Opinions Inductive Lesson Plan

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OpinionsInductive Lesson Plan

• Ms. Sullivan
• Summer 2006
• CUIN 6371

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The Basics

• School District Pasadena ISD
• Campus Stuchbery Elementary
• Subject Language Arts
• Grade 3rd
• TEKS (3.9) Reading/Comprehension. The student
  uses a variety of strategies to comprehend
  selections read aloud and selections read
  independently. The student is expected to
• (J) distinguish fact from opinion in various
  texts, including news stories and advertisements.

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Objective

• The student will be able to distinguish between
  fact and opinion by first learning what an
  opinion is.
• The student will learn what an opinion is
  inductively.

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Introduction

• EXAMPLES
• The dog is pretty.
• The cat is soft.
• The pillow is hard.
• This food smells good.
• It is too cold.
• It is too hot.
• The sun is beautiful.

• NON-EXAMPLES
• The dog is brown.
• The cat is a girl.
• The pillow is red.
• This food is pizza.
• It is 55 degrees.
• It is 100 degrees.
• The sun is a star.

What do you think these are examples of?
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Lets see if you are correct..

• The floor has carpet.
• That shirt is yellow.
• That pen is cool.
• She is drinking coke.
• The window is big.
• That picture is ugly.
• He is tall.

• NON-EXAMPLE
• NON-EXAMPLE
• EXAMPLE
• NON-EXAMPLE
• EXAMPLE
• EXAMPLE
• EXAMPLE

Think youve got it now?
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We are learning about

• OPINIONS

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An opinion is..

• A persons ideas or thoughts about something.
• NOT a fact. They are opposites.
• Not proven or verified. You cannot prove an
  opinion.
• Different for every person. You may think my
  shirt is pretty and he may think it is ugly.

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Think youve got it now?

• Tell me some examples of OPINIONS.
• Remember Opinions cannot be proven.
• Opinions and facts are opposites.