Two Narrators, One Event is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on comparing what two narrators of one event describe, aligned to Common Core standard RL.5.6. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
I did not close the mill. The mill closed.
For eleven years I put my own money in. In 1979 I sold my house and moved into the office above the weaving floor, and nobody knew that but my accountant.
People say I should have told them earlier. I have thought about that more than they have. If I had said in January that we might not last the year, half the workforce would have left by February, and then we certainly would not have.
I held on until the day I could not pay them. Then I told them. I have been told this was cowardice. I would call it arithmetic.
1. What did he do in 1979?
2.Now read Text 2 and answer these questions about BOTH texts.
Text 2: The Mill: Ivy Sallow's Account
We knew by the thread.
You cannot work a loom for twenty-two years and not notice when the good cotton stops coming. From about the March, it was the cheap stuff, and it broke.
So we knew something. What we did not know was how long we had, and that is the part I mind.
I could have been looking. My sister found work in Derby that spring and asked me twice. I said the mill would see me out.
He stood on a crate on the Friday and told us. Somebody asked how long he had known. He said he would rather not say. That was the answer, really.
1. How does this account differ from Ivy Sallow's?
2. What do both accounts agree on?
3. How does Ivy's account differ from Mr Whately's?
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Answer key — Two Narrators, One Event
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Sold his house and moved into the office above the weaving floor.
2.1. Whately explains why silence was necessary; Ivy describes what the silence cost her, including the work in Derby. 2. That nobody was told until the day the wages could not be paid. 3. His explains why he stayed silent; hers describes what the silence cost somebody who trusted it.
Questions about Two Narrators, One Event
What does the Two Narrators, One Event worksheet cover?
It practises comparing what two narrators of one event describe — 2 questions for Grade 5, all on Common Core RL.5.6: Show how the narrator's viewpoint shapes the way events are told. The instruction to pupils is “Read Text 1 and answer the question under it”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Two Narrators, One Event practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.6 — RL.5.6, in the Reading: Literature domain for Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Two Narrators, One Event is written for Grade 5, typically ages 10-11. It is one of the sheets on RL.5.6, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Two Narrators, One Event come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Two Narrators, One Event can I print?
25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Two Narrators, One Event free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Two Narrators, One Event, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for RL.5.6
Show how the narrator's viewpoint shapes the way events are told.