I.

OBJECTIVES

A. Content The learner demonstrates understanding of: Philippine literature in the Period of
Standards Emergence as a tool to assert one’s identity; strategies in listening to and viewing of
informative and short narrative texts; word relationships and associations; informative
speech forms; and use of direct/reported speech, passive/ active voice, simple past and
past perfect tenses, and sentence connectors.
B. Performance The learner transfers learning by: showing ways of asserting one’s identity;
Standards comprehending informative and short narrative texts using schema and appropriate
listening and viewing strategies; expressing ideas, opinions, and feelings through
various formats; and enriching written and spoken communication using
direct/reported speech, active/passive voice, simple past and past perfect tenses and
connectors correctly and appropriately.

C. Learning Distinguish fact from opinion.

Competencies EN7RC-III-g2.13

II. CONTENT Fact and opinion

III. LEARNING
RESOURCES
A. References English 7 Learner’s Module

B. Other Learning
Resources
1.Teachers Guide

2.Learners Guide Pages 78-79

3..Textbook Pages 78-79

4.Additional Materials
from Learning Resource
(LR) portal

IV.
PROCEDURES

Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity

A. Preliminary Activities
Before we start, let us all stand and ask the guidance of
our Almighty God to enlighten the mind of everyone as
we will discuss a new lesson this morning. In the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen
Glory be to the Father, to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was the beginning is now and ever shall world
without end. Amen
Good morning class! Good morning Ma’am!
How’s your day?
It’s nice to hear that class but it seems that you’re a bit We’re good Ma’am.
sleepy most especially at this time, some of you might
want to sleep at home. For you to be alive, let’s have an
energizer.
Everybody pick up the pieces of papers that you can
see under your seats and don’t forget to check the
alignments of your chairs. Yes Ma’am.
Are you done?
You may now be seated. Sit properly class so that you
won’t feel sleepy. There are no absentees today Ma’am.
Are there absentees today?
 Excellent class! It’s nice to know that all are present
today most especially we’ll be discussing a new lesson.
A good start indeed!
B. Review
Before we proceed to our new lesson for today, let’s
have first a recap of our past lesson. As you can see, I
have here a ball and you have to pass it while we are
going to play a song and as the music stops you have to
answer the question. A clause is consist of subject and verb.
What is a clause? Independent clause is a sentence that can stand by its own.
What is independent clause? Dependent clause cannot stand by its own.
What is dependent clause?
Very good class it’s nice to know that all of you are
having such a great mindset.
C. Establishing a purpose for the new lesson
To start this session, let’s have an activity. The first
word game is called “Who Am I’’. All you need to do is
to answer the following questions. Are you ready?”
Who am I?
1. I am one of your ability that you can find in
chart. 1. C
2. I am first in final 2. F
3. I am a Vitamin that you can get in the squash but 3. A
never in grass. 4. T
4. I am the sound of a three-letter word kind of FACT
drink that is healthy for the body.

We have the letter C, F, A and T. What do you

think is our mystery word.
Excellent
Our second word game.
Observe the statements that you see in the monitor
and identify the scrambled word below.
1.French fries taste better with ketchup.
2. Sunday is the best day of the week.
ONPOINI

D. Presenting examples instances of the lesson

Very good. Our two mysterious words are fact and
opinion and that will be our topic today. To distinguish
fact and opinion. I have here two statements try to
analyze these statements.
The Principal of Rizal National High School is Ma’am
Marilu A. Federi.
The coke tastes better than tea. The first statement is true because Ma’am Federi is our
What can you say with the first statement? principal.

The second statement is based on someone’s opinion.

Okay, now how about the second statement?

Very good. What a nice observation.

E. Discussing new concepts and practicing new
skills#1.
Today as what I have mentioned earlier we are about
to distinguish the difference between a fact and an The video clip will be played.
opinion with that I have here a video clip and what you
have to do is to listen attentively for I’ll be asking certain The statement is a fact if it’s verifiable and objective and
questions later. it’s an opinion if it’s unverifiable and subjective.

How can you say that the statement is a fact and an It can be proven or there’s an evidence.
opinion?
 With the video, what makes you convince that it is a There are 6 Special Science Class here in RNHS.
fact?
It’s a fact because the SSC’s here in RNHS are earth,
Very good. We tend to believe that it is a fact if we have planet,ipil, banaba, ssc 9 and ssc 10.
mere evidence. As what the saying goes by, to see is to
believe.
The SSC 7 is more competitive than the SSC 9.
Analyze this statement. Is it a fact or opinion?

