This document outlines lesson plans and activities for teaching students to distinguish between facts and opinions. It includes directions for group activities where students work together to sort statements as facts or opinions. One activity involves reading a passage and answering quiz questions about it. The document emphasizes that facts are based on evidence and observation while opinions are personal views that may be debated. It also discusses main ideas and supporting details for analyzing written materials. Throughout, students are encouraged to think critically about statements and consider different perspectives.

1. Fact and Opinion

2. Learning Objectives:
At the end of the period, the learners should
be able to:
▧ Recognize fact and opinion;
▧ Compose sentences about facts and
opinion; and
▧ Form judgements based on the material
presented.
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3. Review!
Memory Check
Directions: Recall the lesson on Viewing
and Its Types. Give your own idea based
on the lesson presented last meeting.
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4. Activity 1 !
Collaborative group
work
Directions: The students will be grouped into 10
working teams. For the following activities, each will
designate their representatives to present their
output and raise their placards.
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5. Activity 2 !
Put me in
Directions: Look closely at the
expressions written on the leaves. Put
whether the expression belongs to FACT
or OPINION.
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12. Based on the activity given, can you
now identify whether the expression is
fact or opinion? If yes, can you give me
at least one complete sentence using
one of those expressions?
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13. Activity 3 !
Quiz Bee
Directions: Read the excerpt below from an
inspirational speech delivered by a successful
person to students on the topic: “Knowledge is
wisdom, and wisdom is wealth.” Then, the students
will have a group quiz with regards to the excerpt
they read.
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(1) I think that you probably never met a know-it-all who really knows
it all. (2) One person can’t know or notice everything. (3) Sometimes,it
takes another person to help you improve your knowledge of yourself
and the world. (4) Equally, you also put your best foot forward for
others to attain knowledge. (5) I believe that the most importantthing
is sharing ideas with others--as enriched knowledge. (6) Remember
to keep an open mind in the process. (7) Think about what others know
and say before you help by putting across what you know. (8) This
shows that their knowledge is as important to you as your own. (9) This
is, exactly, shared wisdom. (10) Eventually,it grows, develops,and
bears fruits like that of a tree. (11) Hence, knowledge gives wealth.

15. Discussion
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16. In today’s society, we are often bombarded with a lot
of information. Most of these are helpful, but there
are some which may seem to be misleading or even
utterly false. You should take into consideration the
correct ways of analyzing or interpreting ideas
presented in any material, either viewed or read. So,
what are the considerations you need to remember
and understand?
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17. What is FACT?
should be based on
observation or
research and it is not
debatable since the
information is true.
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Facts are simple statements used to
inform
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19. What is an OPINION?
is actually your
assumption or
personal view and it
is debatable because
an opinion is not
always true.
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Opinions are useful to persuade, but
demand evidence to back them up.
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Facts and opinions help us
determine how true a statement is.
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22. Another way of understanding an article is through
identifying its main idea and important details about
it. It shows the relationship of the ideas to the theme
or main point of an article.
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23. Main Idea
is the most
important thought
about the topic. The
topic is the person,
place, thing, or idea
being written about.
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24. Supporting details
Can be defined as
additional
information that
explain, define, or
prove an idea.
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The main idea may be stated or
implied.
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26. Stated
When the main idea
of a paragraph is
stated, it is most
often found in the
first sentence of the
paragraph.
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28. Implied
When the main idea
is implied, you need
to read the
paragraph and
explain the main idea
in your own words.
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31. Activity 4 !
Is it Fact or Opinion?
Directions: Students will have a group game
called “Is it Fact or Opinion?" The teacher will
give placards to each group. Then, the students
will raise their placards after the teacher says the
statement.
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32. ASSESSMENT
Directions: Write FACT if the statement is based
on truth or reality, and OPINION if it is based on
personal belief, understanding, thought, or
feeling.
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33. _____ 1. The announcer believes that knowledge is
the beginning of wisdom.
_____ 2. Knowledge can come from different
sources.
_____ 3. The tree of life grows and bears fruits of
wisdom.
_____ 4. As far as I’m concerned, knowledge is
power.
_____ 5. What I’d like to say is that knowledge is
our wealth.
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34. MAKING
GENERALIZATION
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What is the importance of fact and
opinion in our daily living?
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36. EVALUATION
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37. General direction: Formulate/ construct 5 Factual
statements and 5 Opinionated statements.
*Factual statements
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*Opinionated statements
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38. ASSIGNMENT
What is ACTIVE LISTENING and PASSIVE
LISTENING?
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39. Thank you and
God Bless!