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Bias

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners apply techniques of distinguishing between fact and opinion. Students identify words associated with persuasion and argument. Learners read and categorizer a variety of newspapers and articles. Students identfy bias in a...
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Worksheet
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Fact and Opinion

For Students 4th - 6th
In this fact and opinion activity, students review the difference between fact and opinion and then identify 10 sentences as either fact or opinion.
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Organizer
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Fact or Opinion Graphic Organizer

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students read the difference between a fact and an opinion. They identify a topic and write facts or opinions in the chart to help them organize their thoughts and information.
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Organizer
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Fact or Opinion Graphic Organizer

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students read the definitions of facts and opinions. They identify a topic and complete a chart with facts and opinions about that topic.
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Facts or Opinions - Wonderful Worms

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students watch a video about how the worm's value affects the environment and create a fact and opinion chart about it. In this fact and opinion lesson plan, students create a 2 column chart analyzing what is fact and what is opinion...
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Fact or Opinion-Manatees

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students decipher factual information about manatees.  In this biological science lesson, students research characteristics about manatees.  They use that information to separate facts from common opinions about the animals.  Students...
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Ace Inquirer

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students use game simulation software to increase their reading comprehension. They work in teams to determine whether statements are fact or opinion. They complete a Fact/Opinion Scavenger Hunt. They simulate that they are part of the...
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Murders in the Rue Morgue

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders view half of the video, Murders in the rue Morgue, and predict who is the killer. They evaluate the differences between fact, opinion and assumoption, and they apply inductive reasoning skills to solve other mystery tales.
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Fact or Opinion

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this writing worksheet, students write facts and opinions about a given topic. Students use a graphic organizer to organize their information.
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Interactive
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Fact or Opinion

For Students 4th - 7th
In this online interactive fact or opinion activity, students read a brief selection and respond to 10 multiple choice questions that require them to determine whether the 10 statements are facts or opinions.
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Fact or Opinion?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders design a political cartoon. In this fact and opinion activity, 3rd graders examine political cartoons and distinguish fact from opinion. Students create a political cartoon on the topic of their choice.
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Form an Opinion Based on Facts

For Teachers 1st Standards
Explore fact and opinion through higher level thinking and literacy. Kids listen to the beginning of A Picture Book of Helen Keller by David A. Adler and identify facts in the text. They follow along as the teacher models how to form an...
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Lesson 2: Distinguish Fact from Opinion in Books

For Teachers 2nd Standards
An important part of reading informational text is being able to discern fact from opinion. The class reads chapter one from the book, Penguins by Lynn M. Stone. They analyze specific sections of the text to determine if what is being...
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Locating Facts and Opinions in a Newspaper

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss the difference between fact and opinion. In this language arts instructional activity, 4th graders search the newspaper and identify factual articles and opinion based articles. Students discuss what makes the...
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Identifying Facts and Forming Opinions

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Kirsten Hall's animal books provide learners with an opportunity to practice forming statements of opinions and factual statements. Using sentence starters such as "I learned. . ." and "I think. . ." class members craft sentences cite a...
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Opinion

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
An important concept for youngsters to learn is that there is a difference between facts and opinions. Use Kirsten Hall's Animal Touch to introduce the idea that an opinion is how one feels or thinks about something and that others are...
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Identifying Opinions with Signal Words

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify opinions within a text. In this language arts instructional activity, 1st graders discuss the definition of opinion. Students identify words that signal opinions and work together to identify opinions within the text.
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Prestwick House

Reading Nonfiction: Analyzing Joseph McCarthy's "Enemies from Within" Speech

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Looking for a instructional activity that teaches class members how to analyze nonfiction? Use Joseph McCarthy's famous "Enemies from Within" speech as a instructional text. Worksheet questions direct readers' attention to the many...
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Worksheet
DePaul University

Bold Plans, Big Dreams, City Progress

For Students 7th Standards
Determining which statements represent fact or the author's opinion in an integral part of reading informational text. Encourage seventh graders to read a passage about Barack Obama and the city of Chicago, as well as a passage focused...
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Worksheet
DePaul University

Chicago Changes

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Scholars determine statements as fact or opinion in a practice page consisting of two reading passages followed by multiple choice and short answer questions. Fact and opinion passages detail information about Chicago and Ethiopia. 
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Worksheet
DePaul University

Seasons on the Prairie

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Fact and opinion passages inform readers about the seasons on the prairie and Zambia in Southern Africa. Then, test scholar's knowledge with multiple choice and short answer questions.     
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Lesson Plan
Newseum

You Can’t Say That: In My Opinion

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
As a part of a study of the First Amendment, high schoolers research a current news story that seems to involve one of the freedoms granted by the First Amendment. Investigators decide whether they think the action presented in the story...
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Writing
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Student Opinion: What Are You Afraid Of?

For Students 7th - 12th
A great resource for informational texts as well as writing topics, the New York Times website provides writing prompts about various news articles through The Learning Network. This particular worksheet provides a very short reading...
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Facts vs. Opinions in Ads

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students develop criteria for determining statements of opinion. They practice discerning statements of opinions in advertisements.

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