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Lesson plan: Grade IX (Cambridge Checkpoint – Reading and Writing)

Lesson title Fact and Opinion Date October 2022

Learner group Grade IX students Duration 70 minutes Group size 24 students

- The students are able to identify the difference between fact and opinion.
Learning objectives
- The students are able to use language clues to analyse whether a statement is fact or opinion (also including speculation and rumour).
What are learners expected to learn in this lesson?
These should be specific and able to be assessed.

Time Content and teacher activity Learner activity Formative assessment Learning materials and resources

How are you explaining and illustrating the What are the learners doing to help them How do you plan to assess What resources will you use that will support the
topic? understand the topic? learning as it is happening? teaching and learning activities?

The teacher reviews the previous lesson as a The students draw an inverted pyramid with The teacher notes how well the Review Session: Interactive website
lead-in to today’s activity: fact and opinion. its elements in Curipod. students know the use of an curipod.live
inverted pyramid.
The teacher hands out an extract from a The students read an extract from a news The teacher checks the students’ Task 1: Wales qualify for World Cup
news report and an extract from an opinion report and an extract from an opinion piece, answers by letting them identify the
piece. identifying which is which. news report and an opinion piece. News:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/61702215
Follow-up questions:
• How did you know? Opinion:
• Were there any words or phrases that https://www.walesartsreview.org/world-cup-
helped you? qualifier-a-reflection/:
• Can you find an example of an
opinion in the news report paragraph?
• What is different about the news
compared to the opinion piece?
The teacher discusses the difference The students watch Gary Younge’s Task 2
between the news report and the explainer video to explore why news Youtube:
opinion piece. publications also publish opinion pieces. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgJJgvLaahg
The teacher hands out three different stories The students will spot the fact from the task- The teacher discusses the Spot Task 3
and use Spot the Truth to model the activity. given answer. the Truth task and how students Canva (Presentation)
use the types of words to express
The students will answer the follow-up their ideas.
questions:

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• Why is it important to know the
difference between fact and opinion?
• How can we check whether something
is factual?
• What is the difference between a news
report and an opinion piece?
• The teacher hands out the task • The students read different tweets The teacher discusses the Spot
“Rumour has it”. about a breaking news story (*see the Truth task and how students
• The teacher explains about the Rumour has it). use the types of words to express
Language Clues to identify whether • The students analyse each statement their ideas.
Task 4
the news contains a fact or opinion. using the Language Clues to identify
Canva (Presentation)
whether it is fact or opinion.
The teacher introduces speculation and Challenge The teacher discusses together
rumour. As well as sorting statements into The students identify the statements which with the students.
fact, opinion, speculation or rumour. are actually speculation or rumour.
The teacher asks the student to complete a The students complete the task in a The teacher checks their work. Task 5
task in a Workbook. Workbook. Cambridge Checkpoint - Workbook
Page 44 Part A and B
Use as many rows in the table as applicable – add rows if necessary

How will you make the lesson inclusive of different individuals and groups in the class?
The students write their own opinion pieces in response to a news story.

Lesson Evaluation
1. Review the learning objectives. Was each one achieved? How do you know?

2. What would you do differently another time? Why?

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ATTACHMENTS

REVIEW

The students draw an inverted pyramid with its elements in Curipod.

TASK ONE

The students read an extract from a news report and an extract from an opinion piece, identifying which is which.

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TASK TWO

The students watch Gary Younge’s explainer video to explore why news publications also publish opinion pieces.

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TASK THREE

TASK FOUR

TASK FIVE

Cambridge Checkpoint - Workbook Page 44 Part A and B

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