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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Fact and Opinion Lessons

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this learning module, students will learn more about the differences between facts and opinions. A PowerPoint presentation and related activity are provided to reinforce the topic of facts vs. opinions. This module is designed to...
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Other

Grade 1 Informative Writing Lessons

For Teachers 1st Standards
Authored by the Tsehai Russell and Della Wright, CLR fellows, this resource provides a 5-day unit of informative writing lessons. Focus lessons related to facts and opinions and paragraph writing. This series is supported by the Academic...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: The Wacky Smear Campaign

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Inspired by Barry Lane's book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports, in this cross-curricular instructional activity students learn how to summarize properly.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How to Choose Your News

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Damon Brown gives the inside scoop on how the opinions and facts (and sometimes non-facts) make their way into the news and how the smart reader can tell them apart. [4:48]
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How False News Can Spread

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In previous decades, most news with global reach came from several major newspapers and networks with the resources to gather information directly. The speed with which information spreads now, however, has created the ideal conditions...