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Fact and Opinion by ECSDM

English Language Arts (2005)

Intermediate, 5th Grade

45-minutes

The students will identify facts and opinions to 80% accuracy.

Activate prior knowledge by displaying slide one and discuss what students already know about fact and opinion.
Display slide two, move the blue boxes out of the way to display the two meanings of a fact.
Display slide three, move the red boxes out of the way to display the two meaning of an opinion.
Display slide four, and explain the definitions again in "child friendly" language with a graphic for remembrance.
Display slide five, and click the "speaker" to activate sounds to create excitement for the practice.
Display slide six, and allow the students to decide whether the statement is a fact or an opinion. They can come up to the board and click their statement to see if it is right.
Display slide seven, click the speaker to create excitement.
Display slide eight, which is an interactive game. The students will choose which statements are facts. Those statements will slide into the basket.
Display slide nine, which is another interactive page. The students will choose opinions and place them in the bucket.
Display slide ten, to give directions for the quiz.
Display slide eleven, students write their answers on loose-leaf paper and hand in. The shade feature is helpful to use for the quiz, revealing one slide at a time.

At the end of the lesson, the students will take a quiz. They have to independently decide if a statement is a fact or an opinion.

This lesson is intended to teach what is a fact and what is an opinion. It was created for use in a fifth grade classroom.