Quia
Quia: Fact and Opinion
Read each sentence and determine whether it is fact or opinion in this ten question quiz.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Natural Gas: An Energy Resource [Pdf]
"Natural Gas: An Energy Resource" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about how natural gas is located, drilled for, and sent through pipelines throughout the country to people's homes. It is followed by questions which require...
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Reading Activities
An assortment of reading mini-projects are included on this site. Reading skills worksheets and differentiated reading activities are also included.
Read Works
Read Works: Food for Thought
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the implementation of healthy lunches at schools. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
Read Works
Read Works: Lessons: Lesson 1: Opinion
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students to form an opinion using the book Animal Taste.
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Read Works: Lessons: Lesson 2: Fact
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students identify and describe facts using the book Animal Touch.
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.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Unit: Reading Comprehension and Structure
This unit focuses on reading comprehension and structure. It includes lessons on the main idea and supporting details, theme, sequence, fact and opinion, literary devices, character, text features, inferences, organization of nonfiction,...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Persuasion Map
A printable graphic organizer for students to use when writing on opinion or persuasive essay. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching ideas, lesson plans, and other resources are also...
Read Works
Read Works: Growing Up Long Ago
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the typical life of a child during the 1800's. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Nasa Stardust Review
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about NASA's probe, Stardust, which recently completed a seven-year journey to explore space and collect particles. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in...
Read Works
Read Works: Fashion Do or Don't
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage expresses the pros and cons of school uniforms. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for...
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Read Works: Ancient Village at Stonehenge
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about an ancient village archeologists found near Stonehenge. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Junk Food Battles
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the importance of eating nutritious foods. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Junk Food Ad Attack!
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about companies marketing junk food to children. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Nasa's Stardust Review
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the world problem of unsafe drinking water. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included....
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Analyze Literary Essays' Inclusion of Personal Opinions and Facts
In this lesson, you will learn how to identify and discuss the use of facts, personal examples, and ideas and how they are woven into a literary essay.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Fake or Real? How to Self Check the News and Get the Facts
Read a story on Facebook. Read the headline and think it's too good to be true, but it looks like it's from a news site. Experts offer tips to help sniff out fact from fake. One of today's greatest challenges in a media bombarded culture.
University of Virginia Library
Prism: School Lunch
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read an essay by Erin Ruddy entitled "School Lunch," and highlight facts in blue and opinions in red.
Quia
Quia: Fact or Opinion? Game #2 (Quiz)
Five sentences where students are asked to read the cause and then choose the appropriate effect. Answers can be checked after each question and a percentage grade is available at the end of the activity.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Contemplation and Argumentation
In this self-guided unit, you will read Romantic and Transcendental literature and you will practice the art of persuasion using rhetorical devices, appeals, and refutation while avoiding logical fallacies. By the end of the unit, you...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Life Isn't Fair Deal With It" by Mike Myatt
A learning module that begins with "Life Isn't Fair-- Deal With It" by Mike Myatt, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Should Girls Be Allowed to Play High School Football?" by Josh Bean
A learning module that begins with "Should Girls Be Allowed to Play High School Football?" by Josh Bean, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "What Adolescents Miss by Grow Up in Cyberspace" by Brent Staples
In this informational text, Brent Staples explores how the Internet may be impacting teenagers' development. As you read, take notes on what teenagers use the Internet for and how it impacts their development. [Free account registration...