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Scott Foresman Reading Street © 2008to theCommon Core Georgia Performance Standards (CCGPS)Grade 5Common Core GeorgiaPerformance Standards – Grade 5Text Types and PurposesELACC5W1: Write opinion pieces on topicsor texts, supporting a point of view withreasons.Fifth Grade Writing (W)Scott ForesmanReading Street © 2008SE: 179, 531, 599, 621TE 2: 179, 185g–185h; 5: 531, 535g–535h, 599, 603g–603h, 621, 625g–625h,WA2–WA9The program’s Write Now pages in theStudent Edition and the accompanyingTeacher’s Edition lessons guiding studentsthrough the writing process presentdifferent kinds of persuasive, or opinion,writing. As they work through the process,students use details to support theiropinions.a. Introduce a topic or text clearly, state anopinion, and create an organizationalstructure in which ideas are logicallygrouped to support the writer’s purpose.SE: 179, 531TE 2: 179, 185g–185h; 5: 531, 535g–535hThe Write Now pages in the Student Editionpresent persuasive and opinion writingopportunities. Students write advertisingbrochures, letters to the editor, persuasiveessays, and reviews. The writing sections inthe Teacher’s Edition identify features ofthe writing mode and guide students asthey write. Also, the Writing andAssessment pages guide students throughthe writing process, from writing prompt tofinished product. Students haveopportunities to write opinions in PersuasiveEssays.In addition, Look Back and Write promptsat the end of the selections in the StudentEdition often ask students to state theiropinion about an issue or topic in writing.(See, for example, SE: 224, 530, 720.)SE = Student Edition18TE = Teacher’s Edition