September 6, 2015

by Elizabeth S. Tyree

Lesson plan

Fact or Opinion: Part 1

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Do you need extra help for EL students? Try the Fact or Opinion pre-lesson.

Contents

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Grade

Second Grade Third Grade

Subject

Reading & writing Writing Process Writing Organization Supporting Ideas with Evidence in Writing Genre Writing Opinion Writing

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W.3.1.b W.3.4

English Language Arts and Reading Grade 1 1.11.B.ii 1.11.B.ii 1.11.C Grade 2 2.11.B.ii 2.11.B.ii Grade 3 3.11.B.ii 3.11.B.i 3.11.B.ii 3.12.C Grade 4 4.11.B.ii 4.11.B.i 4.11.B.ii 4.12.C

English Grade One W.1.12.a W.1.12.b W.1.12.c W.1.12.d W.1.12.e W.1.12.f W.1.12.h Grade Two W.2.10.a W.2.10.b W.2.10.c W.2.10.d W.2.10.e W.2.10.f W.2.10.g W.2.10.h W.2.10.i Grade Three W.3.8.a W.3.8.b W.3.8.c W.3.8.d W.3.8.e W.3.8.f W.3.8.g W.3.8.h W.3.8.i W.3.8.j Grade Four W.4.7.a W.4.7.b W.4.7.c W.4.7.d W.4.7.e W.4.7.f W.4.7.g W.4.7.h W.4.7.i W.4.7.j W.4.7.k W.4.7.l W.4.7.m

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English Year 1 ACELY1661.c Year 2 ACELY1671.a

English Level 1 W.VCELY194.3 Level 2 W.VCELT229.1 W.VCELY230.1

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Materials and preparation

Paper
Pencils
Meet the Howlers by April Pulley Sayre (or similar non-fiction picture book)
Color the Howler Monkey worksheet
Fact or Opinion worksheet
Chart paper
Markers
Colored pencils

EL Proficiency Level

beginning

intermediate

Related books and/or media

A book such as: Meet the Howlers! by April Pulley Sayre et al. http://a.co/5OVmBxx
Find interactive books for each child’s level.

Key terms

facts
opinions
falsehood

Do you need extra help for EL students? Try the Fact or Opinion pre-lesson.

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to distinguish facts and opinions.

The adjustment to the whole group lesson is a modification to differentiate for children who are English learners.

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Introduction

(5 minutes)

Tell the students that today they are going to learn about facts, true statements, and opinions, which are personal views or attitudes that might change.
Activate prior knowledge by asking questions. For example: What is a fact? What is an opinion?
Have students write the words fact and opinion and copy down the definitions onto a piece of loose leaf paper.

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

(20 minutes)

Draw a KWL (know, want to know, learned) chart on the board, and have students tell you what they think they know about howler monkeys, or whatever your chosen topic is, and what they want to know about them.
Pre-read by looking over the pictures and seeing if there are any "facts" on the KWL chart that can already be marked as either an opinion or falsehood (something that can be disproved).
Read Meet the Howlers aloud to the class.
Discuss what "facts" turned out not to be facts and why some are opinions. For example, the idea that howler monkeys don't have tails is a falsehood because it can be disproved, and the idea that monkeys like to sing is an opinion.

Guided Practice

(5 minutes)

Hand out the Fact or Opinion worksheet.
Read the first passage together, and determine as a class whether or not the passage contains facts or opinions.
Answer any questions your students may have before independent working time.

Independent working time

(15 minutes)

Ask students to complete the second case of the Fact or Opinion worksheet.
Next, tell students to write their favorite howler monkey fact that they learned on the back of the completed worksheet. Have them write an opinion about the monkeys.
Write what your students learned in the L column of the chart.

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Differentiation

Enrichment: Encourage your students to use other resources to find information on the howler monkeys. Have them research another topic and write a paragraph that has both facts and opinions.

Support: Give your students the coloring page to complete, and have them write their own opinions about monkeys on the other side of the paper.

Technology Integration

Computers or tablets can be used for students to research facts.

Assessment

(5 minutes)

Assess students through observation of interaction during the KWL chart and working periods.

Review and closing

(5 minutes)

Remind your students of the definitions of fact and opinion.
Close by having your students reflect on the importance of distinguishing facts and opinions.

Lesson plan

Fact or Opinion: Part 1

Learning Objectives

Introduction

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

Guided Practice

Independent working time

Differentiation

Technology Integration

Assessment

Review and closing

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Lesson plan

Fact or Opinion: Part 1

Learning Objectives

Introduction

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

Guided Practice

Independent working time

Differentiation

Technology Integration

Assessment

Review and closing

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