In the age of the internet, the concept of 'fact vs opinion' is so important! This activity covers this outcome in its entirety, but there is so much room for extension.
 
Could the children use Chromebooks to search for other examples of factual vs opinion writing? Could they write their own persuasive piece in the style of a newspaper? Could they make a freeze frame of how a victim of a nasty opinion would feel? 
 
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To help me develop an informed view, I can distinguish fact from opinion, and I am learning to recognise when my sources try to influence me and how useful these are.
LIT 2-08a