Genre Study 5th Grade - Week 5 Reading Language Arts TUESDAY
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Ideas and Support Text Title: Author: 1. List some ideas from the text below and identify whether each is a fact or an opinion. Page
Idea
Fact or Opinion?
2. Circle one of the ideas you listed above. A. How can you tell whether this idea is a fact or an opinion?
B. Why do you think the author included this idea in this persuasive text?
3. Draw a box around another one of the ideas you listed above. A. How can you tell whether this idea is a fact or an opinion?
B. Why do you think the author included this idea in this persuasive text?
4. How effectively does the author use facts, not opinions, to support his or her claim or viewpoint in this persuasive text? Explain.
Grade 5
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