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    This document provides guidance on distinguishing between facts and opinions and creating an opinion essay. It defines facts as statements that can be proven true for all people and places, while opinions are personal thoughts and beliefs that cannot be proven absolutely true or false. Examples of facts and opinions are given. The document outlines the key elements of a good opinion essay, including an introduction, clear opinion statement, evidence from texts to support the opinion, and a conclusion. Guidance is provided on using transition words. Activities are included to identify facts versus opinions in a newspaper and write opinion sentences. The document aims to help students differentiate facts from opinions and write their own basic opinion pieces.

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    This document provides guidance on distinguishing between facts and opinions and creating an opinion essay. It defines facts as statements that can be proven true for all people and places, while opinions are personal thoughts and beliefs that cannot be proven absolutely true or false. Examples of facts and opinions are given. The document outlines the key elements of a good opinion essay, including an introduction, clear opinion statement, evidence from texts to support the opinion, and a conclusion. Guidance is provided on using transition words. Activities are included to identify facts versus opinions in a newspaper and write opinion sentences. The document aims to help students differentiate facts from opinions and write their own basic opinion pieces.

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    This document provides guidance on distinguishing between facts and opinions and creating an opinion essay. It defines facts as statements that can be proven true for all people and places, while opinions are personal thoughts and beliefs that cannot be proven absolutely true or false. Examples of facts and opinions are given. The document outlines the key elements of a good opinion essay, including an introduction, clear opinion statement, evidence from texts to support the opinion, and a conclusion. Guidance is provided on using transition words. Activities are included to identify facts versus opinions in a newspaper and write opinion sentences. The document aims to help students differentiate facts from opinions and write their own basic opinion pieces.

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    K W H

    What do I know? What do I want to How will I find out?


    know?

    Learning Objective
    ● Distinguish between facts and Opinions.
    ● Create an opinion essay.
    ● ASSET / CBSE essential concepts: Can structure information within indented paragraphs
    creating a smooth flow within the written text.
    ● LTT (Learning Target indicator): R – 16, 19, 24.

    Learning Outcome:
    ALL MOST SOME
    Select statements that are facts Categorise facts and opinions, and Choose between facts and opinions,
    and opinions, and create simple create opinion essays using the and create an opinion piece using at
    opinion pieces. appropriate transition words between least 5 new words that have not
    paragraphs. been used before.

    Pointers- Remember, a good opinion essay: oral discussion


    o Has an introduction
    o Clearly states your opinion/claim in a focus statement
    o Uses specific evidence from the text(s) to support your opinion and explains your thinking or Groups ideas in
    paragraphs
    o Has a conclusion
    o Uses precise language and linking words to connect ideas

    The Difference Between Facts and Opinions- oral discussion


    FACTS OPINIONS
     Apply to all people and places  A person’s own thoughts, feelings,
    All people must eat to live. beliefs or speculations
     Cannot be proven and not 100% true or
     Can be duplicated over and over again false
    with the same results.  Example sentences:
    Yellow and green make blue. - It is a beautiful day outside
    - Green beans are the best tasting
     Can be proven to be true or false. vegetable.
    Today is Monday. - The Harry Potter series is the best of
    all times
    SAMPLE OF PERSUASIVE WRITING FOR
    CHILDREN
    Exercise-1 Identify which parts of a newspaper are fact and which is opinion.

    Letter to the editor


    Restaurant review
    sports scores
    weather report
    Advice columns
    Birth/ Wedding announcement
    Movie timings
    Horoscopes
    Exercise-2 Opinion sentence starters – REMEMBER Begin writing your sentences with the opinion
    starters below. Remember to give reasons to support your Opinion.
    ● I prefer………….because
    ● I think…………..
    ● I feel………..
    ● I like……………..
    ● I love…………..
    ● In my opinion…………..
    ● The best thing about……...
    Differentiated Activity- Complete any of the following activities with the help of the OREO organizer.

    L A Q

    ASSET styled Questions


    1. Which words are homophones? Select ALL that are homophones (more than one answer).
    a. pour, poor c. sore; sour e. happy; slappy
    b. they're, their, there d. here, hear f. dear, deer

    2. Choose the correct homophone:

    I would like another____________ cake.


    a. piece b. peace c. peece d. peas

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