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ENGLIS
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Quarter 4 – Module
4:

Fact or Opinion

Department of Education - MIMAROPA

Region
English – Grade 7
Quarter 4- Module 4:
First Edition, 2020

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 Introductory
Message For the
facilitator:
This Self-Learning Module (SLM) focuses on the (competency) determining
the truthfulness and accuracy of the material viewed Q4 (EN7VC-I-h-10) as one of the
Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELCs) in Grade 7 English. This
learning material was patterned on Bloom’s Taxonomy Instructional Design
wherein learning activities were aligned with the identified objectives and were
sequenced according to their level of difficulty considering the learner’s needs,
interest and abilities.

You need to ensure that the learner clearly understand the lesson or
concepts discussed in the module. You are also expected to guide him/her in
answering the activities or accomplishing the different learning tasks thereby
enabling him/her to master the competency.

For the learner:

This Self-Learning Module (SLM) is especially made to enhance your

attitude, knowledge and skills vis-à-vis the identified learning competency.
Through this module, you will engage in fun and interesting learning activities
and answer varied exercises and tasks to help you gain mastery of the target
competency which will enable you to effectively use the English language in
listening, speaking, reading and writing. Those learning activities are
appropriately selected and carefully crafted according to your needs, interests,
and abilities.

To successfully achieve the objectives of this module, kindly do the following:

 Read and follow the instructions in all the learning activities

and exercises very carefully;
Be honest in answering all the learning activities and exercises;
 Write your answers neatly and legibly in your subject notebook or
on a separate sheet of paper; and
 Seek guidance from your parents, guardians or subject teacher if
you encounter difficulty in accomplishing the learning activities.

Working on each learning activity in this module will surely enable you to
learn certain aspects of the target language in an enjoyable and meaningful
way. So, take good care of this module and have fun while learning!

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 What I Need to
Know
After going through this module, you are expected to:
Differentiate fact from opinion and
Determine the truthfulness or fallacy of the material presented.

What I Know

To start with our lesson, let’s gauge your prior knowledge!

All of these statements pertain to facts, except:
A. It is what a person thinks or feels about something or someone.
B. It is based on real occurrences which can be tested
through verifiability.
C. Facts are strictly defined and can be measured, observed, and proven.
D. A fact is something that has actually taken place or known to have
existed.

2. Which statement is an example of an opinion?

A. Humans are mammals.

B. Basketball is an Olympic game.
C. President Rodrigo R. Duterte was born on March 28, 1945.
D. The first day of the school year is scary.

3. My brother found a little puppy in the middle of the street today. He was shivering
so my brother wrapped him in a blanket. Mom said that we cannot keep him
because he belongs to another family. He is the cutest puppy I have ever seen! I
do not want to give him back. (Source: www.helpteaching.com)

Which sentence from the paragraph above is an opinion?

A. My brother found a little puppy in the middle of the street today.
B. He is the cutest puppy I have ever seen!
C. Mom said that we cannot keep him because he belongs to another family.
D. He was shivering so my brother wrapped him in a blanket.

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Which of the following sentences is a fact?
A. Philippines is consisted of 7,641 islands.
B. Philippines is the most populous country in the world.
C. The Philippines may become rich in the near future.
D. The Philippines is the safest country to live in.

How do you define an opinion?

It may tell you the truth.
B. It is based only on what you feel
C. It can be read in the encyclopedia.
D. It directly tells you what has actually happened.

Lesson Fact or Opinion

A fact is a statement that can be proven true or false. An opinion is an expression

of a person’s feelings that cannot be proven. Opinions can be based on facts or emotions
and oftentimes they are meant to give one’s own personal beliefs on a certain matter.
Therefore, it is important to be aware of the author’s purpose and choice of language.
Sometimes, the author lets the facts speak for themselves.
(https://teachingcommons.lakeheadu.ca/fact-vs-opinion-resource)
This lesson is specifically geared to enhance your abilities in assessing the
truthfulness and accuracy of a certain material presented to you. This will help you
figure out a fact from an opinion or the truthfulness from fallacy of what is being shown
to you.
I do hope that it will benefit you as much help as you learn thoroughly and
effectively. I wish you all the good luck.

