Overview/Purpose:
Students reread commentary examples, identifying the author’s use of facts and opinions by marking up the text.
Guiding Questions:
- How do writers of commentaries use facts and opinions to make a point?
Recommended Time:
45 minutes
Lesson Design:
- Explain that students will be working with a partner, rereading commentary examples from their Commentary Packet.
- Students read through selected examples twice. The first time, they highlight or underline places in the text where the author uses facts. The second time, using a different color, they highlight or underline places in the text where the author uses opinion.
- Partners evaluate and compare examples, noting the following:
- What is the ratio of facts to opinions in each commentary?
- How does each author integrate facts and opinions? When and where in each piece are they used?
- What impact do you feel facts have in each commentary? What impact do you feel opinions have in each commentary?
- Class regroups to share. Chart one list of “Facts and Opinions in Commentary” for display in the classroom.
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