Fact or Opinion

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Fact or Opinion
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• Grade 6
• This activity addresses the following Missouri
  Standards
• Distinguish between fact and opinion (MO 1.6,
  1.7)
• Recognize different viewpoints, biases and
  propaganda (MO 1.6, 1.7)

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Rules 1. Read each sentence or passage. Decide
whether it describes a fact or an opinion.
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Rules 2. Raise your hand to share your answer.
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Dont forget to phrase your answer as a
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Mark McGwire is the greatest baseball player who
ever lived.
Fact
Opinion
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Being an astronaut is the best job in the world.
You get to travel in outer space and learn all
about astronomy.
Fact
Opinion
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A computers main job is to process a great deal
of information on a regular basis.
Fact
Opinion
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The United States is the most effective democracy
in the world.
Fact
Opinion
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Six billion people inhabit our planet.
Fact
Opinion
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If you stated your answer in the form of a
question, you are
Next ?
Correct !
Can you explain why this statement is an opinion?

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If you stated your answer in the form of a
question, you are
Next ?
Correct !
Can you explain why this statement is an opinion?

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If you stated your answer in the form of a
question, you are
Next ?
Correct !
Can you explain why this statement is an opinion?

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If you stated your answer in the form of a
question, you are
Next ?
Correct !
Can you turn this fact into an opinion?
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If you stated your answer in the form of a
question, you are
One Step Further
Correct !
Can you turn this fact into an opinion?
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• Going further
• In your journal
• Write two facts.
• Write two opinions about these facts.

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