Subject Matter: Facts and Opinion Signal Words/Terms

Materials:

 Illustration Board
 Chalk
 Visual Aids

Objectives:

At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:

 Compose a definition for terms fact and opinion.
 State the difference between opinionated from factual sentences.
 Identify signal words which help explain why is it a fact or an opinion.
 Use signal words to express opinions or state facts.

Motivation:
1. The class, in groups, plays a game called “Fact or Opinion”.
2. They guess if the presented sentences are either factual or opinionated.
3. Each group gets a point for every correct answer written on their illustration
boards.
4. The winning group receives reward by the end of the period.

Processing Activity:
1. The class reads several statements on the board. Some are facts while some are
opinions.
2. They may agree or disagree or reserve judgment for later discussions.

Input:
1. The class, in groups, brainstorms about how they feel on the presented statements
on the board.

Discussion:
1. The students, still in groups, answers the following questions.
 Which of the following statements is an opinion?
 Can this statement be proved true or false?
 If this statement can be proved true or false, how can it be checked?
 What details do the statements provide to convince the reader that the
information is factual?
 What evidence is there to convince the reader that this is an opinion?

Output:
1. The students think of their favourite movie or artists and list down five facts and
five opinions about the subject.
2. Their answers will be written in a ½ sheet of paper and will be submitted to the
teacher

Integration:
1. The students return to their groups and come up with a definition of the terms fact
and opinion.