Lesson Plan in English 3

Unit 3: Week 2: Lesson 20 - Day 3

I. Objectives: Recognizing a Fact and an Opinion

II. Contents
Skill Lesson: Sentences with au and aw diphthongs
Skill Lesson: Fact and Opinion

References: English 3 Teacher’s Guide, English 3 Learner’s Materials Activity 211.

Internet sources
Materials: pictures, word chart, task cards, Manila paper, real objects

III. Procedure
A. Preliminary Activities
1. A Text A Day and Comprehension Check up
a. Reading of the text with au and aw diphthongs

Read each sentence and answer the questions that follow. Write your answers in your notebook.
1. Laura saw Paul on the lawn.

Who saw Paul on the lawn?

Where did Laura see Paul?
Which word has the same sound as ‘saw’?
a. sour b. count c. cause

2. Paul grabs the hawk.

What did Paul grab?

What did Paul do with the hawk?
What is a hawk?
a. fish b. bird c. insect

What is the other word for “grab”?

a. catch b. free c. let go

3. The hawk has a dirty paw.

What has a dirty paw?

What is dirty?
What is the opposite of “dirty”?
a. clean b. pretty c. good
4. Laura asks for a straw.
Who asks for a straw?
What does Laura ask for?
What is a straw for?
a. eating b. saying c. drinking

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5. It is Meg’s fault that the vault was locked with the key left inside.

What did Meg do to the vault?

What did Meg leave inside the vault?
What is the other word for “fault”?
a. mistake b. cause c. bake

2. Drill/Spelling (10 Dolch Basic Sight Words)

B. Developmental Activities
1. Presentation/Introduction
Present the following sentences on the board.
1. The Philippine flag is made up of three colors.
2. There are three major islands in our country.
3. The Philippine flag is one of the most beautifully designed flags in the world.
4. Ms. Almira Santos thinks that Filipinos are all very patriotic people.
5. Fr. Cruz believes that the Philippines is a peaceful country.

2. Modeling/ Teaching
Ask:
What do you notice with the first two sentences?
Does it tell something that is already proven and accepted by everyone?
What do you notice with the third, fourth and fifth sentences?
Does it show judgment, feeling or attitude about someone or something?
What word/s in the sentence gives a clue that it is a thought or judgment?

Say:
A sentence states a fact if it can truly happen and it can be proven.
A sentence states an opinion if it can happen only in the mind of a person and it cannot be
proven to be true. The words “I think, I believe, in my opinion, etc. signals an opinion
statement.

Guide the pupils to make this generalization at the end of Modeling/ Teaching and before
the Guided Practice. Give more examples of fact and opinion statements.

3. Guided Practice:
Refer your pupils to Activity 212.
Write F in the star before each number if the sentence is a fact and O if it is an opinion.
Write your answer in your notebook.

___1. Luzon is bigger than Mindanao.

___2. It seems more people use jeepneys and buses.
___3. A long time ago, people used plants and herbs for treating sickness.
___4. When ice melts, it turns into water.
___5. There are magic pills that will make you forever young.

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4. Independent Practice:
Refer your pupils to Activity 213.

Draw a happy face if the sentence is a fact and a sad face if it is an opinion.
1. Two and three are five. _____
2. The girl is pretty. ______
3. The moon is seen at nighttime. _____
4. The bag looks big. _____
5. I think it will rain today. ______

5. ANALYSIS
Read and understand the following sentences. Let the pupils explain to the class how a
sentence becomes a Fact or an Opinion.

___1. Mushrooms are strange vegetables that have chlorophyll.

___2. It is believed that humans originated from apes.
___3. The sun rises in the East and sets in the West.
___4. Corn is a better source of carbohydrates than rice.
___5. It is good to review lessons at night rather than in the morning.

6. ABSTRACTION

A sentence states a fact if it can truly happen and it can be proven.

A sentence states an opinion if it can happen only in the mind of a person and it cannot be
proven to be true. The words “I think, I believe, in my opinion, etc. signals an opinion
statement.

7. APPLICATION
Write a sentence that tells a fact and another sentence that tells an opinion.
1. _______________________________________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________________________________________
4. _______________________________________________________________________________
5. _______________________________________________________________________________

IV. ASSESSMENT
Group the class into 4. Let each group do the task assigned to them.

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Group 1 Group 2

Group 3: Make a Fact sentence out of the picture in Activity A.

Group 4: : Make a sentence that state an Opinion out of the picture in Activity B.

V. AGREEMENT
Construct/Make five (5) simple sentences that state a fact and another 5 that states an
opinion.

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