R.A.F.T.

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R.A.F.T.

• Which of the following describes R.A.F.T.?
• A. A device that floats in the water
• B. An acronym for the parts of speech
• C. A useful tool that will allow you to get
  better grades
• D. A strategy for writing

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R.A.F.T.

• R.A.F.T. stands for
• Role
• Audience
• Format
• Topic
• So how can that help you?

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R.A.F.T.

• The RAFT strategy forces you to process
  information, rather than merely write out answers
  to questions.
• So..What exactly is it anyway?

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R.A.F.T.

• Rrole
• The role is who you are writing as.
• Is your role reporter? Observer?
• Eyewitness? Object? Etc.?
• Want an example?

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R.A.F.T.

• Look at the following writing prompt.
• What would your role be as the writer?
• Write a letter to the editor of your
• local paper voicing your concern over
• the lack of after school activities for
• teenagers.
• Role

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R.A.F.T.

• If you said teenager, you were right..
• That one was easy, lets try a harder
• one.
• A famous athlete writes an
• autobiography. What is your role?
• Role

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R.A.F.T.

• Who is doing the writing?
• The famous athlete.
• Think you got it? Maybe one more?
• The local theater group puts on a play
• about a dragon with no wings.
• Role

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R.A.F.T.

• Your role in that example was the.
• Local theater group
• Lets move on to the next part which is
• audience. If youre still unsure about
• the role, dont worry. It will get easier
• with practice.

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R.A.F.T.

• Aaudience
• The audience is whoever will be doing
• the reading. Teacher, other students,
• parent,, editor, people in the
• community, etc.
• Want an example?

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R.A.F.T.

• Your girlfriends father lectures her
• after coming home late about why she
• shouldnt be dating you.
• Role?
• Audience?
• Youd be better off staying out of it
• altogether.

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R.A.F.T.

• The audience is very important in
• writing. Lets try another one.
• Joseph Stalin writes a letter to George
• Orwell about his reaction to Animal
• Farm.
• Audience

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R.A.F.T.

• Fformat
• Format is how the writing is being
• presented. What FORM is it taking? A
• letter? Memo? Essay? Article? Report?
• Poem?
• Lets look at the previous examples.

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R.A.F.T.

• What is the format in the following
• prompt?
• Joseph Stalin writes a letter to George
• Orwell about his reaction to Animal
• Farm.
• Format

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R.A.F.T.

• Lets try one more
• Your girlfriends father lectures her
• after coming home late about why she
• shouldnt be dating you.
• Format

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R.A.F.T.

• How is the message being delivered?
• Did you say a lecture? Youre right!
• The last strategy is Ttopic
• The topic is the who or what (subject).

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R.A.F.T.

• Again, lets look at previous examples.
• Write a letter to the editor of your
• local paper voicing your concern over
• the lack of after school activities for
• teenagers.
• What is the topic?

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R.A.F.T.

• The topic is what is being written
• about. In the previous example it was
• your concern over the lack of after
• school activities for
• teenagers.

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R.A.F.T.

• Lets try one more
• Your girlfriends father lectures her
• after coming home late about why she
• shouldnt be dating you.
• The topic is.

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R.A.F.T.

• What was the dad lecturing about?
• Why she shouldnt be dating you.

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R.A.F.T.

• Now were going to take a little test.
• Im going to show you a writing prompt and you
  need to identify the R.A.F.T. for each one.
  Ready?
• Lets get started..

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R.A.F.T.

• The President of the United States will
• deliver a speech trying to convince the
• United Kingdom to join forces in the
• war against terrorism.
• R
• A
• F
• T

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R.A.F.T.

• Your grandmother tells a story to the
• children at the local community center
• about when she was a little girl growing
• up during the great depression.
• R
• A
• F
• T

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R.A.F.T.

• The citizens of China give a speech to
• the Emperor about allowing everyone to
• have a passport.
• R
• A
• F
• T

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R.A.F.T.

• Chuck Norris gives a speech to the bad
• guys letting them know what will
• happen if they mess with him.
• R
• A
• F
• T

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R.A.F.T.

• A caterpillar writes a biography
• describing his life to the world.
• R
• A
• F
• T