Unit 5: OPINION & CLAIM for ThF

Match the following words to their definitions

• A personal belief, feeling or idea

• ARGUMENT

• Can be proven true or false

• OPINION

• Convince someone to change their opinion

• FACT

• An opinion based reasons and evidence

• PERSUADE

What is the difference between a fact and an opinon?

• A fact can be proven to be true, but an opinion cannot.

• Facts are found in newspapers, but opinions are not.

• Facts and opinions are not different.

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Fact

,

(b) Opinion

• Often contains numbers and dates

• Gives information that is correct or incorrect

• Makes judgments

• Tells what people think, feel, or believe

• Can't be proven

• Can be proven through observation, research, or experience

How do we know that a fact is true?

• Many people believe it.

• Someone important, famous, or smart said it.

• There is evidence that shows whether it’s true.

What words are clues that something might be an opinion?

• "best" and "worst"

• "think" and "feel"

• "should" and "shouldn't"

• all of the above

Which statement is a FACT?

• Running a marathon isn't easy.

• Science is the most interesting subject in school.

• Some people eat insects.

Which statement is an OPINION?

• Many people go to the beach in the summer.

• If you don't like the beach, you won't like Hawaii.

• Oceans cover more than 70% of Earth.

Is it a fact or an opinion?

Groups:

(a) FACT

,

(b) OPINION

• Ice cream is made from milk, cream and sugar.

• Chocolate is the best candy.

• Many dentists say to brush your teeth every day.

• A bee colony can have over 10,000 bees.

• School lunches should be longer.

• Dolphins are the cutest ocean animal.

• Soccer is more fun than football.

• Sharks do not have bones.

Which word will make the sentence an OPINION?

School is ____________________________.

• boring

• required

• free

The purpose of argument writing is...

• To entertain an audience with a funny story.

• To persuade an audience to agree with the writer's ideas.

• To teach the audience how to do something.