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SKILLS

STRATEGIES IN CONTEXT

Fact and Opinion Answer Questions

Test

Selection Test,
Unit 6

Reteach/
Review

TE: 3.4 111b, DI•55; 3.5 193b, 229, 265, DI•53; 3.6 353b, DI•54

PB: 3.2 33, 37, 38, 63, 67, 68, 86, 96, 123, 127, 128

Practice

TE: 3.4 86–87, 3.5 170–171,
3.6 332–333

Introduce/
Teach

Fact and Opinion

	Distinguish between statements of fact and opinion.
	Use facts to answer questions.

INTRODUCE

Read the following sentence aloud to students: Spring is the best time of the year. Ask students if they agree with what you said. Then ask them if it can be proven to be true.

Have students read the information
on p. 332. Explain the following:

A statement of fact can be proven to be true or false.
A statement of opinion is a statement of someone's judgment, belief, or way of thinking about something.
Facts and opinions in a passage may be used to answer test questions.

Use Skill Transparency 28 to teach
fact and opinion and how to answer questions.

TEACH

SKILL Use paragraphs 1 and 2

to model differentiating between fact and opinion.

MODEL As I read, I look for statements of fact and
statements of opinion. I know that some statements of opinion may be written to sound like statements of fact. As a good reader, I have to recognize the difference.

STRATEGY Use the last

paragraph to model answering a question.

MODEL I read the question, "How long have people been making and using paints?" I believe this is a "Right There" question. I scan the text looking for the key words "people" and "making and using paints."

PRACTICE AND ASSESS

SKILL I know this is a statement

of fact because it can be proven true. I can find proof by reading something else about making paint, observing someone making paint, or asking an expert.

STRATEGY People have been

making paints for thousands of years.

WRITE Have students complete

steps 1 and 2 of the Write to Read activity. You might consider
using this as a whole class activity.

then… use Practice Book, 3.2 p. 123 to provide additional practice.

If… students are unable to complete Write to Read on
p. 332,

Fact and Opinion

Available as Skill Transparency 28

Words such as great, best, and worst can
be clues to statements of opinion.

A statement of opinion tells ideas or
feelings about something.

A statement of fact tells something that
   can be proved true or false. You can find
   proof by reading, observing, or asking
   an expert.

Fact and Opinion

Strategy
Answer Questions

Skill
Fact and Opinion

Skill Here is a
statement of fact.
How can you tell?

Paint is one of the greatest things in the
world. But what is it?

Good readers know where to look for
answers to questions. Specific facts are
particularly easy to locate. Sometimes the
answer is right there in the text. Other
times, you will have to combine what you
already know with what is in the text. A
fact in the text could be an answer to a
question you are asked.

Strategy: Answer Questions

Fact or Opinion?

Statement

Strategy If you
were asked the
question “How
long have people
been making and
using paints?”
here’s where you
would find the
answer—right
there in the text.

People have been making and using paints
for thousands of years. When people lived
in caves, some of them used paints to make
pictures on the walls. These paintings were a
lot better than some of the modern art hanging
in museums. Today, people still use paint to
make pictures on walls. These pictures are
called murals.

Paint has two main parts. The first is
pigment, which is a powder that gives the
paint its color. The other main part is a
liquid, such as water. The liquid usually has
something called a resin dissolved in it. To
make paint, the pigment and the liquid are
mixed together. After you paint a surface, the
liquid part of the paint dries but the pigment
stays on the surface. You should always buy
the cheapest paint you can find.

2. Make a chart like the one
above. Fill in your chart as
you read the article.

1. Read “Paint.” Look for
    statements of fact and
    statements of opinion in
    the article.



	Close
	Access Content Beginning/Intermediate For a Picture It! lesson on fact and opinion, see the ELL Teaching Guide, pp. 190–191. Advanced Before students read "Paint," demonstrate, through an experiment or a sequence of pictures, how paint is made. Help students become familiar with the terms pigment, powder, liquid, and resin. Fact and Opinion Have students work in small groups to complete p. 332. Encourage them to discuss whether each statement is a fact or an opinion. Practice Book 3.2 p. 123 with \| without Answers