1. (Agenda) Journal Mini-Quiz – Grade Own & Turn In
Notes: Fact vs. Opinion
Practice: Fact vs. Opinion Statements (use Note Cards)

2. Please grab a flash card.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Please grab a flash card.
JOURNAL
What is the difference between a fact versus an opinion?
Write down a definition for each, then write down five example statements of EACH.

3. Update on Alabama situation

4. Quiz Review: Five W’s
Who
What
Where
When
Why

5. Quiz Review: Inverted Pyramid
Quiz Review: Headline
Attract reader’s attention
Give the MAIN idea in a SHORT phrase
Quiz Review: Inverted Pyramid
Organize the 5 W’s and make them more understandable
But the MAIN Purpose: Organize information from most important to least important

6. Quiz Review: Types of Articles
News Article: A news story that uses facts to show the five W’s, an attention-getting title, and is written to present the most important information first.
Editorial: An opinion piece written by the editors that comments about an important issue that readers or a newspaper would care about.
Feature: A detailed piece of writing (sometimes written by guest writer) which explore a range of issues, opinions, experiences and ideas; should appeal to the particular audience it’s targeting.

7. Mini-Quiz
It is worth 10 points.
What’s on it?
It covers 5 W’s, purpose of headlines, purpose of inverted pyramid, & three types of articles.

8. Notes: Fact vs. Opinion Facts A careful journalist… Can be proven true
Can be checked or proven
Example: “Last Saturday was a rainy night.”
A careful journalist…
Will only states facts that he/she can prove to be true
OTHERWISE, he/she will cite the source of any uncertain information (“According to…”

9. Notes: Fact vs. Opinion Opinion
Can be questioned/argued against
Differ depending on perspective
Example: “Rainy days are depressing.”
Small Note on Bias & Perspective: A person’s perspective creates their bias, which is best witnessed through looking at word choice.

10. Practice: Fact or Opinion?
Commas are the hardest type of punctuation mark to study.
Twenty percent of the punctuation marks in an average book will be commas.
On Tuesday, the 7th of October, the talented English teacher presented the punctuation rules to the committee

11. Practice: Fact or Opinion?
Professor Knowitall presented evidence to support the rules of punctuation in a forum last Tuesday.
The English language is studied in many regions of the world.
The English language is the most difficult language to study in the world.

12. Practice: Fact or Opinion?
During a heated debate, several grammarians who had proposed a change in traditional rules of punctuation were unjustly criticized by the old-fashioned grammarians on the board.
Developments of new learning strategies are being proposed in the new language book entitled I Need Some Help Please!
The book contains some of the worst explanations around.

13. Practice: Fact or Opinion?
Some critics of the book argue that its contents may be inaccurate.
Reports show that less that fifty percent of high-school students read at an advanced level.
In a lovely classroom in South Carolina, the young teacher is applying her new skills to teach her language classes about grammar.