EnglishReading ComprehensionAges 9–12

Fact vs opinion

Distinguish between statements of fact and statements of opinion in texts, recognising how authors blend factual information with subjective viewpoints

Lesson

Set out your lesson

Separate a checkable claim from an opinion and ask what evidence would verify it.

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Activity

Can discuss the supplied example in an accessible mode; adapt directions without supplying the target answer.

Policy

Check the learner can follow the model with support before moving on. Source prerequisite ordering is not learner mastery; return to prerequisite work when needed.

Printer, credit, and teaching notes

All news snippets and records here are fictional classroom examples. Open S first, G together, then T alone; put S and G away before T. Keys stay adult-only. No purchase or printing is required; an unavailable physical observation remains pending, not passed.

Materials are ready in each step. Use them on screen or print just the current step. Put teaching examples aside before the learner tries.

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What this lesson covers and its limits

These are bounded opportunities, not learner attainment. Partial and blocked source requirements remain so.

partial: Distinguish between statements of fact and statements of opinion in texts, recognising how authors blend factual information with subjective viewpoints
Fictional short news-style text is not a real newspaper article; external journalism transfer is pending.
partial: Identify and label statements as fact or opinion in a newspaper article
Fictional short news-style text is not a real newspaper article; external journalism transfer is pending.
partial: Explain why a statement is a fact by citing verifiable evidence or why it is an opinion
Fictional short news-style text is not a real newspaper article; external journalism transfer is pending.
partial: Recognise persuasive techniques that present opinions as if they were facts
Fictional short news-style text is not a real newspaper article; external journalism transfer is pending.
partial: When {{name}} reads a newspaper article or non-fiction text, can they point out which parts are facts and which parts are the author's opinions — and explain how they can tell the difference?
Fictional short news-style text is not a real newspaper article; external journalism transfer is pending.

Fictional short news-style text is not a real newspaper article; external journalism transfer is pending.

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Library of Congress · Practice link — not the full lesson

Aesop's Fables

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Before you open · source notes

Aesop's Fables supports Fact vs opinion. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.

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Before you open

Ask the learner one fact they learned and one question they still have.

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Source, access and review notes

Public Library of Congress page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this URL. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. An adult should preview and guide the learner.

Library of Congress. “Aesop's Fables.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute materials.

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Check understanding

Identify and label statements as fact or opinion in a newspaper article
Explain why a statement is a fact by citing verifiable evidence or why it is an opinion
Recognise persuasive techniques that present opinions as if they were facts

“When your child reads a newspaper article or non-fiction text, can they point out which parts are facts and which parts are the author's opinions — and explain how they can tell the difference?”

Curriculum record

Type: Conceptual
Subject: English
Domain: Reading Comprehension
Age range: Ages 9–12

Standards

acara-v9:AC9E4LA02acara-v9:AC9E6LA02acara-v9:AC9E6LY03uk-nc-2013:Eng.UKS2.Read.Comp.4

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