Fact+and+Opinion+and+Cause+and+Effect

Helpful "resource" sites

[|Larry Ferlazzo's links for teachers] Including Fact/Opinion and Cause/Effect

FACT AND OPINION
[|Fact and Opinion Quiz] [|Fact and Opinion Quiz, #2] Using one or both of the above links, have students take the quiz independently or in small groups. My suggestion is to have students take quiz one in small groups, on the smart board and have them write their thinking about the question/answer on each "page" that will save to a long smart notebook. Groups of 3-4 can rotate through the smartboard during reading time. The second quiz could be used to assess independent learning of fact and opinion. [|Fact and Opinion Test] [|Fact and Opinion Quiz] [|Difficult Fact and Opinion Quiz], could be used to see if students can apply their knowledge of clue words without understanding the entire sentence or to provide some upper level differentiation. [|Fact and Opinion tutorial], a decent activity for partner work. Encourage students to read through the responses when they answer a question (right or wrong)

CAUSE AND EFFECT
[|Cause and Effect Smartboard activity] Cause and Effect connecting words: **  because, so, consequently, therefore, due to the fact, since, as a result, the reason for, thus, nevertheless [|Cause and Effect] clue/connecting words quiz. The "feedback" is confusing, so I would suggest having students work in partners or threes and have them determine together why their answer is correct or incorrect. Could they think of an example that would use the connecting word correctly? Interactive Quiz/Tutorial**