Fact vs Opinion Sorting

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🎯 WALT: We Are Learning To identify facts and opinions in persuasive texts

Success Criteria:

✓ I can tell the difference between a fact and an opinion
✓ I can sort statements correctly
✓ I can explain why a statement is a fact or opinion

Remember:

FACT: Can be proven true or false with evidence
OPINION: Someone's thoughts, feelings, or beliefs

1. Read each statement. Circle FACT or OPINION:

a) Australia has six states. FACT / OPINION

b) Chocolate ice cream is the best flavour. FACT / OPINION

c) Sydney Harbour Bridge opened in 1932. FACT / OPINION

d) Everyone should recycle plastic bottles. FACT / OPINION

e) Kangaroos can jump up to 9 metres. FACT / OPINION

f) School uniforms look terrible. FACT / OPINION

📊 Fact vs Opinion Sorting Activity

2. Sort these statements into the correct columns:

Statements to sort:

• Mobile phones should be banned in schools
• The human body has 206 bones
• Pizza is the most delicious food
• Water boils at 100°C
• Students need more homework
• Melbourne is the capital of Victoria

FACTS (Can be proven)	OPINIONS (Personal beliefs)

3. Choose one FACT and one OPINION from above. Explain your choices:

FACT: ________________________________________________

OPINION: ________________________________________________

🔍 Persuasive Text Analysis

4. Read this persuasive text and answer the questions:

"Save Our School Library!"

Our school library contains over 5,000 books. However, the council wants to close it to save money. This is a terrible mistake! Libraries are the heart of learning. Every student deserves access to books and quiet study spaces. We must fight to keep our library open. Please sign the petition today!

a) What is the PURPOSE of this text?

To inform people about library books

To persuade people to save the library

To entertain readers with a story

b) Who is the AUDIENCE for this text?

c) Find ONE fact and ONE opinion from the text:

Fact: _________________________________________________

Opinion: _________________________________________________

d) What persuasive words make this text convincing?

🌟 Extension Challenge (for advanced learners):

Find a persuasive text from a newspaper, magazine, or advertisement. Identify three facts and three opinions in the text. Explain how the author uses both facts and opinions to persuade their audience.

💡 Support (sentence starters):

For facts: "This is a fact because it can be proven by..."
For opinions: "This is an opinion because it shows what someone thinks/feels about..."
For purpose: "The author wants to persuade readers to..."