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Two Facts and One Fake

Grade:

3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Uses:

Review of Content or Skill

/ Preview and Engage

Check for Understanding

/ Self-Assessment and Reflection

Materials:

Two Facts and One Fake handout, display, writing utensils

Description

Students read a text, write two facts and one fake statement about it, and then challenge partners to identify the fake using textual evidence.

Preparation

Select a short text or excerpt from Britannica School, Britannica Library, or another source related to your learning objective, theme, or unit of study.

Implementation

Display the selected text, and distribute a Two Facts and One Fake handout to each student. Invite students to read the text, and ask them to write three statements based on what they read. Two statements should be true (the facts), and one should be false (the fake). After students have written their statements, they will exchange their handouts with a partner. The partners will then select the statement they think is fake and write a short explanation for their selection.

Close by discussing strategies students used to create and identify fakes, highlighting the importance of close reading.

Teaching Tips

Prepare an example with two true statements and one false statement about the text to model for students. When modeling, create a fake that requires careful reading for successful identification, not something obviously false, to encourage students to seek textual evidence rather than guess.
Use this game to review academic content related to your learning objective, theme, or unit of study.

Supporting All Learners

For students needing extra support: Provide sentence starters related to the text (e.g., “In the text, the author states…” or “According to the passage…”), and highlight key sections they might use for creating their statements.

For advanced learners: Challenge students to create more nuanced fakes that require careful analysis to detect, or have them analyze why certain fakes are more difficult to identify than others based on text evidence.

For multilingual learners: Provide students with visual aids that connect to key concepts in the text, offer bilingual vocabulary support for important terms, and model the process of creating statements with clear examples from the text.

Note: Provide accommodations and modifications based on your learners’ needs to ensure full participation.

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