Fact or Opinion

Day
4
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Take out a piece of paper
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Write your name at the top of your paper
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Number your paper from 1 to 5
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Put you head on your desk when you finish .
One of these sentences states an opinion.
Which one is it?
a) Computers have changed the way many
businesses operate.
b) The invention that’s had the biggest
effect on society is the computer.
c) Computers have many uses in the home.
Dorothy G. Page is known as the Mother of
the Iditarod, a dogsled race across Alaska.
Page loved dogsledding and wanted to hold
a race that would show how important
dogsledding has been to Alaska. At 1,049
miles long, the Iditarod is the longest
dogsled race in the world.
This story states:
a) Fact
b) Opinion
c) Both fact and opinion
Andrew Carnegie was a wealthy
businessman. When he retired, he wanted
to do something for the public. His plan
was to build libraries. In 30 years’ time,
Carnegie built 2,000 libraries across the
country. Today the libraries are in 47
states.
This story states:
a) Fact
b) Opinion
c) Both fact and opinion
It’s important to be yourself. Every time
you do what others do, say what others
say, or wear what others wear, you are
destroying a little bit of yourself. It’s more
important to like yourself than to have
others like you. Have the courage to be
you, not someone else!
This story states:
a) Fact
b) Opinion
c) Both fact and opinion
Rhode Island is the smallest state. Texas is
actually more than 200 times the size of
Rhode Island. Dallas, Texas, alone is as big
as the entire state of Rhode Island!
However, bigger is not always better.
“Little Rhody” is still the best place to
grow up.
This story states:
a) Fact
b) Opinion
c) Both fact and opinion
One of these sentences states an opinion.
Which one is it?
a) Computers have changed the way many
businesses operate.
b) The invention that’s had the biggest
effect on society is the computer.
c) Computers have many uses in the home.
One of these sentences states an opinion.
Which one is it?
a) Computers have changed the way many
businesses operate.
b) The invention that’s had the biggest
effect on society is the computer.
c) Computers have many uses in the home.
Dorothy G. Page is known as the Mother of
the Iditarod, a dogsled race across Alaska.
Page loved dogsledding and wanted to hold
a race that would show how important
dogsledding has been to Alaska. At 1,049
miles long, the Iditarod is the longest
dogsled race in the world.
This story states:
a) Fact
b) Opinion
c) Both fact and opinion
Dorothy G. Page is known as the Mother of
the Iditarod, a dogsled race across Alaska.
Page loved dogsledding and wanted to hold
a race that would show how important
dogsledding has been to Alaska. At 1,049
miles long, the Iditarod is the longest
dogsled race in the world.
This story states:
a) Fact
b) Opinion
c) Both fact and opinion
Andrew Carnegie was a wealthy
businessman. When he retired, he wanted
to do something for the public. His plan
was to build libraries. In 30 years’ time,
Carnegie built 2,000 libraries across the
country. Today the libraries are in 47
states.
This story states:
a) Fact
b) Opinion
c) Both fact and opinion
Andrew Carnegie was a wealthy
businessman. When he retired, he wanted
to do something for the public. His plan
was to build libraries. In 30 years’ time,
Carnegie built 2,000 libraries across the
country. Today the libraries are in 47
states.
This story states:
a) Fact
b) Opinion
c) Both fact and opinion
It’s important to be yourself. Every time
you do what others do, say what others
say, or wear what others wear, you are
destroying a little bit of yourself. It’s more
important to like yourself than to have
others like you. Have the courage to be
you, not someone else!
This story states:
a) Fact
b) Opinion
c) Both fact and opinion
It’s important to be yourself. Every time
you do what others do, say what others
say, or wear what others wear, you are
destroying a little bit of yourself. It’s more
important to like yourself than to have
others like you. Have the courage to be
you, not someone else!
This story states:
a) Fact
b) Opinion
c) Both fact and opinion
Rhonda Island is the smallest state. Texas
is actually more than 200 times the size of
Rhode Island. Dallas, Texas, alone is as big
as the entire state of Rhode Island!
However, bigger is not always better.
“Little Rhody” is still the best place to
grow up.
This story states:
a) Fact
b) Opinion
c) Both fact and opinion
(Facts) Rhode Island is the smallest state.
Texas is actually more than 200 times the
size of Rhode Island. Dallas, Texas, alone
is as big as the entire state of Rhode
Island! (Opinions) However, bigger is not
always better. “Little Rhody” is still the
best place to grow up.
This story states:
a) Fact
b) Opinion
c) Both fact and opinion