Identify a source’s relationship to an event
Use the source’s creation role and purpose. Do not assume firsthand means complete or unbiased.
About 20 minutes, plus any extended practice
Supplied materials
- Paper and pencil, or a browser text area. All named people/events/records are fictional learning inputs.
- Worked case: Excerpt A: Question: How does a paper hinge bend? Candidate focused query: paper hinge fold mechanism. Excerpt B: Jo built the model and recorded each bend in a diary that day. Excerpt C: Source: The hinge tore after five bends. Draft: The hinge tore after five bends. No marks or source name appear. Excerpt D: Lea: The hinge may fail. Jo: What do you mean by fail in this trial?
- Primary check: Excerpt A: Question: What materials make the paper bridge? Candidate focused query: paper bridge materials list. Excerpt B: A reporter compared three builders’ diaries in a later article. Excerpt C: Source: The hinge tore after five bends. Draft: According to no named source, five repeated folds preceded tearing. Excerpt D: Lea: Label the hinge. Jo: Building on that, we could add arrows to its exact location.
Learn the idea
A firsthand account describes a participant’s experience; a later synthesis combines records; a manual gives directions; an advertisement promotes. Each can be useful for a different question.
Use the source’s creation role and purpose. Do not assume firsthand means complete or unbiased.
Original worked input: Original excerpt B: Jo built the model and recorded each bend in a diary that day. The task is to identify a source’s relationship to an event. The answer is “firsthand participant account”. Evidence: Jo built the model and recorded each bend in a diary that day. Reasoning: firsthand participant account is supported because a participant recorded their own actions or experience. An advertisement can contain facts but also has a promotional purpose.
- Read the supplied worked case and identify the part named in this lesson. An adult can model unfamiliar words.
- Use the source’s creation role and purpose. Do not assume firsthand means complete or unbiased.
- Check the worked solution: firsthand participant account. Evidence: Jo built the model and recorded each bend in a diary that day. Reasoning: firsthand participant account is supported because a participant recorded their own actions or experience. An advertisement can contain facts but also has a promotional purpose.
- Use the new primary and practice cases. Give a reason from the actual words before checking the feedback.
See the method in action
Original excerpt B: Jo built the model and recorded each bend in a diary that day. Solved: firsthand participant account. Evidence: Jo built the model and recorded each bend in a diary that day. Reasoning: firsthand participant account is supported because a participant recorded their own actions or experience. An advertisement can contain facts but also has a promotional purpose. Use the source’s creation role and purpose. Do not assume firsthand means complete or unbiased.
Check your reasoning
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Helpful tips
- Participant status concerns relationship, not automatic accuracy.
- An advertisement can contain facts but also has a promotional purpose.
See the answer and explanation
later synthesis using other accounts
Evidence: A reporter compared three builders’ diaries in a later article. Reasoning: later synthesis using other accounts is supported because the later author combines earlier accounts. An advertisement can contain facts but also has a promotional purpose.
Take it further
Changed-input task: Original excerpt B: A later overview compiles notices from three event organizers. Give an evidence-based answer before looking at the model. Expected reasoning: Evidence: A later overview compiles notices from three event organizers. Reasoning: later synthesis using other accounts is supported because the later author combines earlier accounts. An advertisement can contain facts but also has a promotional purpose. Then write a brief alternative sentence, paragraph, source note or scene that demonstrates the same operation; label new fictional details and preserve source limits.
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