Opinion Writing: Building Skills Through Discussion, Reading, and Writing 1 Table of Contents From Teacher to Teacher. Welcome to 5th Grade Opinion Writing ! This amazing site contains a 5th grade opinion writing unit based on both Common Core and Gifted standards. What is an Opinion? Expository writing takes many forms, during this unit we will focus on opinion and persuasive writing. View: “Fact vs. Opinion” PPT Our class uses the Lucy Calkins Writing Workshop model for writing instruction. Students will study and write in the following genres: Personal Narrative 4th grade argumentative writing: opinion essay (1) Brainstorm, plan, and write an argumentative essay in the fourth grade. Opinion Writing. Teaching Students to Voice their Opinions Effectively with the Common Core Standards. Rachel Fielhauer. Fifth Grade Teacher. Legend Elementary To help students, teachers, administrators, and parents learn what the expectations are for writers at grade 5, the site makes available sample or anchor papers. Learning to write nonfiction is increasingly important for school success. These writing samples show what good fifth grade writing looks like. Grades K-5, On-Demand Writing. Common Core writing samples showing student responses to the same prompt across grade levels. Prompts and source texts included. 5th grade argumentative writing: opinion essay (1) Brainstorm, plan, and write an argumentative essay in the fifth grade.