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RAFT

RAFT. An assessment loved by students and teachers!. RAFT A ssessment Evidence. Give students a fresh way to think about assessment. RAFTs occupy a middle ground between standard essays and more creative writing. RAFTS give students choice engagement opportunities

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RAFT

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  1. RAFT An assessment loved by students and teachers!

  2. RAFTAssessment Evidence • Give students a fresh way to think about assessment. • RAFTs occupy a middle ground between standard essays and more creative writing. • RAFTS give students • choice • engagement opportunities • a new approach to show what they know

  3. RAFT Role of the Writer
Who are you as the writer? Are you Abraham Lincoln? A warrior? A homeless person? An auto mechanic? The endangered snail darter? Audience: 
To whom are you writing? Is your audience the American people? A friend? Your teacher? Readers of a newspaper? A local bank?

  4. RAFT Format: 
What form will the writing take? Is it a letter? A classified ad? A speech? A poem? Topic: 
What's the subject or the point of this piece? Is it to persuade a goddess to spare your life? To plead for a re-test? To call for stricter regulations on logging?

  5. In a RAFT, • students take on a particular role • develop a product for a specified audience • in a particular format and • on a topic that gets at the heart of what matters most in a particular segment of study. Fulfilling the Promise of a Differentiated Classroom, 2003,Tomlinson

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