What’s In
Activity 1. Choose Your Choice

Directions: Write whether the statement is true or false based on the passage. Choose
your answer.

Sandra went to the zoo with her parents on Saturday. It took them an hour to get
there because there was a lot of traffic. She had lots of fun looking at all of the animals.
The polar bear was really cute. The lions looked ferocious and wild. She even had the

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 chance to see the giraffe during feeding time. On the drive home, Sandra fell asleep
because she was so tired.

TRUE FALSE
1. Sandra went to the market with her parents.
2. The polar bear was cute.
3. She saw the giraffe during feeding time.
4. The chicken looked ferocious and wild.
5. On the drive home, Sandra fell asleep because she was
tired.
Source:https://www.google.com/search?q=fact%20and%20opinion%20worksheet%20with%20answers&t
bm=isch&hl=en&ved=0CJ0BEKzcAigBahcKEwjI76TQ07fqAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQNw&biw=1349&bih=657#i
mgrc=dRwCcavKbxOyt

What’s
New

Definition of Fact
a. "A fact is something, that has actually taken place or known to have existed, which can
be validated with pieces of evidence."

1. "Facts are strictly defin- ed and can be measured, observed, and proven."

2. "A fact refers to something that makes statements true and is used in connection
with research and study."
b. "A fact can be an event or information, based on real occurrences which can be tested
through verifiability, i.e. they are supported by proofs, statistics, documentation, etc."
Definition of Opinion
a. "‘Opinion is dLefined as the personal view or judgment about a subject, that may or may
not be substantiated by the facts or positive knowledge."
1. "In other words, an opinion is an inconclusive statement, used in subjective matters,
which cannot be proven true or false."
2. "It is what a person thinks or feels about something or someone."
b. "Opinion is highly influenced by a person’s feelings, thoughts, perspective, desires,
attitude, experiences, understanding, beliefs, values, etc., which cannot be tested by
concrete evidence."

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 "Therefore, due to individual differences, every person’s opinion on a particular matter may
also be different."
Clue words like think, believe, feel, must be, must, probably, seem, and often signal an
opinion.
Examples of Facts
Dogs have fur.
The Beatles was a band.
3. The last month of the year is December.
Examples of Opinions
Dog`s fur is pretty.
2. The Beatles sang great songs.
3. December is the best month of the year.
Source:3https://teachingcommons.lakeheadu.ca/fact-vs-opinion-.

What Is
It

Activity 1: Search, Watch and Learn!

Directions: Watch the video “Pliant Like The Bamboo” by I. V. Mallari on Youtube using
the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=iz1FdaS3VI&list=PLdRZpxBEmH7CDPHJC0zMd8TRZ qgJmcEAZ.

Screenshot photo: www.youtube.com

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 Comprehension Questions:
What is “Pliant Like Bamboo” all about?
Why is the Filipino compared to a bamboo?
Is being pliant like the bamboo tree still evident among Filipinos today? Why?
Do you agree with the author’s description of being a Filipino? Explain your answer.
Give your own traits that make you pliant just like a bamboo.

Activity 2: Fact or Opinion?

Below are the statements taken from the story “Pliant Like the Bamboo” by I. V. Mallari.
Identify whether each sentence expresses a fact or an opinion.

STATEMENTS FACT/OPINION
1. The Americans took the place of the Spaniards.

2. The Spaniards came and dominated the Filipinos for

more than three hundred years.
3. The bamboo tree was wiser.

4. The Filipino is like the bamboo.

5. For the Filipinos, we welcome any kind of life that God

offers him. That is why he is contented, happy and at
peace.
6. The Filipino has often been accused of being indolent
and of lacking initiative.
7. The Filipino, in fact, has a way of escaping from the
rigorous problems of life.
8. Then the Japanese came like a storm, like a plague of
locusts, like a pestilence—rude, relentless, cruel.
9. The Filipinos embraced the American way of life more
readily than the Spaniard’s vague promises hereafter.
10. The flowers bloom, and the birds sing in the trees.

