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       A RAFT is a type of writing assignment that can be formatted to work for any class, and is a way to get the students to be creative with their writing. This is used a a summarizing activity where students can display what they know about a topic.
      RAFT stands for:

      R - Role

      A - Audience

      F - Format

      T - Topic

This is important when creating the assignment. You have to give the students the Role that they will be portraying, the Audience that they will be writing to, the Format that they will be using, and finally the Topic of the whole writing assignment. I have seen this used as an individual assignment or also a group assignment. More information on RAFT writing and a wide variety of examples can be found in our Professional Development Book 

I have used this in my classroom already this year to have students explain the differences between parallel and perpendicular lines. This is what their RAFT information looked like: 

Role - to be a parallel line  Audience - write to a perpendicular line  

Format - a Dear John Letter (a break up letter) Topic - the differences between them

So their assignment was to be a parallel line breaking up with the perpendicular line in a letter because of their differences. They had to include at least 2 differences to get full credit. Students enjoyed being able to be creative with their letter and it showed me their understanding of the meaning of parallel and perpendicular lines.

Please share ways that you have used RAFT Writing in your classroom!

Examples of different Raft topics that can be used in any classroom

Examples of RAFT in Science - free download at teacherspayteachers.com

Examples of RAFT in Math

Examples of different RAFT- free download at teacherspayteachers.com