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Fact or Opinion

Help your ELs learn to understand and differentiate between fact and opinion through the analysis of nonfiction text. This can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson to the Fact or Opinion: Part 1 lesson plan.
This lesson can be used as a pre-lesson for the Fact or Opinion: Part 1 lesson plan.
Grade
Second Grade
Third Grade
Subject
Reading & Writing
English Learner
English Learner Prelessons
View aligned standards
W.3.4, W.3.1.b
CA ELD SL.2
CA ELD L.2
CA ELD W.2
TX ELP c2G
TX ELP c4J
TX ELP c4K
NY NLAP W2: W2.2
NY NLAP SL 2: 2.2
W.2.1
This lesson can be used as a pre-lesson for the Fact or Opinion: Part 1 lesson plan.

Objectives

Academic

Students will be able to identify facts and opinions.

Language
  • Students will be able to find facts and opinions in a nonfiction text.
  • Students will be able to use new vocabulary words using sentence frames.

Introduction

(2 minutes)
Fact or Opinion: Howler MonkeysGraphic Organizer Template: Frayer ModelVocabulary Cards: Fact or OpinionGlossary: Fact or OpinionTeach Background Knowledge TemplateWrite Student-Facing Language Objectives Reference
  • Project and complete the Frayer Model worksheet for the word fact, and check student comprehension throughout by asking students to orally repeat the definition or provide examples.
  • Tell students that today they will analyze sentences to help them understand how to find the difference between facts and opinions.