Fact vs

Opinion
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Topic Lesson Competency/ ies Instructional Using Description of Strategies
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The teacher asks the students to read
Newspaper Search! the article through once. Then, have
them go back, re-reading the article and
Fact vs Opinion
highlighting facts and opinions using
Materials Needed: different color highlighters for each. This
(Identify facts and
opinions in the news EN7RC-III-h-2.13 Copies of the article/ lesson can also be done by dividing the
viewed/ read article) newspaper/ blog, students into two groups. One group
and two different searches for facts, highlighting in one
colored highlighters color; the other group searches for
for each student. opinions, highlighting in the other color.

Assessment: Once students finish searching for facts and opinions, they share their findings. Create a
master list of these findings, correcting any errors in judgment, as the students share their lists.
 Let’s define FACT and
OPINION!
A fact is something which is true, which can be
proven.

An opinion is a belief and can't be proven.

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Topic Lesson Competency/ ies Instructional Materials Description of Strategy/ ies
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Using object
Figures of Speech
Differentiating Simile, EN7V-IIc-10.1.2
EN7V-IId-10.1.2 Matching Type
Metaphor, and
EN7V-IIe-10.1.2
Personification)
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http://www.fortheteachers.org/Printables/Fact_Opinion_Chart.pdf
Other people's opinion of you
does not have to become your
reality.
Les Brown