Florida Center for Reading Research: Text Analysis: Matter of Fact or Opinion [Pdf]

A lesson plan in which students play a game where they move around a board by determining if statements are facts or opinions. Materials are included.

A lesson plan in which students play a football card game by determining if sentences are facts or opinions. Materials are included.

A lesson plan in which students read short texts and sort them according to purpose: persuade, inform, entertain, and explain. Materials are included. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.6

A lesson plan in which students read short texts and sort them according to the author's purpose: to persuade, to inform, or to entertain. Materials are included. [PDF]

A lesson plan in which students read a text and use a graphic organizer to make inferences. Materials are included.

Touchdown! Try out this game to help your learners differentiate between fact and opinion. In pairs, pupils switch off reading cards to one another. Learners determine if the sentences on the cards are facts or opinions and continue...

A lesson plan in which students play a game to cover words on a game board by making inferences. Materials are included.

A lesson plan in which students play a game by covering places on a board while making inferences. Materials are included.

Many informational texts are written as factual, but can your learners determine when an opinion is presented as fact? Have your kids read several articles on the same topic and record the statements that contain either facts or...

Challenge your class to determine between facts or opinions in the following PowerPoint. Each section contains an advertisement with stated facts and opinions. This is a great game for learners to play individually or with partners.