Lesson 6Week 6

Chapter 8: Distinguish Facts from

Opinion

Organiser:

• Revision:• Topic• Stated main idea• Supporting details• Implied main idea• Author’s writing patterns

• Chapter 8: Distinguish Facts from Opinion • Discussion

Main idea

sentence

always contain the

topic

always make a complete

sense by itself

a general sentence that sums up the details in the

paragraph

Review – Chapter 4: Identify the stated main idea sentence & supporting

details of a paragraph

Stated main idea

Major detail

Minor detail

Secondary detail

Primary detail

Review – Chapter 4: Identify the stated main idea sentence & supporting

details of a paragraph

Implied main idea sentence

A + X = C

D + D+ D = CA + B = C

Review – Chapter 5: Formulate the implied main idea sentence

Chapter 6: Recognize Authors’ Writing Patterns

List

Sequence

Definition

Cause-effect

Comparison-contrast

Spatial

Revision: Chapter 7Set 3

Paragraph 1, 2, and 3.

Chapter 8: Distinguish Facts from Opinion

Recognizing Supporting Details

L eve l 3C om p le tin g S en ten ces

ad d sp ec ific d e ta ils

L eve l 2C la rifyin g S en ten cessu p p ort m a in p o in t

L eve l 1S u p p ortin g D eta iln am es th e top ic

L eve l 1S u p p ortin g D eta il

L eve l 1S u p p ortin g D e ta il

M A IN ID E A

Chapter 8: Distinguish Facts from Opinion

• A fact is something that is true about a subject and can be tested or verified. Clues:

" 70% of...., or "The students experienced..."

• An opinion is what someone thinks about a subject and it cannot be proven true or false.Clues:

"I believe...", “I think”, "It's clear...", or “The teachers should..."

Deciding if a sentence is a Fact

• The statement is a FACT if you can find proof, or evidence for it.

Types of Supporting Details

Facts are strong support:

• Statistics• Research report• Study• Survey• Historical report• Expert opinion

Opinions are weak support:

• Personal opinion• Personal

observation

Any question?

Task

Chapter 8Group Discussion

• Discuss in a group of 4 all the questions in set 2.

• Make sure that you can tell in your own words to each other what the paragraph is all about.

• In your discussion justify your answers to your friends.

Revision: Chapter 7

Paragraph 1

Question Answer

Fact or opinion?

Opinion

Why? Good character and true success could be interpreted many ways. Also, people would disagree as to whether “good character is the most essential personal quality.”

Revision: Chapter 7

Paragraph 2

Question Answer

2) Fact or opinion?

Fact

Why It could be verified by research.

3) Fact or opinion?

Opinion

Why? Clue words: well-paid, unrewarding, staggering

Revision: Chapter 7

Paragraph 3

Question Answer

4) Fact or opinion?

Opinion

Why? Clue: surprisingly common

5) Fact or opinion?

Fact

Why? It could be verified by research.

Revision: Chapter 7

Paragraph 4Question Answer

6) Fact or opinion?

Fact

Why? The author is reporting his own experience, and he would know what he observed firsthand.

7) Fact or opinion?

Opinion

Why? Clue: “seemed to be little more than male-bonding opportunities” (The rest of the information may be true-they caught only a few animals and then ate them themselves-but the statement has to be evaluated as a whole. The opinion part makes the overall statement an opinion.)

8) Fact or opinion?

Fact. The author could verify this from his personal observation.It could also be verified by other research.

Two broad methods of reasoning are deductive and inductive approaches.

Deductive reasoning :more general to the more specific.

Taken from: http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/dedind.php

Inductive reasoning :From specific observations to broader generalizations &

theories.

Taken from: http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/dedind.php

Online Task (Task 6):

Please use the article that you have used for task 5. In your groups answer the following questions:

1. Provide five statements of opinion and five of fact.2. Discuss what kind of statements is used, for example

statistics, expert opinion, personal opinion, report, and etc.

3. Justify all your answers or give reasons to why you believe that your answers are right.

Thank you for being physically

and mentally here.