A Detailed Lesson Plan

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ENGLISH IV

I. Objectives:
After given series of activities the Grade IV students should be able to:
1. Define fact and opinion.
2. Differentiate fact from opinion.
3. Identify statement that has fact and opinion.
4. Create a statement that contains fact and opinion.

ATTENTIVENESS
II. Subject Matter:
A. Topic : Fact and Opinion
B. References : English Spectrum 4 pages 186-188
www.google/search-factsandopinion
www.youtube.com/factsandopinion
C. Materials : speaker, worksheet, colored paper, ICT intergration,

III. Procedure
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
A. Pre-Activity
1.Prayer

“Good afternoon class!” “Good afternoon, teacher!”

“Before you take your seats, let us

pray first.”

“Remain standing let’s have your

energizer.” (DANCING)

“Did you enjoy it?” “Yes, teacher.”

“That’s good. You enjoyed it.”

2.Checking of attendance

“How are you my dear students?” “We are doing great teacher.”

“So am I. Before we start our new

lesson, let me check your attendance. Say
present if you’re around.” “Yes, Teacher.”

“Wow, very good all of you are

present.”

3. Recapitulation of the previous topic

“Before we proceed to our new lesson

for today, let us have first a recap of our past
lesson. Who can still remember the elements of
a short story that we discussed yesterday?”
 “Yes, Kate.” Kate: “The elements of a short story are
character, setting, conflict, plot and theme.”

“Very good.”

B.Motivation

“Now, let us have a short activity. So

I’m going to divide you into two groups and
each group will be given a basket wherein it
contains letters. All you have to do is to arrange
the letters so you can create a particular word.
Are you ready?” “Yes, teacher.”

“Count one, two and go to your group.” (Grouping themselves)

“I will only give you one (1) minute to

create the word. Your time start now.” (Doing their activity)

“Times up.”

“Group 1 what is your word?” FACT

“Very good.”

“Group 2 what is your word?” OPINION

“Excellent !”

C.Lesson Proper
1. Introduction of the topic

“Our two (2) mysterious words are fact

and opinion and that will be our topic for today.
But before that I have here a short video clip
about fact and opinion. We will discuss it after
so please listen carefully.”

(VIDEO PRESENTATION) (They’re listening carefully)

2.Discussion of the topic

“Did you learn something from the

video?” “Yes, teacher.”

“What did you have learned out of the

video?”

“Yes, Aaron.” AARON: “I have learned that fact is a true

statement and it can be proven while opinion is
a feeling or belief and it can’t be proven.”

“Precisely! The video presentation tells

that fact is something which can be verified
with evidences and is provable, observable and
measurable. Those are statements that can be
proven by reliable authority or information
such as based on scientific la and history book.
For example, Ferdinand Marcos is the former
president of the Philippines.”

“Why do you think it’s a fact?”

“Yes, Sophia.”
SOPHIA: “Because it is based in history
“Very good! This is a fact because it is book and provable.”
provable by history.”

“On the other hand, opinion is

something which can’t be proven, and they are
based on someone’s thoughts, feelings, and
understanding. For example, President Duterte
is the best president.”

“Do you agree?”

“Yes/No, teacher.”
“Even if everyone agreed with this
example, it is still an opinion because it is not
provable. Understand?”
“Yes, teacher.”
“In addition, there are certain words that
will warn you that you are being given an
opinion statement and not a fact. Some of those
are: maybe, think, many, seldom, best, worst,
feel, good, pretty, favourite, should, perhaps,
probably, apparently and the like.

“I have here more examples of fact and

opinion. Can you please read it.”
FELICITY: “There are 12 months in a year.”
NOAIM: “Sunday is the best day of the
week.”
BRIANNA: “Your birthday comes only one
day a year.”
NOAH: “Halloween is in November.”
RANIA: “Christmas is everyone’s favourite
holiday.”
MAHDI: “Spring is a beautiful season.”

“Very good! So those are the examples

of fact and opinion.”

“Did you understand now the difference

between fact and opinion?” “Yes, teacher.”

“Very good!”
D.Application

Application No. 1

“Now let us test your skills based on

what we have discussed. You are going to raise
your right hands if the statement is fact and
cross sign your hands if it is an opinion. Are “Yes, we are ready teacher.”
you ready?”
(Crossing their hands)
1. I think dogs are better than cats. (Raising their hands)
2. A car has four wheels. (Crossing their hands)
3. The first day of school is scary. (Raising their hands)
4. The titanic was a ship that sunk. (Crossing their hands)
5. Roses are the nicest smelling flower.

“Excellent! You answered it all correctly.

Give yourself a round of applause.”

Application No.2

“I have here another activity. You are

going to pick a sentence and paste it on the
board if it is a fact or an opinion.”
RIGEL: Opinion
1. Being a basketball player is easy. EMPRESS: Fact
2. Dog has four legs. KRISTOFF: Opinion
3. French fries taste batter with ketchup. KIRBY: Fact
4. Maple, oak and pine are types of NICHO: Opinion
tress.
5. The temperature outside is 20
degrees.

“Very good!”

E.Generalization

“Let us have a recap if you have

understand what we have discusses earlier.
Who can explain to me if what is the difference
between fact from opinion.?
“Yes, Ehrica.”
EHRICA: “Fact is a true statement and it
can be proven while opinion is a feeling or
belief and it can’t be prven.”

“Very good!”
JAMAICA: “Computers are the best
“Who can give an example of a fact?” invention ever.”

“Yes, Jamaica.”
 “Very good.”

“Who can give an example of a fact?” BASTE: “Dr. Jose P. Rizal is our national
hero.”

“Yes, Baste.”

“Excellent.”

IV.Evaluation

“Moving on, let us see if you can answer

our activity individually. Get your ballpen and
I’m going to give you each a worksheet. You
are going to answer on the worksheets. Please
read the direction carefully.”

DIRECTION. Identify if the statement is fact (They’re answering their activity)

or opinion. Write your answer on the space
provided below before the number.

______1.Narra is a tree.
______2.Many Filipinos are fluent English
speakers.
______3.Purple is the best color.
______4.I think I look terrible in orange. “Yes, teacher.”
______5.The earth is round.

“Finished?”
“Kindly pass your worksheets in front.”

V.Assignment

DIRECTION. List five (5) facts and five(5)

opinions you heard from the news. Write your “None so far, teacher,”
assignment on your English notebook.

“Any question class?”

“If you don’t have any questions keep “Goodbye, teacher.”

all your notes.”
“That will be all for today.”
“See you tomorrow. Goodbye class!”

Prepare by: Miss Dharlyn P. Gabing

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