Lesson 2: Fact or Opinion?

 Lesson Plan

Tuning In

• Remind the students that the purpose of informative texts is to provide information about a particular topic using facts. Ask the students:
  • What is the purpose of an informative text?
  • What are some types of informative texts?
  • How do informative texts differ from imaginary texts?
• Watch the Fact or Opinion for Kids video on YouTube. After watching, ask the students:
  • What is a fact?
  • Where can we find facts?
  • What is an opinion?

Teacher Instruction

• Project the two texts about lions from the Comprehension Task Cards – Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion on the board. Read the statements on the task card and ask the students to identify whether or not the statement is a fact on an opinion. Encourage the students to provide justification for their responses.
• As a class, complete the creative challenge about lions (which can be found at the bottom of the task card) by listing as many facts and opinions about lions as possible.

Guided/Independent Learning

• Provide the students with a copy of the Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion – Comprehension Task. Read through the text about zebras as a class, then monitor and support the students as they independently complete the comprehension questions.
• Correct the worksheets as a class. As the students correct their answers, encourage them to raise any queries or concerns.

Wrapping Up

• Play the I Have, Who Has? Fact and Opinion Game as a class. Provide each student with a card. The student that has the sentence ‘I am the starter’ begins the game by standing up and reading their card. Once they have read their clue, the student that has the matching fact or opinion on their card stands up and reads what is on their card. The game continues until the last person reads out ‘I am the winner’.

 Differentiation

Extending Students

• Provide any fast finishers with another fact and opinion task card from the pack to work on individually.

Supporting Students

• Allow any students who find reading comprehension challenging to work on the comprehension task in a small group with a teacher or teacher aide.

 Assessment Strategies

Suggested Assessment Strategies

• used strategic whole class or individual questioning
• observed student participation during learning activities
• recorded student progress on a checklist
• annotated student work samples
• collected and reviewed student work samples
• facilitated whole class or peer feedback sessions
• encouraged student self-reflection
• administered formal assessment tasks.

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