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                                                                                                                        Grade Level - 2

                                                                                                                        Course – Speaking and Listening

                                                                                                                        Week Taught (2-35) - 24

 

State Standard: * Listen to others.

 

St. MARYS Standard: * 1.6.2A By listening to others’ statements and taking notes, students will be able to ask questions that will lead to their ability to take the information, ideas and opinions and determine relevancy.

 

Essential Question:  How does listening to others enhance one’s ability to question and determine fact from opinion?

 

Student will know: *

Student will be able to: *

the definition of fact and opinion.

weigh whether a statement is a fact or an opinion.

when to ask questions about a topic.

ask questions of others in order to gain comprehension of a topic.

 

 

 

 

 

Assessment Question:*

 

1.  Paper/Pencil:**What is the difference between a fact and an opinion?

 

     Answer:**  Fact: A statement that can be proven to be true through research, asking questions, observations, etc.   Opinion: A judgment or an unproven belief.  It is how someone feels or thinks.

 

2.  Performance Question:** Using a newspaper or magazine, the students will select two advertisements to preview.  They will be asked to identify one fact and one opinion statement from each ad and tell why it is a fact or opinion.

 

     Assessment Tool:** 2 facts 2 opinions, 4 reasons why.

 

Activity: Have students sit in a circle on the floor and play a “fact and opinion game”.  The teacher would start by stating a fact and a nice opinion about the student to his or her left.  (Example: “Fact- This is Jenny and she is 8 years old. Opinion- She has a beautiful smile”)  “Jenny” would then state a fact and opinion about the child sitting to her left.  The game would continue all the way around the circle until all students had a chance to state a fact and a nice opinion about someone.

 

 

Duration: 30 minutes

 

Resources for this activity: Student responses

 

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Code:                CG1.6.2A                                                       Date Developed: 2-10-03

 

Teacher Assigned:      Laurie Taylor                                      Date Approved: 06/03