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As a matter of fact, that’s just my opinion

Benodigdheden:

• werkbladen
• internet

Verloop:

De leerlingen werken in duo’s en schrijven een conversatie uit waarin de ene enkel feiten gebruikt en de andere enkel
opinies. Vervolgens draaien ze de rollen om. Ze mogen hierbij het internet gebruiken.
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As a matter of fact, that’s just my opinion

Work with a partner. Write down a conversation in which one of you only uses facts and the other only
uses opinions. Switch roles afterwards. You can use the Internet to look up facts that support your
cause first. Write them down. The opinions are all yours! The subject is eating meat. Choose a side:
vegetarian or meat eater.

facts opinions

e.g. 200 million land animals are slaughtered

around the world every single day.

e.g. meat is so delicious!

Some meats are high in fat, especially saturated in fat.
Eating a lot of saturated fat can raise cholesterol levels. In
the blood, and having high cholesterol raises your risk of
coronary heart disease

I love to eat good meat especcialy beaf. I don't care about the fat
levels as long as i don't die.

If you eat a lot of red or processed meat, it's recommended

that you cut down as there is likely to be a link between red
and processed meat and bowel cancer.

If you variate between chicken meat and beaf i don't think that
it matters.
 Red meat provides us with a lot of vitamines B12.

I believe that there are a lot of vitamines in vegetables to.

Meat and poultry, have been shown to prevent muscle loss

as we age more effectively than other protein foods.

I think that there are a lot of plant based or other products that
prevent muscle loss.

opinions facts