Fact or opinion

Fact or opinion

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This task is about deciding whether statements are fact or opinion.
butterflies
On the next pages are twelve statements about butterflies. Some are statements of fact and some are statements of opinion.
Decide whether each statement is a fact or an opinion.

Question

Butterflies are insects.

    • Fact

    • Opinion

Question

Butterflies flying around make you smile.

    • Fact

    • Opinion

Question

Butterflies look pretty flying in a garden.

    • Fact

    • Opinion

Question

Butterflies rest with their wings pressed together.

    • Fact

    • Opinion

Question

Butterflies have two pairs of wings.

    • Fact

    • Opinion

Question

The colours/patterns on their wings help us to know what sort of butterfly it is.

    • Fact

    • Opinion

Question

Butterflies taste food with their feet.

    • Fact

    • Opinion

Question

Some caterpillars grow into butterflies.

    • Fact

    • Opinion

Question

All gardeners dislike caterpillars.

    • Fact

    • Opinion

Question

Butterflies hatch from cocoons.

    • Fact

    • Opinion

Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online with auto-marking.
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
English, Making meaning, Reading
Key Competencies: 
Thinking, Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
fact, opinion, information skills
Description of task: 
Students identify statements of fact from a range of statements.
Curriculum Links: 
Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Reading:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:
  • evaluate ideas and information
as described in the Literacy Learning Progressions for Reading at: http://www.literacyprogressions.tki.org.nz/The-Structure-of-the-Progressions.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Making sense of text: reading critically, set 2
within the Reading Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
  

Y5 (03/2003)
a) Opinion easy
b) Opinion moderate
c) Fact easy
d) Fact easy
e) Fact easy
f) Fact easy
g) Fact easy
h) Opinion easy
i) Fact very easy