Providing

Evidence to
Support
Opinions
WEEK 8
Directions:
Read the opinions/questions
below then select the evidence
that best supports it. Write your
answers in your notebook.
1. Pupils should follow the
rules in school.
A. Pupils stay in school at a designated
time.
B. They attend classes regularly.
C. They go to school in complete uniform.
D. All of the above
2. All children should go to
school the year round.
A. They go to bed on time.
B. The teacher records class
attendance.
C. The children get bored.
D. They maintain vegetable gardens for
food security.
3. All children should go to
bed by 7:30 p.m.
A. Children need plenty of sleep to
grow.
B. Children love to play outside.
C. Children need to play and play.
D. Both B and C
4. Children need to spend less time
watching television.
A. You can learn new things watching
television.
B. Watching television takes time away from
reading.
C. You can discover more things watching
television.
D. None of the above
5. Too much exposure to cell
phone is not good.
A. There are concerns that the low levels of RF
radiation emitted by mobile phones could cause
health problems such as headaches or brain tumors.
B. Using cell phone keeps us updated of our
friends’ whereabouts.
C. Too much exposure to cell phone keeps our eyes
healthy.
D. Both A and B
Directions:
Read each statement and
then identify whether it is a
Fact or Opinion. Write your
answers in your notebook.
1. The history of ballet
began in Italy during
the fifteenth and
sixteenth centuries.
2. Dancing is a safe
and healthy activity.
3. Hip hop dancing
has been featured in
movies such as Step
Up and Stomp the
Yard.
4. People have been
dancing for thousands
of years.
5. Ballet dancing
requires more training
than hip hop dancing.
What makes an opinion valid
and worth considering?
Whose opinions do you
value? Why? Whose
opinions do you question?
Why?
Directions:
Read the paragraph below,
then answer the questions
asked.
 The jellyfish is a poisonous creature
that lives in the Pacific Ocean. It does not
stay in one place; it floats all around. I’m
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 swimming near me!
 The jellyfish is a poisonous creature that lives
in the Pacific Ocean. It does not stay in one place;
it floats all around. I’m 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 swimming
near me!

1. What kind of creature the jellyfish is?

 The jellyfish is a poisonous creature that lives
in the Pacific Ocean. It does not stay in one place;
it floats all around. I’m 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 swimming
near me!

2. Where can you find them?

 The jellyfish is a poisonous creature that lives
in the Pacific Ocean. It does not stay in one place;
it floats all around. I’m 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 swimming
near me!

3. Why is the writer afraid of the

jellyfish?
 The jellyfish is a poisonous creature that lives
in the Pacific Ocean. It does not stay in one place;
it floats all around. I’m 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 swimming
near me!

4. What is the only way to protect you

from being stung by the jellyfish?
 The jellyfish is a poisonous creature that lives
in the Pacific Ocean. It does not stay in one place;
it floats all around. I’m 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 swimming
near me!
5. Why does the writer say that jellyfish is a poisonous
creature? Provide evidence from the selection?