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Fact and Opinion

Fact and Opinion. Agatha Christie Biography. Differentiating between fact and opinion in informational text TSWBAT evaluate an article to locate three facts and three opinions. Learning Target. A fact is a statement that can be proven true or false. Examples of facts:

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Fact and Opinion

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  1. Fact and Opinion Agatha Christie Biography

  2. Differentiating between fact and opinion in informational text • TSWBAT evaluate an article to locate three facts and three opinions Learning Target

  3. A fact is a statement that can be proven true or false. • Examples of facts: • The letter “A” is the first letter in the English alphabet. • Turtles are reptiles that have hard shells. Review: Fact

  4. An opinion is a statement that someone believes or thinks. There may or may not be a good reason to think this way. • Words that give you clues that a statement is an opinion are like: believe, like, and should • These words express how someone feels about something. Review: Opinions

  5. Ice cream should be everyone’s favorite food. • Soccer is the best sport. • Everyone should play a musical instrument. Examples of opinions:

  6. Follow the link: • http://www.biography.com/people/agatha-christie-9247405?page=1 Task:

  7. Watch the video first • Then read the article (Notice! There are two pages to click on to read the article. • When you finish, reread the article to find three facts and three opinions. What to do:

  8. Next… • Write two sentences of your own about Agatha Christie. Make one a fact (something you learned from the article) and one an opinion (something you feel about what you learned.) Make your own.

  9. Watch the other three videos about Agatha Christie here… • http://www.biography.com/people/agatha-christie-9247405/videos What to do when you are all done…

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