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 What’s More

Activity 1: Watch and Write

Directions: Watch the video “Philippine Drug War Sparks Outrage and Fear” delivered by
CNN on YouTube with this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umthpMM33OU.
Accomplish the graphic organizer below. Write your answer on your notebook.

PHILIPPINE DRUG WAR SPARKS OUTRAGE AND FEAR

FACTS OPINIONS

1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5 5

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 What I Have Learned?

Fill in the given graphic organizers with your learnings for the day.

Descriptions
Facts

Descriptions
Opinions

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 What I Can
Do

Activity 1. Let’s Sharpen Your Mind!

Directions: Read the essay below and write “F” if the statement is expressing a fact and
“O” if it is an opinion. Write your answer on your activity notebook.

The Reading Habit Anonymous

There can be no excuse for everybody to remain ignorant of the highest form of
human knowledge, art, and science. Learning is cheap. Books are cheap. Public libraries
are huge storehouses of neglected riches. And all who know books know that they offer
joys and riches unsurpassed. Yet, millions slip the chance to read, or they read only trash,
things meant to drug the mind rather than delight it and stimulate it.

In hour of unbearable sorrow, books are a refuge. In hours of loneliness, they

provide a multitude of friends, boon companions. You can ignore them completely, unlike
your other friends, when they tire you. The poorest man or woman may travel abroad or
living a castle all his or her own, in a book. A book is a flying divan, a magic carpet, a
house of ever- changing furniture, a party, a new viewpoint, a lot of other things. Why let a
cat have nine lives and live only one yourself? Books can offer you as many lives as you
want to experience. People should read newspapers, for they are the histories of their own
time. The person who neglects them is walling himself/herself in and starving his/her soul.
But you cannot understand the paper of today if you have not read the one of yesterday.
Hence, only the reader of books realizes the vast and ancient brotherhood of man the
oneness of the human family the repetition of the same errors and crimes, good deeds,
and noble thoughts.

All the wisdom of the ages, all the stories that have delighted mankind for centuries,
are easily and cheaply available to you within the covers of books- but you must know
how to make use of these treasures and how to make the most from these. The most
unfortunate people in the world are those who have never discovered how satisfying it is to
read good books.

Reading is the pleasure of the mind, which means that it is a little sport; your
eagerness and knowledge and quickness make you a good reader. Reading is fun, not
because the writer is telling you something, but because it makes your mind work. Your
own imagination works along with the author’s or even goes beyond his. Your experience,
compared with his, brings you to the same or different conclusions, and your ideas
develop as you understand his.

The person who reads no books lives on a desert island. He may think he dwells in
a cultural metropolis, but he is a hopeless villager, narrowing his own life out of sheer

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laziness and neglect. The person who reads no books, or few, robs himself of unlimited
wealth to be had for the taking.

What sort of books is best to read? The answer is every sort. The important thing is
not lose touch with life, not to narrow your outlook. Some people look down on fiction and
think it trifling. They talk as if facts were the only important things in life and put history,
biography, and science higher. But history and biography both contain fiction. In fact,
someone has said that history is fiction on which there is an agreement.

One man calls the subject of his biographies a saint, another calls him a villain, a
third says that all the stories told about him are false and writes. One man calls the subject
of his biographies a saint, another calls him new ones. This can go on until you are left in
complete doubt as to what a famous man really was and did. Yet, you should read history
and biography in order to learn at least what people are believing. If read with an open and
inquiring mind, history and biography will be found to be as fascinating and exciting as
any other form of literature. But there is no need to neglect novels for histories.

Source: Read and Understand N.Y.: The Macmillian Company, 1968.

1. Libraries are treasure houses of learning.

2. Books are storehouses of neglected riches.
3. Millions have not developed the reading habit.
4. Books are the cheapest means of travel.
5. All people realize the brotherhood of man.
6. Those who have not discovered the satisfaction of reading books are the
most unfortunate people in the world.
7. The writer advises that we read with an open and inquiring mind.
8. Reading makes our minds work.
9. Only people who live in the metropolis read books.

10. Reading books turns us into literary snobs.

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 What I Can Do On My Own
Activity 1: Stop, Watch and List Down!
Watch a television program discussing a particular social issue and
list down 5 facts and 5 opinions you heard.

