Curated OER
All Wrapped up and Nowhere to Go
Students consider the impact of legislating exessive packaging. In this environmental issues lesson, students visit selected websites to discover information about packaging and UK laws to reduce it. Students...
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Turning Literature into News
Students analyze the format and structure of various newspaper articles. Then, they rewrite events from literature into news stories about acts of kindness.
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Creature Feature
Students research an animal, and create a video to share their information and pictures with the class.
Curated OER
Who To Believe?
Learners interpret meaning from opposing views on the same topic, and discuss that there is often so much "spin" and "hidden agendas" in the media.
Curated OER
Interviewing
Students practice their interviewing skills in this lesson. Using the internet, they plan for the interview process and could be used in their overall project. They must decide what information they want to get out of their interview and...
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New York Explorers
Fourth graders investigate the early explorers of New York state. They identify their country of origin, reason for exploration, and the results. They produce a PowerPoint based on their results.
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Controlling Nuclear Weapons: Debating the Non-proliferation Treaty
Students brainstorm about their prior knowledge of nuclear weapons and answer questions related to nuclear weapons based upon this brainstorming.
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Political Cartoons: Thinking Broadly, Communicating Succinctly
Learners think broadly about the tsunami disaster and its aftermath through studying cartoons. Students critically think about the literary devices the authors/artists use, such as satire, metaphor and personification.
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Creative Writing
Eleventh graders write a persuasive letter to the editor using the writing process.
Curated OER
Body and Media #2
Students discover how media influences body image. They identify how the media creates an ideal beauty. They answer questions after watching "Dying to be Thin".
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African-American Heroes
Students explore websites about famous African-Americans. They work in pairs to decide on an African American who should be honored with a stamp. They write a letter recommending this person for a stamp including appropriate reason why...
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The Dialogues of Difference
Learners research the 1067 Newark riots and examine photographs of the riots for clues as to when they were taken and what was going on. They view different historical perspectives on the riots and then write dialogues based on the...
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Scavenger Hunt
Students search for items in various parts of the newspaper noting the different types of information it provides.
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Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Text Analysis: Fact or Opinion Game [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which learners play a game where they move around a board by determining if statements are facts or opinions. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Text Analysis: Fact or Opinion Football [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which learners play a football card game by determining if sentences are facts or opinions. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Text Analysis: Matter of Fact or Opinion [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students work with a partner to write facts and opinions on different word cards. Materials are included.
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.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Fdr's War Message to Congress Fact or Opinion
Eleventh graders will read FDR's War Message to Congress with a partner recording important details as fact or opinion.
Read Works
Read Works: Grade 2: Two Lesson Unit: Fact and Opinion
[Free Registration/Login Required] Designed to teach students to identify fact and opinion in a text. Lessons are based on the text "Dear Diary" and the book Penguins by Lynn M. Stone. Includes ideas for direct teaching, guided practice,...
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Reading Skills: Fact or Opinion? Quiz
Determine whether each statement is fact or opinion in this fifteen-question quiz.
Hopelink
Hopelink: Reading Lesson Idea: Fact or Opinion?
In this lesson, students must learn to recognize the differences between fact and opinion.
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.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Differentiate Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Opinions in Text
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will learn to differentiate fact from opinion and to decide whether an opinion is substantiated or not.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Critical Reading as a Learning Strategy
This tutorial focuses on critical reading using a downloadable PowerPoint presentation, "Critical Reading 101," which includes separating fact from opinion, 6 propaganda techniques, and 6 common fallacies in reasoning. Also provided is...