Facts and opinions

Facts and opinions

Write down two facts about a pop group

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Write down two opinions about a pop group

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Write down two facts about school  

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Write down two opinions about school

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Write down two facts about food  

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Write down two opinions about food

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Give one fact and one opinion about someone that matters to you:

Read the following passage:

I have got a new car. It is blue. I think it is fantastic! It goes very fast and makes me feel special. People will think that I’m really cool driving this car. I worked hard and saved up a lot of money to buy it.

Write down three facts about the car

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Write down three of the owner’s opinions about the car

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Read this passage:

I don’t like Madonna. I think she is ugly. She may be the most famous female pop star in the world and have sold more records than any other woman but that doesn’t make her special. I think she should give up singing and making albums and take better care of her two children, Lourdes and Rocco.

Write down three of the speaker’s opinions about Madonna

                                                                                                           

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Write down three facts mentioned about Madonna

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Mobile Phones - for or against?

For	Against
Useful in emergencies	Can be dangerous in hospitals
Can help parents and kids keep in touch	Can cause accidents while driving
Give kids more freedom	A nuisance in public places
Can control cost (pay as you go)	Mugging of children has increased
Flexible - eg text messaging	Distract/disrupt lessons

Write a letter to your mum or dad persuading them to buy you a mobile phone.

Use the writing frame to help you set it out properly - disposition of text is an essential skill for your grade.

Look at the way the paragraphs begin. These are called “markers” and it is very useful to learn these.

Persuasion

• Please will you consider…
• There are many good reasons…
• Firstly…
• Secondly…
• Thirdly…
• You may feel that…
• Lastly…

Mobile Phones Writing Frame: Persuasion

Dear...

Please will you consider … (explain what you want to happen)  I think that there are many good reasons why you could ...

Firstly … (now give your best reason)

An example of this is… (now give a good example to back up your argument)

Secondly… (now give your second best reason)

Thirdly… (now give your third best reason)

You may feel that… (now give a reason against mobile phones) but I can promise you that...

Lastly, I would like to add… (give another good reason)

Love from (name)

Media - Good or Bad?

Media is television, radio, computers and other devices used to entertain or communicate a message.

Fill in the chart below, put an X in agree/disagree to each statement

	Agree	Disagree
Media makes people lazy and unfit
Media teaches us about the world
Media enables us to see other parts of the world
Media helps us to understand how other people live
Media is boring and mindless
Media is a waste of money
Reality shows set a bad example
Reality shows set a good example
Media makes soccer players into heroes
Media makes people want what they can’t have
TV families are unrealistic
Media makes people unimaginative
Media improves people's imaginations
Media teaches people about music and art
Media is uncultured and no substitute for a book
Media adverts are a bad influence on children
Media adverts inform us about available products

Now you are going to express your own views using the markers you used earlier. Use the frame below to help with your planning. Try to make your finished text at least 300 words, spell check and have a friend read it through and comment before you hand in the link to this paper in Lärum.

Headline (here you put a headline you think is appropriate for your text) I think that media is Some people say that However, I think that I also think Therefore I would like to sum up by saying