Department of Education

Region V
Division of Camarines Sur
Lagonoy South District
AGOSAIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH 5

I. OBJECTIVES
A. Content Standards The learner listens critically to different text types: expresses
ideas logically in oral and written forms: needs.
B. Performance Uses literary and informational texts heard to construct an
Standard appropriate feedback
C. Learning Distinguish fact from opinion and provide evidence to support
Competencies understanding.
II. SUBJECT MATTER A. Topic: Distinguish fact from opinion
B. Reference: Joy in Learning English, p. 155
C. Materials: paper strip, manila paper, PowerPoint
presentation
D. Value Focus: Value of honesty and patience in doing
activity. Respect in one’s opinion.
III. PROCEDURE
A. Preparatory Activities
1. Prayer
2. Greetings
3. Checking of
Attendance
4. Review
B. Developmental
Activities
1. Establishing In today’s lesson are going distinguish whether a sentence is a
Purpose of the fact or an opinion.
Lesson
2. Drill Analyzing pictures:
I have here a picture.

1. Tell me something about the picture that you see.

2. Can you identify whether the things you say about the picture
is a fact or an opinion?
C. Motivation Game: Pick out a strip with a statement stating a fact or an
opinion inside a box. Those who picked an opinion will say (in a
loud voice) “DARNA “those who picked a fact will say “DING ANG
BATO”
The set of strip of paper will be used again after the presentation
of facts and opinion and how to differentiate to check if they are
right or wrong.
D. Presentation Read the following sentences.
1. Spiders have 8 legs
2. Apples taste better than a banana.
Which sentence is a fact?
How can you say that the sentence you choose is the fact?
Which sentence is an opinion?
How can you say that the sentence you choose is the opinion?
 Show the meaning of Fact and Opinion and let the pupils read it.
Show how to determine/differentiate a Fact from Opinion.

Check if the answer to the pupils answer to the game/motivation

is right or wrong.

E. Teaching/Modelling 1. I have here a paragraph to read with you. 

2. Read the paragraph to the pupils.
3. Comprehension check-up
4. Ask them to distinguish fact from opinion. 

Listen to the following paragraphs. 

a. Jose believes that being a veterinarian would be a
wonderful thing for him to do when he grows up. A
veterinarian is a doctor for animals. He thinks that he will
become an excellent veterinary doctor in the future.
 
 Which sentence from the paragraph is a FACT OR OPINION?

F. Guided Practice Activity.

The pupils will be group into 3.

Group A.
1. The group will be given a metacards where the sentences
of fact and opinion are written.
2. The group will distinguish whether the sentences are fact
or opinion by pasting it in the proper heading.

Group B.
1. The teacher will direct the pupils to write at least 2
sentences distinguishing fact from opinion.

Group C.
1. The group will pick/choose 1 person/things they can see
inside the classroom.
2. they are going to write 2 facts and 2 opinions about the
person/things they pick.
G. Independent Practice Activity. Teacher presents scoring rubric
Advance Learner
Read the paragraph. Look for Facts and Opinions. Write two
opinions and two facts on the lines under the paragraph.

Jellyfish is a poisonous creature that lives in the Pacific Ocean.it

does not stay in one place. It floats all around. I am very much
afraid of being stung by a jellyfish. It hurts! The jellyfish stings
with its long tentacles, which hang down from its body. The only
way to protect yourself from being stung is to wear a suit over
your entire body. I would rather see a large shark than a jellyfish
near me.
Write an opinion from the paragraph.
1.
2.
Write a fact from the paragraph.
1.
2.

Average Learners
Write F if the sentence tells a fact and O if it expresses an opinion
_____1. Basketball is a fun game.
 _____2. A skateboard has four wheels.
_____3. Snakes are reptiles.
_____4. There are 12 months in a year.
_____5. I think that she is a nice teacher.

IV. EVALUATION Directions: Distinguish fact from opinion. Write F if the sentences
express fact and O if it is an opinion on the blank before the
number. 
______ 1. From birth to adulthood, we grow physically,
intellectually, and emotionally.
______ 2. According to many, girls mature earlier than boys do.
______ 3. I guess growing up has many challenges.
______ 4. During adolescence, boys grow to manhood and girls
develop into womanhood.
______ 5. Maybe, I would look like my mother.    
V. ASSIGNMENT Is that a fact or an opinion? Solve each case below by reading the
paragraphs and identifying each as “fact” or “opinion” by circling
the correct answer.

CASE #1
Baking cookies takes less than an hour. First, you need to add 2
cups flour, ½ cup sugar, 2 cups chocolate chips, 2 eggs, 1
teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon vanilla to a mixing bowl. Next you
stir the ingredients together until they are completely combined.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Put spoonful of cookie
batter an inch apart onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake for about
10 minutes or until the cookies are light brown at the edges.

fact or opinion

CASE #2
My mom’s cookies are the best in town! First, she uses the
creamiest butter, and she gets the freshest eggs from our
neighbor’s chickens. The milk she buys to drink while eating the
cookies make the cookies even better because the milk comes
from a local dairy farm. They’re good when they’re cooled down,
but even better when they’re still warm.

fact or opinion

Prepared by:

HANNAH M. ORTINERO
Demo Teacher/Teacher I

Checked and Observed by:

Noted:

JOSEL P. SALES
Read the paragraph. Look for Facts and Opinions. Write
two opinions and two facts on the lines under the
paragraph.

Jellyfish is a poisonous creature that lives in the Pacific

Ocean.it does not stay in one place. It floats all around. I
am very much afraid of being stung by a jellyfish. It hurts!
The jellyfish stings with its long tentacles, which hang
down from its body. The only way to protect yourself
from being stung is to wear a suit over your entire body. I
would rather see a large shark than a jellyfish near me.

Write an opinion from the paragraph.

1.
2.
Write a fact from the paragraph.
1.
2.
Is that a fact or an opinion? Solve each case below by reading the paragraphs and identifying each as
“fact” or “opinion” by circling the correct answer.

CASE #1

Baking cookies takes less than an hour. First, you need to add 2 cups flour, ½ cup sugar, 2 cups chocolate
chips, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon vanilla to a mixing bowl. Next you stir the ingredients
together until they are completely combined. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Put spoonful of
cookie batter an inch apart onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake for about 10 minutes or until the cookies
are light brown at the edges.

fact or opinion

CASE #2

My mom’s cookies are the best in town! First, she uses the creamiest butter, and she gets the freshest
eggs from our neighbor’s chickens. The milk she buys to drink while eating the cookies make the cookies
even better because the milk comes from a local dairy farm. They’re good when they’re cooled down,
but even better when they’re still warm.

fact or opinion

Is that a fact or an opinion? Solve each case below by reading the paragraphs and identifying each as
“fact” or “opinion” by circling the correct answer.

CASE #1

Baking cookies takes less than an hour. First, you need to add 2 cups flour, ½ cup sugar, 2 cups chocolate
chips, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon vanilla to a mixing bowl. Next you stir the ingredients
together until they are completely combined. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Put spoonful of
cookie batter an inch apart onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake for about 10 minutes or until the cookies
are light brown at the edges.

fact or opinion

CASE #2

My mom’s cookies are the best in town! First, she uses the creamiest butter, and she gets the freshest
eggs from our neighbor’s chickens. The milk she buys to drink while eating the cookies make the cookies
even better because the milk comes from a local dairy farm. They’re good when they’re cooled down,
but even better when they’re still warm.

fact or opinion