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Fact and Opinion Project

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Explore fact and opinion in the newspaper with your high schoolers. they will read the newspaper and write down specific information they identify as fact and information that is an opinion.  Students draw an art project to illustrate...
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Introduce: Fact and Opinion

For Teachers K - 4th
Build reading comprehension and critical-thinking skills as learners focus on discerning fact from opinion. First, introduce the two terms as you test prior knowledge and explain their meanings (there is a scripted explanation here for...
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Comparing and Contrasting: Fact vs. Opinion

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Elementary schoolers investigate nonfiction stories by analyzing facts and opinions. They read nonfiction stories about the Lewis and Clark expedition. Pupils utilize a T-chart to list the facts and opinions on opposite sides, and then...
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University of the Desert

Fact and Opinion within the Media

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How can the media foster cultural misunderstandings? These activities encourage learners to distinguish between fact and opinion in the media
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DePaul University

Contrast and Evaluate Fact and Opinion

For Students 3rd Standards
Looking for a resource that helps learners practice identifying fact and opinion? A four-page learning exercise includes two informational text reading passages. Pupils read each passage and respond to four multiple choice and one short...
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Fact and Opinion: How to Tell the Difference

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore reasoning by completing a worksheet activity in class. For this fact vs. opinion lesson, students identify the differences between a personal opinion and something that is factually true. Students identify several...
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Fact or Opinion (Food)

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts worksheet, students read about the difference between fact and opinion. Students then read 10 statements about food and write "fact" or "opinion." Students write 3 facts about food and 3 opinions.
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Media Smarts

Fact versus Opinion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Part of a series aimed at breaking down cultural bias from the Canadian Media Awareness Network, this activity identifies where opinions do and don't belong in a newspaper. Pupils review handouts about the purpose of editorial comments...
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Organizer
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Fact or Opinion?

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
In this fact or opinion worksheet, students fill in the graphic organizer with a statement of a fact and their opinions about the fact. Students complete 4 sections.
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Dinosaurs: Fact or Opinion

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this fact or opinion worksheet, students evaluate 8 statements about dinosaurs and then determine whether each statement is a fact or an opinion by writing the number that corresponds to each statement in a column labeled fact or...
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Fact or Opinion: Animals

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
How many legs do spiders have? Is that an opinion, or is it a fact? Complete a worksheet with four sets of five questions about different animals and their attributes, noting whether each statement is a fact or an opinion.
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DePaul University

Contrast and Evaluate Fact and Opinion

For Students 8th Standards
How can you tell when an author is expression an opinion or stating a fact? Use two short reading selections to emphasize the difference between a statement that you can prove and one that you can't. The first passage explains food...
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Facts vs. Opinion (Part 1)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Provide pairs of learners with a three-page Fact vs. Opinion packet. The first page of the packet provides a definition of these terms and an opportunity for guided practice. Partners then share their ideas to complete the practice...
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Fact Versus Opinion

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young learners distinguish statements as fact or fiction. After exploring a newspaper, they determine the type of information it contains. They read editorial articles and discuss the differences between the editorial page and the front...
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"The Clever Monkey"

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete a variety of activities related to the book "The Clever Monkey" by Rob Cleveland. They answer story comprehension questions, and rewrite the story. Students also complete a comprehension and fact or opinion...
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Fact and Opinion - Worksheet: 4

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Instruct pupils to determine if a statement is a fact or an opinion with a language arts instructional activity. After reading the sentence and circling the answer, learners explain how they know their answer is correct.
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Fact Or Opinion

For Teachers 7th
Groups of junior highers find newspaper articles which contain both facts and opinions, and present examples of each to the class. The focus is on discerning between fact and opinion. Two excellent worksheets are embedded in the plan...
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A Beautiful Mind: Main ideas and supporting details

For Students 9th - 12th
This instructional activity that accompanies a reading of A Beautiful Mind includes over 20 questions that address theme, fact and opinion, supporting details, characterization, and quote comprehension.
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Facts or Opinions - Wonderful Worms

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students watch a video about how the worm's value affects the environment and create a fact and opinion chart about it. In this fact and opinion lesson plan, students create a 2 column chart analyzing what is fact and what is opinion...
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Organizer
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Fact or Opinion Graphic Organizer

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students read the difference between a fact and an opinion. They identify a topic and write facts or opinions in the chart to help them organize their thoughts and information.
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Organizer
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Fact or Opinion Graphic Organizer

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students read the definitions of facts and opinions. They identify a topic and complete a chart with facts and opinions about that topic.
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Lesson 2: Distinguish Fact from Opinion in Books

For Teachers 2nd Standards
An important part of reading informational text is being able to discern fact from opinion. The class reads chapter one from the book, Penguins by Lynn M. Stone. They analyze specific sections of the text to determine if what is being...
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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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Lesson 3: Proving Facts and Forming Opinions

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Time for Kids: Butterflies is used to model the process of determining if a text is based on fact or opinion. Children are taught how to skim for key words, and use headings or chapter names to locate proof of whether or not what they...

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