Fact And Opinion Assessment. Students will be asked to identify whether a sentence is a fact or opinion (ten sentences). Facts are statements that are either backed up directly by evidence or where evidence can easily be retrieved to prove it.
Remind the students of the two texts about owls from the previous lesson. Students will also work with partners or small groups to complete some file folder games about fact vs. opinion. Fact-Opinion Cut & Paste (Basic) Cut the statements and glue them in the correct column.
Encourage the students to provide justification for their responses.
The fact is described as the statement that can be verified or proved to be true.
Closure/Wrap up: Students will complete and animal fact vs. opinion Pew Research Center does not take policy positions. Information that can be proven to be true or false (Fact) and a personal statement of what one believes about a subject (Opinion).