FACTS OPINIONS

1. 1.

2. 2.

3. 3.

4. 4.

5. 5.

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 Answer Key

Pretest/ What’s In
What I know 1.False
1.A 2.True
2.D 3.True
3.B 4.False
4.A 5.True
5.B

What is It
Comprehension Questions:

1. What is “Pliant Like Bamboo” all about?

Ans: The story tells about how it is being a Filipino amidst struggles and hardships. Being pliant is one of the
many known profoundest characteristics of a Filipino. He always finds a way out whenever trials peppered him.

2. Why is the Filipino compared to a bamboo?

Ans: The Filipino character is similar to the bamboo because of his ability to become pliant or flexible and his
endurance whenever struggles bombarded him.

3. Is being pliant like the bamboo tree still evident among Filipinos today? Why?
Ans: Yes. Even today the Filipinos still hold this trait as we can see in the news everyday. Our country is still
dealing with the pandemic Covid-19, but despite this, many of our countrymen show courage to face everyday
life. Their display of sympathy for the needy only speaks for their being pliant. Nothing can hinder us to survive.

4. Do you agree with the author’s description of being a Filipino?

Explain your answer.
Ans: Answers may vary.

5. Give your own traits that make you pliant just like a bamboo.
Ans: Answers may vary.

Fact or Opinion?
Fact
Fact
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion

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Opinion
Fact
Fact
Fact

What’s More
Facts
1. There are more than 1.3 million drug users in the Philippines according to PDEA.
2. The Commission on Human Rights was alarmed by the growing number of killing incidents.
3. Philippine war on drugs has claimed many lives.
4. The PNP invited the known drug users to come out and surrender.
5. The PNP made the surrenderees promise to stay away from drugs after the proper
documentations were done.

Opinions

1. The PNP says they will try to wipe out drugs completely.
2. Bato dela Rosa said, “ As much as possible we want to have a drugless society.”
3. Accordingly, the Police was ordered to kill the suspects if they would endanger the lives of the
arresting officers.
4. Metamfetamin hydrochloride is not known in the Philippines as “shabu”.
5. The government does not lack the appropriate facilities to accommodate the surrenderees and
those that need rehabilitation.

What I have learned

Facts-can be proven true or false

-can be measured and observed

-are supported by proofs, statistics, documentations, etc.

Opinions-can be based on facts or emotions

-are influenced by a person’s feelings, thoughts, etc.

-are used in subjective matters

What I can do (Let’s sharpen your mind)

1. F 6. F
2. F 7. F
3. F 8. F
4. F 9. O
5. O 10. O
Assessment/What I can do on my Own
Activity 1( Make the right choice)
Fact
Opinion
Fact
Opinion

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Opinion
Fact
Fact
Fact
Opinion
Opinion
Activity 2 (Be a Quiz Wizard)
1. C
2. A
3. C
4. C
5. C

What I can Do More

Facts (1-5) Student’s answers may vary

Opinions (1-5) Student’s answers may vary

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References

Fact or Opinion. Accessed July 1. 2020.

https://teachingcommons.lakeheadu.ca/fact-vs-opinion-resource.

Definitions of Fact and Opinion. Accessed July 3, 2020.

https://study.com/academy/lesson/facts-vs-opinions-examples-gamesactivities.html.
Mallari, I. V., “Pliant Like The Bamboo”. Accessed July 3, 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz1FdaS3VI&list=PLdRZpxBEmH7CDPHJC 0zMd8TRZqgJmcEAZ.
“Philippine Drug War Sparks Outrage and Fear”. Accessed July 3, 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umthpMM33OU.

“Down with Cats”. Accessed July 3, 2020.

(https://www.google.com/search?q=fact+from+opinion+activity&source=lnms&t
bm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjxz4awirbqAhUaK6YKHVM6DhsQ_AUoAXoECA4
QAw&biw=1366&bih=657#imgrc=94MI2E3WJbqWNM)
Magelende Magallona-Flores, Edna Montano-De la Cruz, Helen Ponce de LeonLadera, Rex Bookstore,Inc.
2012, 48-50

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