RAFTS

=RAFTS=

Prompts to use for each of the components*

 * ROLE**: What do I know about this role? What special language might a person in this role use?


 * AUDIENCE**: What do I know about this audience? What information does this audience need to know? What voice would be most appropriate for this audience?


 * FORMAT**: What do I know about this format? How are ideas typically organized for this format (compare/contrast, chronological order, cause and effect, deductive logic, point-by-point analysis)? Click here for examples of formats.


 * TOPIC**: What do I know about this topic? What details should I provide for my audience? What questions should I answer for my audience? Where can I go to find more information if I need it (encyclopedias, periodicals, newspapers, Internet, an expert in the field, library,reference manuals)?


 * STRONG VERB**: What purpose for my writing does this verb suggest? To inform or explain? To persuade? To describe? To tell a story? To create a new way of seeing things? What key words will make my purpose clear? Click here for examples of strong verbs.


 * All materials were taken directly from //Writing to Prompts in the Trait-Based Classroom: Content Areas//. Scholastic Teaching Resources. Pages 6-8, 15-16.



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You are an Art Historian for the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Write a survival manual/scavenger hunt for a group of 3rd graders who are about to take a trip to the museum. Warning the students about possible dangers like falling into a painting and tripping over a sculpture.