Bare Assertions to Supported Opinions
This activity helps students practise transforming bare assertions into supported opinions. It covers three key techniques: using the impersonal "it," providing general support, and citing specific sources. With five examples for each, including suggested answers, students will develop critical thinking skills while learning to substantiate their opinions with evidence and credible sources.
Learning goals
- We are learning that bare assertions (a claim of fact without supporting evidence) must take into account different points of view.
Curriculum alignment
EN3-8D
old
Identifies and considers how different viewpoints of their world, including aspects of culture, are represented in texts
EN3-OLC-01
new
Communicates to wide audiences with social and cultural awareness, by interacting and presenting, and by analysing and evaluating for understanding
EN3-RECOM-01
new
Fluently reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes, analysing text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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