Curated OER
Facts and Opinions
For this fact and opinion worksheet, students decide if statements are facts or opinions, write facts and opinions, and more. Students complete 6 activities.
Curated OER
Distinguishing Fact and Opinion
Students pick up clues in the wordage of a sentence to determine if it is factual and give reasons for their feelings. They explain difference between statements of hard fact as found on the front page of a newspaper from that of an...
News Literacy Project
Get Smart About COVID-19
Pandemic or infodemic? Scholars complete an online quiz to determine if they can sort fact from fiction related to COVID-19 information. Pupils view a variety of news articles, social media posts, and video clips to practice identifying...
Curated OER
Richard III by William Shakespeare
In this literature learning exercise, students respond to 25 short answer and essay questions about Shakespeare's Richard III. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the selection at the bottom of the page.
Curated OER
Persuasion in Print
Advertisers target teenagers. Groups select three magazine advertisements for similar products, analyze the appeals used in each, create a poster that features the persuasive techniques used, and present their findings to the class. The...
Curated OER
Finding and Gathering The News
Eighth graders discover what makes an event newsworthy. They research topics by using the five W questions. They examine the difference between facts and opinions and practice interviewing people for stories.
Curated OER
Grappling With War: A Discussion of the Conflict in Iraq
Students examine historical relationship between the United States and Iraq, and differentiate between fact and opinion.
Mr. Ambrose
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Good discussion questions, quizzes, and tests teach as well as assess. Readers of The Great Gatsby will learn much from the materials in a 36-page packet designed to help students prepare for the AP Literature exam. Included in the...
Curated OER
Creative Inventions
Ninth graders develop ideas for an invention and write a persuasive essay explaining why their invention is best. In this invention essay instructional activity, 9th graders review persuasive essay writing. Students create a graphic web...
Curated OER
Cause and Effect
Young scholars identify cause and effect relationships in a short story. After reading a short story, they participate in a discussion of how one event in a story can lead to several others. Students are then paired for a matching task...
Curated OER
Examining newspapers
Students compare and contrast tabloid and broadsheet papers. In this journalism lesson, students examine how techniques and form differs from one type of publication to the other. The culminating activity is for students to take what...
BBC
Bbc Skillswise: Fact or Opinion
As part of the BBC's Skillswise unit, this resource covers the basics of separating fact from opinion through a worksheet, a factsheet, and a quiz.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Reading Skills: Fact or Opinion? Quiz
Determine whether each statement is fact or opinion in this fifteen-question quiz.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Comprehension: Facts and Opinions Quiz
Determine whether each statement is fact or opinion in this ten-question quiz.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Comprehension: Facts vs. Opinions Quiz
Determine whether each statement is fact or opinion in this nine-question quiz.
Other
Fact and Opinion Quiz
A short interactive quiz on the ability to separate fact from opinion. Complete with answers and scores.
Quia
Quia: Fact or Opinion?
This is a 30 question quiz on separating fact from opinion. Students read the statement and select fact or opinion. Java plugin is required.
Other
Teaching and Learning Resources for Ks2 (Ages 7 12):literacy: Fact or Opinion?
This is a 10 question, self-scoring quiz on separating fact from opinion. Students read a sentence and select "fact" or "opinion" from the drop-down menu.
English Zone
English Zone: Simple Present Tense: Fact, Habit, Opinion, or Schedule
This 10question, self-scoring quiz for fact or opinion, but it takes it further to include habit and schedule. Students read the statement and the possible choices and select the correct one. The options are explained with examples at...
Quia
Quia: Comprehension: Fact or Opinion Game #3
Read each sentence and determine whether it is a fact or an opinion in this thirty-question quiz.
Quia
Quia: Fact and Opinion
Read each sentence and determine whether it is fact or opinion in this ten question quiz.
Quia
Quia: Comprehension: Fact or Opinion? Game #2
Read each sentence and determine whether it is a fact or an opinion in this thirty-question quiz.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Test Skill Builders for Reading: Making Judgments [Pdf]
Standardized test practice for students in grades 5 and 6. Students read a practice passage and answer questions that require them to make judgments about such things as fact or opinion and the author's purpose. Answers to the practice...
Quizlet
Quizlet: Types of Details: Test
This interactive quiz features six multiple-choice questions about types of details and their definitions.