Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: ESOL student testing issue Mrs. Clark has an ESOL student that she works one on one with in reading after she teaches a lesson. The student is having trouble with finding a fact and an opinion when reading a given text. The student knows that a fact can be proven true and an opinion is what someone thinks, but the student cannot distinguish between the two in the stories that she reads. What is something Mrs. Clark could do to help her student understand fact and opinion in given texts? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I would use avenues that students can relate too. I would introduce this lesson with a movie or song. This gets them engaged and something that they can relate too. I would maybe come up with a mnemonic device to help the student remember the difference between fact and opinion. Have them read a story and complete a graphic organizer. Then I would have the student answer multiple choice questions. Then I would have the student write out the fact and the opinion in a story. This shows progression and they are constantly seeing it not just in literature, but in their every day life.