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Identifying Fact and Opinion:
Read this passage about the Northwest's old-growth forests.
2. Underline the opinion with a blue crayon.
3. Find the words or phrases that signaled an opinion and circle them with a green crayon.
4. Write a "fact" that you would want to check.
5. What sources could you use to check facts in this passage?
6. How might the passage be different if it were written by someone in the timber industry? Write your answer on the back of this sheet.
For more practice, try Identifying Fact and Opinion: Dinosaur Fossils.
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