MAKING CONNECTIONS TO DIFFERENTIATE FACTUAL FROM NON-FACTUAL INFORMATION

MAKING CONNECTIONS TO DIFFERENTIATE FACTUAL FROM NON-FACTUAL INFORMATION

by JOAN LALES

Open Ended

What did you watch yesterday?

Multiple Choice

Which is the past tense of identify?

• identify

• identified

• identifying

• ifdentifed

Multiple Choice

• REAL

• NOT REAL

Multiple Choice

• REAL

• NOT REAL

Multiple Choice

• REAL

• NOT REAL

​Let's Read.

​Ethan is working on his assignment. He is to report about the visit of President Donald Trump to the Philippines. He doesn’t know much of the details of the visit so he asked his Mom and Dad, and some friends if they knew about it. The information he gathered was somewhat confusing because of similarities and differences in their statements. So he decided to watch the coverage of the event on YouTube to know whether the information is factual or not.

​How did Ethan differentiate the information that he gathered were factual or non- factual?

Which statement or statements do you think did he consider to be non-factual and factual?

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​Non - factual information is false or not based or concerned with facts or truth. It may be true in some point but is not supported by facts or data.

​His mom’s statement is a non-factual information because it is not based on the facts he had seen on the news coverage that he had viewed on YouTube.

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The information that the reporter said are factual based on what he had witnessed

during the event.

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​Factual information is true or concerned about the details rather than the ideas or feelings about it, and can be verified with actual data.

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​Non - factual information is false or not based or concerned with facts or truth. It may be true in some point but is not supported by facts or data.

Activity​

Tell whether the sentence is factual or non- factual.​

Multiple Choice

1. Facebook is used for communication.

• Factual

• Non-factual

Multiple Choice

2. It can also be used as a learning resource.

• Factual

• Non-factual

Multiple Choice

3. People should not be allowed to talk on cell phones in a movie theater.

• Factual

• Non-factual

Multiple Choice

4. Most people use Facebook to post their pictures and comments.

• Factual

• Non-factual

Multiple Choice

5. You can watch films and concerts in your cell phone.

• Factual

• Non-factual

Multiple Choice

6. Everything that you see on Newsfeed is true and based on researches.

• Factual

• Non-factual

Multiple Choice

7. You can call for free using Facebook Messenger.

• Factual

• Non-factual

Multiple Choice

8. Adults don't prefer using Facebook, they like to use the television more.

• Factual

• Non-factual

Multiple Choice

9. Cell phones are necessary to keep us alive.

• Factual

• Non-factual

Multiple Choice

10. You can view your email through your cell phone.

• Factual

• Non-factual