Identifying Fact, Opinion and Falsity from Statements Heard
I.
Learning
Objectives
·
Identify
Fact, Opinion and Falsity
·
Listen
to statements that express facts, opinion and falsity
·
Discuss
the Filipino virtue of Care and Respect for things and frugality
II.
Subject
Matter
a. Topic: Identify fact, opinion and falsity from statements
heard
b. References: PELC I 1.9.2
Fun in Reading 6 p. 154, 222
Our World
of Reading 6 p.
25
Basic English Skill Builders 6 p.
258
c. Materials: Chart, cross word puzzle, pictures of car
III.
Procedure
A. Preparatory
Activities
1. Recall
What is the difference
between advertisements from propaganda?
2.
Motivation
Ask: Do you know anyone who once had
a terrible illness but was able to recover?
Share the story to the class, others listen attentively to the speaker.
3.
Unlocking of difficulties
Say: Listen as I say a
pair of words. If the words are
synonyms, clap once, if they are antonyms, clap twice.
1) illness – disease
2) raged – high
3) upset – calm
4) overcame – solved
5) terrible – simple
B. Development
of Lesson
1. Presentation
Say: Listen to the
story I will read.
For the teacher:
In 1882, when Helen Keller was 1 ½
years old, she suffered a terrible sickness. Her fever raged for days. The
doctors did not have antibiotics with which to treat her. Antibiotics came from
organic materials. They also did not
have about the illness. “I think Helen will recover,” said one doctor. Helen’s
parents were probably upset, either.
Helen did recover, but the illness
left her totally blind and deaf. It
is hard to believe that the rest of her life was not a painful struggle. Yet,
she overcame much and learned to speak, read, write, and even attend college.
It is probably true that Helen Keller is the greatest example over adversity of
her generation
2. Comprehension
Check Up
a. Who is the main character in the story? Describe the character.
Helen Keller is the main character in the
story. She had a terrible sickness at
the age of one-a-half years old.
b. Was Helen able to recover? What happened next?
Helen was able to recover but she became
blind and deaf.
c. Prove that Helen Keller’s story can give hope
to those who are suffering terrible diseases.
Possible answer: Helen Keller’s
story can give hope to those who are suffering terrible illness for Helen’s
recovery is inspiring and unbelievable from impossible to possible.
3. Elicitation
Ask: In what year Helen
Keller had a terrible illness?
What happened to Helen
Keller when she recovered?
Helen had high fever
for days, what might be her illness?
Give the exact work of
the doctor about Helen’s recovery.
FALSITY
|
FACT
|
OPINION
|
Antibiotic
comes from inorganic materials.
|
a. Helen
Keller had a terrible illness in 1882.
b. She
became blind and deaf after she recovered.
|
a. She
might have (influenza, tuberculosis, pneumonia, bronchitis, etc.)
b. Helen
will not recover.
|
4. Analysis
Say: As you see, the sentences have
been grouped into three. Let’s find out
which group of sentence is fact and which expresses opinion and which is
falsity.
Ask: Which group of sentences has or
gives accurate data? The first group
What are the accurate data? The year 1882 in the first sentence
In sentence b, is there a word that
makes the statement unsure? None
Are these sentences than fact,
opinion or falsity?
So the other group is opinion. What words in the first sentence makes the
statement opinion? Might
How about in the second sentence?
Think
In the last group, what makes the
sentence a statement of falsity? That
antibiotic comes from inorganic materials but the truth is that antibiotic
comes from organic materials.
5. Generalization
A
fact is a statement of true fact which is based on sufficient evidence.
An
opinion is a statement of one’s belief or conviction, no sufficient
evidence. It may have signals like
maybe, might, think, probably, etc.
A
falsity is a statement of false facts.
C. Post
Activity
1. Application
Listen
to the following statements as the teacher reads them. Then stand if the stand if the statement is a
fact, sit down if it is an opinion and jump if it is a falsity.
a. Guatemala is in Central America.
b. Rose is our national flower.
c. Girls learn to speak much earlier
than boys.
d. The Philippine government has
passed laws to protect our children.
e. Carabao are better followers than
camels.
“Pagkamasinop” is a unique Filipino
virtue. It is a personal attitude and habit which calls for care and respect
for things earned through honest work. “Pagkamasinop” results in a deeply
personal dislike for waste and overspending. It also provides a disposition
toward self-reliance and job creativity. It is care and respect for belongings.
2. Enrichment
Listen as the teacher reads the
following situation. Working together,
write down statement/s that expresses fact and opinion.
For the teacher:
Filipina have different physical
features. Some are brown, some have fair
complexion. Some are short in height,
others are tall. Some possess round
eyes, other have eyes like those of the Chinese or Japanese. These differences may have been inherited
from our foreign ancestors who captured our country. The Greeks were one of our conquerors. It could also the blending of the genes of
our Filipina ancestors who were the first children of the foreign conquerors
3. Values
Integration
What moral have you
learned for the story of Helen Keller?
I have learn not lose
hope.
IV. Evaluation
Listen carefully as I read each statement. Tell whether
it expresses a fact, opinion or falsity. Write your answer.
1. Children who work
become better adults than children who do not. (Opinion)
2. Apolinario Mabini was the first president of
the Philippines. (Falsity)
3. The Philippines has 7,107 islands. (Fact)
4. A whale is a sea mammal. (Fact)
5. Boys perform better in Mathematics than girls.
(Opinion)
V.
Assignment
Watch a TV advertisement then list
down a statement of fact or a statement of opinion you will hear from the ad.
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