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English for Academic and Professional Purposes T6.1: Teaching Guide

Topic 6: FACTS AND OPINION IN ACADEMIC TEXT T6: Acid Plan (1st)

TOPIC / LESSON NAME FACTS AND OPINION IN ACADEMIC TEXT

CONTENT STANDARDS The learner acquires knowledge of appropriate reading strategies for a better understanding of academic texts

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS The learner produces a detailed abstract of information gathered from the various academic texts read

The learner would be able to:

LEARNING COMPETENCIES
 Critique an academic text to find the fact or opinion information

Objectives (per meeting) At the end of the lesson, the learner will be able to:
SPECIFIC LEARNING OUTCOMES  Differentiate facts from opinion in academic text
 Distinguish facts and opinion in academic text

TIME ALLOTMENT 4 hours (August 20-23, 2018)

Photos, videos, flash cards, visual aids

MATERIALS
Power Point Presentation
Wyson; English for Academic and Professional Purposes; 2016 by Vibal Group Inc.
RESOURCES 1253 G. Araneta Avenue, Quezon City
FILES%202017-2018/FIRST%20SEMESTER'S%20FILES/CG-Jhomz/SHS%20Contextualized_English%20for%20Academic
%20and%20Professional%20Purposes%20CG.pdf

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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY
CUENCA, BATANGAS

English for Academic and Professional Purposes T6.1: Teaching Guide

Topic 6: FACTS AND OPINION IN ACADEMIC TEXT T6: Acid Plan (1st)

LESSON OUTLINE:
1. INTRODUCTION : Recapitulation of the previous topic
2. MOTIVATION : Viewing a simple video clip
3. INSTRUCTION/DELIVERY : Discuss the topic about facts and opinion
4. PRACTICE : Easy-medium-hard questions orally
5. ENRICHMENT : Small group activity about Fact/Opinion
6. EVALUATION : Making a reflection about the topic

MEETING
PROCEDURE LEARNERS’ NEEDS

1. ACTIVITY / INTRODUCTION :
Let the students remind 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?

2. MOTIVATION:
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?

3. ANALYSIS / INSTRUCTION / DELIVERY : Learning Discussion

Project the Fact or Opinion – Turtles Worksheet on the board. Read each of the statements on
the worksheet and ask the students to identify whether or not the statement is a fact on an opinion.

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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY
CUENCA, BATANGAS

English for Academic and Professional Purposes T6.1: Teaching Guide

Topic 6: FACTS AND OPINION IN ACADEMIC TEXT T6: Acid Plan (1st)

Encourage the students to provide justification for their responses.

Remind the students of the two texts about owls from the previous lesson. Draw a picture of
an owl on the board. Encourage the students to suggest some facts about owls and some opinions about
owls.

4. ABSTRACTION / PRACTICE :
1. Provide the students with a copy of Fact or Opinion – Sentence Sort Worksheet. Monitor and support the
students as they complete the sorting activity.
2. ask the students to choose one of the topics from the sorting activity. Eg. Butterflies. Allow the students to
complete a fact and opinion drawing for their chosen topic.
3. Discuss the answers of the sorting activity as a class. As the students correct their answers, encourage them
to raise any queries or concerns.

4. ENRICHMENT:
Group Activity : Play the I Have, Who Has? Fact and Opinion Game as a class. Provide each students 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.’

5. ASSESMENT / EVALUATION:
A. Assign students to do a reflection paper about the topic facts and opinion.
B. Research for what is a reaction paper.

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 CUENCA INSTITUTE
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY
CUENCA, BATANGAS

English for Academic and Professional Purposes T6.1: Teaching Guide

Topic 6: FACTS AND OPINION IN ACADEMIC TEXT T6: Acid Plan (1st)

Prepared by: Noted by:

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JHOMALYN C. ASUAR LILIA L. REMO

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