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Curated OER

Fact and Opinion Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students draw an illustration of facts and opinions gleaned from a newspaper. In this fact and opinion instructional activity, students read a newspaper and write down specific information. Students illustrate their facts and opinions on...
Interactive
Curated OER

Fact and Opinion: Post Test

For Students 5th - 8th
In this fact and opinion worksheet, students identify sentences as being facts or opinions or choose the fact or opinion sentence. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
Interactive
Curated OER

Fact and Opinion II: Post Test

For Students 5th - 8th
In this fact and opinion worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions where they choose the correct sentences that are either facts or opinions. Students complete 8 problems.
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Curated OER

Determine Fact and Opinion

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this fact and opinion worksheet, students read sentences and label the sentences as either a fact or an opinion. Students complete 12 problems.
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Curated OER

Fact Versus Opinion

For Teachers K - 5th
Students differentiate between fact and opinion. They define fact and opinion, then listen to and identify examples of each. Students identify different books where facts and opinions can be found, and cut out newspaper and magazine...
Interactive
Curated OER

Fact and Opinion 3: Pretest

For Students 5th - 10th
In this fact and opinion worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions where they identify fact and opinion sentences and answer fact and opinion questions about a passage they read. Students complete 10 questions total.
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Curated OER

Reading Comprehension

For Teachers 3rd
After listening to a story learners engage in a kinesthetic activity to answer comprehension and critical thinking questions. Finally, the students identify three main facts about the story. Extensions include a fact and opinion...
Activity
Alcohol Education Trust

Talk About Alcohol: Why Are Young People Advised Not to Drink?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
What should young people think about before drinking alcohol? Have your class consider the eight reasons listed here, some of which are facts, and others opinions. Pupils rank each statement from one to eight, where one is the most...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Skill-Fact and Opinion

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this fact and opinion worksheet, students write either "fact" or "opinion" next to a set of 10 statements about sports. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Facts and Opinions in a Variety of Genres

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Here is a instructional activity dedicated to helping learners understand the differences between facts and opinions. They examine the first page of several books from the class library to determine if the book is fact or opinion based....
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Fact Versus Opinion

For Teachers K - 1st
Is that a fact or an opinion? Learners explore the difference using this pocket chart activity during which partners read statement cards and determine whether they are facts or opinions.
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Curated OER

Locating Facts and Opinions in a Newspaper

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss the difference between fact and opinion. In this language arts lesson, 4th graders search the newspaper and identify factual articles and opinion based articles. Students discuss what makes the article factual or...
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Curated OER

The Jacket: Journal Templates Teacher's Guide

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Explore this story involving prejudice and racism to enhance learners' comprehension skills. The story The Jacket by Andrew Clements involves an African American boy who is falsely accused of stealing someone's jacket. This teacher's...
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Curated OER

School Newspaper

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders run a school newspaper on a school website and discover how to use various literary forms as they relate to the writing process. In this school newspaper instructional activity, 5th graders synthesize information from...
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Curated OER

Fact and Opinion

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students determine the difference between fact and opinion. They identify facts and opinions in a report. Students discuss the porportion of fact and opinion in a report. Students write a profile of the place they live and evaluate facts...
Interactive
Curated OER

Fact and Opinion 3: Post Test

For Students 4th - 6th
In this fact and opinion worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about facts and opinions where they identify sentences and identify facts or opinions. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Curated OER

Fact and Opinion Race

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders differentiate between fact and opinion. They determine if a statement is a fact or an opinion. Students race to be the first team to make it to the finish line while determining if statements are facts or opinions.
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Curated OER

Fact vs. Opinion (Part II)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
How can you tell the difference between fact and opinion? Using newspapers, learners determine which articles contain statements of fact, and which articles reflect the writer's opinion. The lesson plan includes a discussion format and a...
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A Way with Words

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
How do facts and opinions impact the news? After reading "How to Cover a War" from the New York Times, middle schoolers evaluate the claims in the article. They also consider the media's responsibilities in reporting during wartime....
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Newseum

Editorials and Opinion Articles

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Reading the news is fun, and that's a fact! With the lesson plan, scholars differentiate between fact and opinion as they read editorial articles. They complete a worksheet to analyze the information before writing their own editorials...
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Prestwick House

Author’s Purpose in Reagan’s “Tear Down This Wall” Speech

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
President Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" speech, delivered on June 12, 1987 before the Berlin Wall, provides class members with an opportunity to examine three key aspects of informational text: author bias, the use of facts and...
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Curated OER

Is It Fact or Opinion?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Distinguish between fact and opinions in this nonfiction reading instructional activity. Middle schoolers read 'The Diary of an Early American Boy' and work in groups to analyze the text. They record the facts and opinions for the text.
Worksheet
DePaul University

Bold Plans, Big Dreams, City Progress

For Students 7th Standards
Determining which statements represent fact or the author's opinion in an integral part of reading informational text. Encourage seventh graders to read a passage about Barack Obama and the city of Chicago, as well as a passage focused...
Worksheet
DePaul University

Chicago Changes

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Scholars determine statements as fact or opinion in a practice page consisting of two reading passages followed by multiple choice and short answer questions. Fact and opinion passages detail information about Chicago and Ethiopia. 

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