1. Fact or Opinion? What is the difference?

2. Facts Facts can be all or some of the following: can be proven real for all people and places can be checked or measured can be observed (seen) are historical are 100 % true

3. Opinions Opinions refer to a particular person’s (or group’s) feeling Thoughts judgments beliefs estimations anything that is not 100 % true and can’t be proven.

4. CHALLENGE! You need to decide which of the following statements are FACTS and which are OPINIONS For people who give an answer

5. All people must breathe to live.

6. All people love football.

7. Blue is the best colour.

8. He is clever.

9. Abraham Lincoln was a United States president.

10. Portsmouth is in the south of England.

11. I don’t like broccoli.

12. Fire needs oxygen to burn.

13. Pizza tastes great.

14. And the last one…… Spiders have eight legs.

15. Talk Partners! Can you think of any books where you might find FACTS?

16. Encyclopedia dictionary atlas text books Guinness Book of World Records

17. Talk Partners! Can you think of any books where you might find OPINIONS?

18. Autobiographies self-help books novels DIARIES Story books