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Lesson Plan #4
Name of Lesson: The Facts and Opinions Regarding Spring Lesson
Unit: UNIT V Writing Reviews: From Hobbies to Books, Writers Share Their Opinion
Duration: 30 minutes
Date(s): April 1st 2019

Student Understanding: (Blooms Taxonomy)

● Students will be able to differentiate the difference between fact and opinion, utilize
classroom resources, such as the word wall, to spell words correctly and describe their
opinions using sentence starters, such as “I think... because...”.

Essential Questions
● What is an opinion?
● How do writers convince others?
● Why do we recommend a book?

Resources/Materials
● “Let’s Look at Spring” Book by Sarah L. Schuette
● Pencils
● Just The Facts, Please! Poster
● Facts and Opinions Sentence Strips
● Fact VS Opinion Worksheet
● Spring Fact VS Opinion Cards
● Fact Sign
● Opinion Sign
● Spring Class Word Wall
● Main Word Wall
● Spring Writing Assessment

Content Standards
● W1.1 - Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book they are
writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense
of closure.
● L1.1 - Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage
when writing or speaking.
● L1.2 - Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling when writing.
● L1.6 - Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to,
and responding to texts, including using frequently occurring conjunctions to signal
simple relationships (e.g., because).
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Literary Standards or Common Core

● CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.1
Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book they are writing
about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of
closure.
● CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when
writing or speaking.
● CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.2
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling when writing.
● CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.6
Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and
responding to texts, including using frequently occurring conjunctions to signal simple
relationships (e.g., because).

Activities/Learning Experiences
Pre Assessment - Ask students “Does anyone know what the difference is between a fact and an
opinion?”
- Assess the class to see if anyone knows how to answer this question
● Hook
- Introduce the book “Let’s Look at Spring” by telling students that a fact is that spring is a
season where the weather starts to be warm again and flowers bloom and tell students
that an opinion about spring is that it is your favorite season
- Read students the book “Let’s Look at Spring”

● Instruction
- Tell students that Spring is one of the four seasons and it lasts from March to June
- Tell students that the difference between a fact and an opinion is a fact is a statement that
can be proven and an opinion is a statement that tells someone’s idea, feeling or belief
about a topic
- Show students the Just The Facts, Please! Poster and the Facts and Opinions Sentence
Strips
- Demonstrate one fact and one opinion strip and put it on the corresponding sides of the
poster
- Tell students that you knew the fact because it is something that can be proven and you
knew the opinion because it started with the phrase “I think”, “I believe” or “I feel”
- Continue reading the rest of the Facts and Opinions Sentence Strips (stop after each one)
but this time ask the class if each one is a fact or an opinion (each opinion will start with
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the phrase “I think”, “I believe” or “I feel” and many of the facts will come from the
book “Let’s Look at Spring”)
- Call a new student up each time you read a strip to put that Facts and Opinion Sentence
Strip on the correct side of the poster
- Have students sit back in their seat after they come up
- Show students the Spring Class Word Wall and read them the words

● Activities
- Give each student a Fact VS Opinion Worksheet and tell them to circle the statements
that are facts and underline the statements that are opinions
- Read the statements out loud
- Tell students that they can use the Spring Class Word Wall as well as the Main Word
Wall to fill out the bottom raindrops where they ask for a word/phrase that proves a
statement is an opinion
- Give students a few minutes to fill this worksheet out independently
- Go over the answers to the worksheet with the class
- Assign groups for students to work with five partners
- Give each group a Spring Fact VS Opinion Card and tell students to go to the carpet if
they think the card is a fact and go to the bulletin board if they think the card is an
opinion (put up the Fact Sign near the carpet and the Opinion Sign by the bulletin board)
- Go over the answers to the cards and have students sit down at their desks

● Closing
- Remind students that Spring is one of the four seasons and it lasts from March to June
- Remind students that the way to know if a statement is a fact or an opinion is a fact is a
statement can be proven and an opinion is a statement that tells how someone feels or
believes about a topic

Assessment(s):
- Pass out a Spring Writing Assessment to each student
- Tell each student to use the their knowledge of facts and opinions as well as the Word
Walls to write their opinion of Spring
- Tell students to use the already included phrase “I think Spring” to start their writing and
tell them to only write a sentence or two
- Tell students they should use the word “because” in their answer and they should have
one reason to backup their answer
- Give them a few minutes to write their responses and collect them at the end to see who
understood the lesson and who could benefit from a reteach of the lesson
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