RAFT

Writing Strategies [|RAFT Interactive] RAFT RAFT is a writing strategy that helps you understand your role as a writer, the audience you will address, the varied formats for writing, and the topic you will be writing about. By using this strategy, you can write creatively, consider a topic from a different perspective, and gain practice writing for different audiences.


 * R **ole of the Writer: Who or what are you as the writer? A pilgrim? A soldier? The President?


 * A **udience: To whom are you writing? A friend? Your teacher? Readers of a newspaper?

F ormat: In what format are you writing? A letter? A poem? A speech?

T opic and strong verb: What are you writing about? Why? What's the subject or the point?

**What to Do ** –…assume a R ole –…consider the A udience, <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 50px;">–…write in a particular <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 50px;">F <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 50px;">ormat –…examine a <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 50px;">T <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 50px;">opic from a relevant perspective

** Example ** = ** RAFTs for Language Arts ** = = =
 * =**<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Role **= || =**<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Audience **= || =**<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Format **= || =**<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Topic **= ||
 * =Huck Finn= || =Jim= || =Letter= || =What I Learned on the Trip= ||
 * =Billy Colman= || =Family= || =Eulogy= || =My Love for Little Ann and Old Dan= ||
 * =Comma= || =Sentences= || =Thank You Note= || =Glad I Could Be of Service= ||
 * =Prepositional Phrase= || =Author= || =Persuasive Speech= || =How I Can Help You Express Yourself= ||
 * =Juliet= || =Self= || =Diary= || =My Short Romance= ||
 * =Grendl= || =Beowulf= || =Letter= || =You Need to See My Side of the Story= ||

=** Example **=
 * =<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Role = || =<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Audience = || =<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Format = || =<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Topic = ||
 * =Squanto= || =Other Native Americans= || =Pictographs= || =I can help the inept settlers= ||
 * =Band Member= || =Other Band Members= || =Demo Tape= || =Here’s how it goes= ||
 * =Positive Numbers= || =Negative Numbers= || =Dating Ad= || =Opposites Attract= ||
 * =Rational Numbers= || =Irrational Numbers= || =Song= || =Must you go on forever?= ||
 * =Decimals= || =Fractions= || =Poem= || =Don’t you get my point?= ||
 * =Perimeter= || =Area= || =Diary Entry= || =How your shape affects me= ||
 * =Monet= || =Van Gogh= || =Letter= || =I wish you’d shed more light on the subject!= ||
 * =Joan of Arc= || =Self= || =Soliloquy= || =To recant, or not to recant; that is the question= ||
 * =Tree= || =Urban Sprawl= || =Editorial= || =My life is worth saving= ||
 * =Thoreau= || =Public of his day= || =Letter to the Editor= || =Why I moved to the pond= ||
 * =Young Chromosome= || =Experienced Chromosome= || =Children’s Book= || =What becomes of us in mitosis?= ||