RAFT

Description
> RAFT is a post-learning strategy that helps students focus, clarify and look at content from a different perspective. > Write a RAFT prompt specifying the following criteria: > The teacher can write several prompts to give students a choice. > Examples of roles, audiences, formats and topics are given in the table below Police officer Your pet dog Your heart A basketball Number or letter Congressional delegate Parent Molecule or atom Time traveler Pioneer Self Employee Homeless person ||< Newspaper columnist Parent Sun or moon Principal or teacher President Rock star TV audience Cigarette manufacturer Shade tree Solution to a problem Your dog Prospective employer Historical figure Brother at college ||< Obituary Text message Email Postcard Brochure Biography Diary Travel guide Drawing or illustration Map Video Cartoon Advertisement Letter ||< Include the content plus a reason for writing Complaint Explain relationship Information Locate Cause and effect Compare and contrast Cycles Position statement Persuasion Support or opposition\ Adventure ||
 * 1) R ole - from whose perspective
 * 2) A udience - to which audience
 * 3) F ormat - what is the product
 * 4) T opic - about what and for what purpose
 * ~ Role ||~ Audience ||~ Format ||~ Topic ||
 * < Newspaper reporter

Examples
> [These are adapted from or inspired by resource 1.]
 * 1) (You ) write an email to an absent classmate telling her what she missed in class today.
 * 2) You are the square root of a number. Write a love letter to that number explaining your relationship.
 * 3) Write a thank-you note from a red blood cell thanking the bone marrow for your creation.
 * 4) As an electron, you travel many places. Create an illustrated booklet to show your most recent business trip.
 * 5) You are a <span style="color: rgb(255,0,3);">reporter from the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Write a <span style="color: rgb(22,49,25);">telegraph message from Gettysburg on June 30, 1863 (<span style="color: rgb(7,25,146);">to your editor ).

Resources

 * 1) [|Tantasqua School District] (great source of creative examples)
 * 2) [|Greece NY Reading Strategies] (directions and examples)
 * 3) [|Anchorage School District Online] (directions and examples)
 * 4) [|AdLit.org] RAFT writing
 * 5) [|Augustana College] (links to other sites and rubrics)
 * 6) Dare to differentiate - another site hosted by Wikispaces - http://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/R.A.F.T.+Assignments - has links to many R.A.F.T. assignments.