texts. Underline details that show the difference in the focus of each account. Then, use that evidence to write an essay. You should include relevant text evidence from Sally Ride’s memoir that contrasts (differs) with information provided about the Challenger mission in the magazine article. You may use a Venn Diagram to help you organize your thoughts before you write. Use your rubric to check your work and remember to only write about how the memoir and magazine article are different and use evidence from both texts.
Describe the difference in focus between Sally Ride's memoir and the acount of the launch in "Mission Milestones." Reread the two texts. Underline details that show the difference in the focus of each account. Then, use that evidence to write an essay. You should include relevant text evidence from Sally Ride’s memoir that contrasts (differs) with information provided about the Challenger mission in the magazine article. You may use a Venn Diagram to help you organize your thoughts before you write. Use your rubric to check your work and remember to only write about how the memoir and magazine article are different and use evidence from both texts.