Competency 1 class 9 eEnglish: Ability to distinguish between facts and opinions in a given text

 

Competency 1: Ability to distinguish between facts and opinions in a given text.

                                          Experience: 1: Opinion Matters
                                           Activities 1.3.2, 1.3.31.4.1  
                                                   Page:11,15,16

09.01.01 observe the learner’s use of strategies to outline/extracts facts and the way students have recorded them in column 3 of the table given in the activities (see page 15).

Fact

1. The 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the American author Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961).

2. He faced two fatal plane crashes and was unwilling to travel to Stockholm.

3. Hemingway asked John C. Cabot, the United States Ambassador to Sweden at the time, to read his acceptance speech.

4. Theodore Roosevelt is best known as the twenty-sixth President of the United States.

 5. He gave his “Citizenship in a Republic Speech" on April 23, 1910, at the Sorbonne in        Paris

 6. The speech emphasizes the importance of action and striving towards worthy goals in life    over idle laziness criticism, and inaction.

 

09.01.02 Students outline strategies to extract the writer’s opinions in a text.

Activity 1.3.2, 1.3.3 observe the learner’s use of strategies to outline/extracts opinions and the way Ss have recorded them in column 3 of the table given in Activity 1.3.3 (see page 15).

Opinion

1. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness but I doubt if they improve his writing.

2. Everyone here may make his own list according to his knowledge his and conscience.

3. For a true writer, each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment.

4.  A country's success depends on disciplined work and character.

5. It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.

6.The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood.

 

09.01.03 Students distinguish between facts and writer’s opinions in a text

Activity 1.4.1

observe students’ responses to the text titled “Touch a New Height” as they, in groups or pairs, discuss and distinguish between the facts and opinions given in the text.

Touch a New Height Courage is the ability to take action even in the face of fear. We all need courage to start pursuing our goals. Being courageous in our life empowers us to chase our dreams and strengthen our belief in our capabilities despite fear. One example is Farid.

Farid and his friends used to climb mountains whenever they get opportunities. This time they decided to climb Keokradong. Following the plan, one day they reached the famous mountain spot in the Keokradong and were surprised to see many people climbing the mountains. Like others, Farid and his friends started putting on mountain climbing gear and began climbing. In no time, they reached the hilltop. After reaching there, his friends chose to camp, but Farid was drawn to climb another mountain. He thought that climbing to the next hill will be fun and challenging instead of camping here. So, he proposed to his friends to climb, but they refused because they found the path difficult. Farid took this as a challenge and went alone towards climbing the peak. Two hours later, he reached the top of the hill. People who were already there greeted him with applause.

Farid was thrilled to have climbed the peak. He admired the beautiful views of nature from the top. He thought about his friends and had a conversation with a boy his age. He asked him, “While climbing this peak, I felt it was not so difficult. Then why only a handful of people here? If people could climb the below peak, they can climb here also if they put in some effort.” He replied, “Most people in the crowd right there are happy with what they find easy. They never think that they have the potential to achieve more. Even people who are not happy there do not want to take any risk. They think if they take risks, they will lose what they already have. But to reach a new peak, we need to put in our effort. Many of them do not show any courage, and theyremain part of the crowd the whole life. And keep complaining about the handful of courageous people and call them lucky.”

Farid agreed that it’s the courage and effort that make someone out of the crowd.

Facts:

Facts	Reason of Fact
1.Following the plan, one day they reached the famous mountain spot in the Keokradong and were surprised to see many people climbing the mountains	This is a fact because it describes a specific event that occurred as a result of following a plannn. It presents observable and verifyable information.
2.People who were already there greeted him with applause.	This is a fact as it reports a reports a direct observation.It conveysan action that can be objectively confirmed.

 

Opinions:

Opinion	Reason of opinion
1.We all need courage to start pursuing our goals.	1.This is an opinion as it express a personal belief about what everyone needs to purses their goals.
2. He thought that climbing to the next hill will be fun and challenging instead of camping here.	2. This is an opinion as it reflects someone’s subjective perspective on the enjoyment and challenge of climbing a hill compared to camping.
3. Most people in the crowd right there are happy with what they find easy. They never think that they have the potential to achieve more. Even people who are not happy there do not want to take any risk. They think if they take risks, they will lose what they already have. But to reach a new peak, we need to put in our effort. Many of them do not show any courage, and they remain part of the crowd the whole life. And keep complaining about the handful of courageous people and call them lucky.”	3. This is an opinion as it presents a subjective viewpoint on the  mindset and choices of people in a crowd, expressing, beliefs, about their contentment, reluctance to take risks, and the perceived lack of courage.

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