Groundhog Day: Analyzing Multiple Accounts Webquest and Informational Writing

CCSS.RI.5.6, CCSS.W.5.2.A-E

This is a webquest activity that has students analyze four different accounts of Groundhog Day, and find similarities and differences among the accounts.

The accounts of this event are in a variety of formats, from multiple sources (videos, articles, etc.).

Students will determine whether each document is a firsthand or secondhand account, the author's purpose, and analyze for important details/information.

In addition to supporting the common core informational text standards involving multiple accounts of the same event/topic, this product also supports common core informational writing standards. Included with this product is a text-based writing prompt and planning sheet, requiring students to inform about the history and traditions of the Groundhog Day celebration.

Your purchase includes:

• Teacher Directions
• Groundhog Day: Analyzing Multiple Accounts of the Same Event activity sheets
• Groundhog Day: Analyzing Multiple Accounts of the Same Event questions
• Comparing and Contrasting Multiple Accounts of the Same Event Comparison table
• Comparing and Contrasting Multiple Accounts of the same event Venn Diagram
• Groundhog Day Text-Based Informational Writing Prompt

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KEYWORDS: groundhog day, Punxsutawney Phil, text-based informational writing prompt