ELA-Bias-Opin-IT

Author's Bias-Fact and Opinion - Opinions - Print - Information Texts

 * K-2**
 * // **Saving Money ,** // Mary Firestone, ISBN 0-7368-2640-8 Though this book gives a lot of good facts about ways to save, the author’s opinions about saving money does creep into the text. Statements such as “Saving money at home is easy,” or “Saving money is a good choice,” are actually opinions. Can your students spot these opinions and how the author backs up these opinions about money?


 * ** //Carolina’s Story, //** Donna Rathmell, ISBN 0-9764943-0-2  This book tells about a sea turtle named Carolina that was hurt and needed to be cared for by the professionals at the Sea Turtle Hospital. She makes a full recovery and she is returned to the ocean. The story of her care and information in the back of the book is factual but the author gives her opinion about how Carolina is feeling and what she might be thinking throughout the book.


 * // **The Dandelion Seed**,  // by Joseph Anthony, ISBN 1-883220-66-1 for an account of the life cycle of a dandelion as told from the dandelion seed’s point of view that include the plant’s opinions. May pair this book with // **Watch It Grow,** // Craig Hammersmith, ISBN 0-7565-0246-2 which is factual information about plants and how to grow them. The dandelion plant is also a part of this book.



 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">// **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet ,** //David McLimans, ISBN-13: 978-0-8027-9564-9 <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> This A to Z book highlights some of the world’s endangered animals, giving facts about each one. Additional titles for further reading and websites are included in the back. The status of the animal’s level of endangerment in the opinion of scientists is included for each entry. Pair this with Almost Gone: The World's Rarest Animals, Steve Jenkins, ISBN-13: 978-0-06-053598-8 for additional factual information about endangered animals. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">//<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving,** // <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Laurie Halse Anderson ISBN 0-689-84787-4<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Sarah Hale’s opinions about many subjects, including her wish to create an official holiday to give thanks, were not always met with acceptance. However, her perseverance finally paid off and Thanksgiving became a national holiday. Facts about the traditions of Thanksgiving, other events that took place in the 1860’s, and Sarah Hale’s life are included in the back of the book.

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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">//**Wild Animals In Captivity**//, Rob Laidlaw, <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">ISBN-13**:** 978-1-55455-025-8 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The author’s idea of how zoos affect the behaviors of wild animals. Includes not only facts, but the opinions of the author as to “good” or “bad” zoos. Best used by teacher reading excerpts aloud to the class.

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 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//**Persuasive Paragraphs**//, <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Frances Purslow, ISBN-13:978-1-59036-731-5 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A how-to approach to writing paragraphs that includes a section on facts vs. opinions. Information and pictures about American immigrants and settlers help children learn how to write persuasive paragraphs. This can be used as a teacher or a student resource.


 * ====<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">// **The Pledge of Allegiance,** // Norman Pearl, ISBN-13: 978-1-4048-2644-1 Facts about how the Pledge of Allegiance was written and how it is used is included in this book. How people perceive the words and the meaning they take from them are opinions that are also explored. ====

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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">// **Appleseeds Magazine,** // published monthly by Cobblestone Publishing Company, [] Each issue of this social studies magazine for students provides an overall theme for the articles of that issue. Nonfiction information, stories, maps, recipes, and puzzles are included.

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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">// **Sandlapper Magazine,** // published quarterly by Sandlapper Society, Inc. or [|available online] This publication covers many aspects of life and features of South Carolina. Articles vary and can be used in conjunction with the 3rd grade social studies curriculum. Many opportunities to determine fact from opinion in the articles. All South Carolina schools are entitled to receive free copies (for each 3rd grade classroom) of this publication.

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