It’s a fact.
Would you mind to justify your answer? In one day there are 24 hrs.
24 x 2= 48

Excellent. So you have come up with that answer for A statement is a fact if you can answer yes to these two
you have your proof. questions:
“Is it true?”
How about this statement. “Can it be proved?”
An opinion statement can be well thought out but can’t be
Do you agree? proved true or false – it is always open to debate.
Ask yourself:
Though everyone may agree about it most specially “Does this statement tell a thought or feeling?”
you are all ssc 7 here, it is still an opinion because it is “Would the statement be true all the time?”
just from your personal judgement. Opinion Signal Words
think usually best
Last one, there are 48 hours in two days. Is it a fact or perhaps most worst
opinion? believe suggest good
bad probably beautiful
Would you mind to prove it?

Agreeing with a statement doesn’t make it true. For

example:
Very good class. Dairy Queen ice cream tastes better than ice cream you buy
from the grocery store.
F. Discussing new concepts and practicing new
The marker used in the sentence is better.
skills#2.
For you to understand it more let’s have some of the
words used to easily identify if it’s a fact and opinion.

1. Fact
2. Opinion
3. Fact
4. Opinion
5. Fact
6. Opinion
7. Fact
8. Opinion
9. Fact
10. Opinion

What is the marker used in the sentence?

 Very good class. It seems that you all understand our
lesson this morning.
G. Developing mastery.
This time let’s have an activity, as you can see I have
here placards with the words FACT / OPINION. You 1. The capital of Philippines is Manila.
will be divided into two and identify if the statement is a 2. The cake tastes delicious.
fact or opinion. 3. Dogs are the best pets among all animals.
1. There are 26 letters in the English alphabet. 4. Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Indonesia are
2. Everyone should visit the library once a week. some of the countries that are part of the Southeast
3. A snake is a reptile. Asia.
4. Strawberries are the most delicious fruits. 5. The planet in the solar system that is closets to the
5. Tamaraw can be found in Mindoro Province. sun is Mercury.
6. Her dress is so elegant. 6. Spirituality is the most important thing in the
7. Typhoon Ursula destroyed a lot of properties last world.
December 25,2019. 7. There are 28 students in the SSC 7 Earth.
8. Daniel Padilla is the most handsome guy in the 8. President Rodrigo Duterte is the former mayor of
world. Davao.
9. Ernesto C. Pablo is the municipal mayor of Answers key
Rizal, Occidental Mindoro. 1.fact
10. I believe English subject is a difficult subject. 2.opinion
Very good class. You all did great. I’ll be giving you 3. opinion
later your prizes. 4.fact
H. Finding practical application of concepts and skills 5. fact
in daily. 6.Opinion
Let’s have another activity, as you can see I have here a 7.fact
weighing scale wherein you have to put the candy if it’s a 8.fact
fact or opinion based on the sentence given.

We used weighing scale in order to balance something or

to know how heavy it is.

Fact is heavier than opinion.

Fact because in our lives we want only what is true.

A fact is a statement that can be checked or proved.

With our activity, what do you think is the purpose of a An opinion is a statement that cannot be proved or checked.
weighing scale?why do we use it?

What is heavier? Fact or opinion?

In our lives, what do you think is much better fact or

opinion?

Very good. All of us wanted that, we should never focus

with the opinion of other people if want to be happy.
I. Making generalization and abstraction about the
lesson.
What do you mean by fact?

That is right! How about the opinion?

Answers key
Very good! It’s nice to know that you know already the 1. O
difference between the two. 2. F
J. Evaluating Learning 3. O
It seems that you really understand our lesson. 4. F
Now, get ¼ sheet of paper. Everyone please read the 5. O
direction.
Direction: Write F if the statement is fact and O if it is an
opinion.
1.Reading is the most interesting subject in school.
2.Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao are the three main
islands of the Philippines.
3.It is better to live in Singapore than in Japan.
4. Philippines is located in the Southeast Asia.
5. Nike is more useful than Adidas.
Very good class! I am glad that all of you understand
the lesson. With that, everyone will be having a prize
later for that wonderful outcome of our quiz this
morning.

K. Additional activities for applications or

remediation.
For your assignment in a ½ crosswise.
Construct 5 fact and 5 opinion statements
That would be all for today. Thank you for your
participation. Good bye class!

Prepared by;

Ms. Nneka Tamayosa Atlas

Teacher I