Distinguishing Fact and Opinion When Comparing Sources
Distinguishing Fact and Opinion When Comparing Sources
Objectives
In this lesson, students will distinguish facts and opinions in different sources about the same topic or event. Students will:
- compare two sources written about the same topic or event.
- distinguish statements of fact and statements of opinion.
Essential Questions
How do readers’ know what to believe in what they read, hear, and view?
- How does interaction with text provoke thinking and response?
- How do strategic readers create meaning from informational and literary texts?
- What is this text really about?
- How do readers know what to believe in what they read, hear, and view?
Vocabulary
- Fact: Statement that is provable, observable, and measurable.
- Opinion: A person’s beliefs or judgments not founded on proof or certainty.
- Autobiography: The story of a person’s life written by the person.
- Biography: The story of a person’s life written by someone other than the subject of the work.
- Point of View: The vantage point from which a story is told.
Duration
40–90 minutes/1–2 class periods
Prerequisite Skills
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Materials
- an autobiographical sketch and a biographical sketch of the same person, such as the following materials about Jon Scieszka:
- excerpt of a book by Jon Scieszka
- A first-person account and a third-person account of the same event in history. Examples include the following:
- Henry Ford Changes the World, 1908 http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/pfford.htm
- Completing the Transcontinental Railroad, 1869 http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/goldenspike.htm
- Apollo 8 The First Voyage to the Moon, 1968 http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/apollo8.htm
- Lindbergh Flies the Atlantic, 1927 http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/lindbergh.htm
- Teachers may substitute other similar materials to provide a range of reading and level of text complexity.
- T-Chart for text analysis (L-5-3-3_T-Chart.doc)
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Final 05/31/2013