RAFT

=RAFT - A Writing Strategy= RAFT is a writing strategy that helps students understand the importance of Role, Audience, Format, and Topic when they write. RAFT provides students with a framework and a scaffold to assist them as they develop as writers. You can use the RAFT strategy in any content area and at any grade level. You can differentiate instruction using RAFT by giving more or less scaffolding related to the RAFT, e.g., Assign a specific role and/or audience and/or format and/or topic to different individuals or groups. Click on the links below for resources related to the RAFT strategy.

Bee Life Stages Sample RAFT Activity Materials

 * [[file:Bee Life Stages RAFT Activity.doc|Bee Life Stages RAFT Activity.doc]]
 * [[file:Bee Life Stages.doc|Bee Life Stages Research Article]]
 * [[file:Examples of RAFT Assignments.doc|Examples of RAFT Assignments.doc]]

**RAFT Writing Web-Based Resources**

 * **How Can A Well Designed RAFTS Promote Focus and Excitement:** http://www.writingfix.com/wac/WAC_Docs/Whats_RAFTS.pdf
 * **RAFT Prompts for History and Social Studies:** http://www.writingfix.com/wac/Writing_Across_Curriculum_RAFTS_Soc_Studies.htm
 * RAFT Writing Rubric: http://www.writingfix.com/PDFs/WAC_Docs/RAFTS_Rubric_blank.pdf
 * **RAFT Writing Strategy:** http://www.adlit.org/strategies/19783/
 * **Writing Across the Curriculum RAFT Writing Assignments:** http://www.writingfix.com/wac/RAFT.htm