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R.A.F.T. A CRISS strategy

R.A.F.T. A CRISS strategy. ( CReating Independence through Student-owned Strategies) Authors: Carol Santa, Lynn Havens, and Bonnie Valdes. Professional Development. CRISS Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum Literacy Coaches. Four Components of Writing. Role of the writer Audience

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R.A.F.T. A CRISS strategy

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  1. R.A.F.T.A CRISS strategy (CReating Independence through Student-owned Strategies) Authors: Carol Santa, Lynn Havens, and Bonnie Valdes

  2. Professional Development • CRISS • Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum • Literacy Coaches

  3. Four Components of Writing • Role of the writer • Audience • Format • Topic

  4. Quote • “When we can explain concepts to ourselves and to others, we can claim new knowledge as our own” (p. 190).

  5. R.A.F.T. is a Writing Strategy • Is an alternative to the all-knowing essay • Shifts students out of their familiar roles • Inspires them to write for a different audience • Encourages them to infuse their work with more voice and imagination • Helps them find their own voice

  6. A during or post instructional strategy • The purpose of this strategy is use words to • Plead • Convince • Complain • Persuade

  7. R.A.F.T. • Developed by Nancy Vandevanter (1982) as part of the Montana Writing Project • Decisions are given to students before they write.

  8. The Process gives a framework for the writer… • Who they are as writers • For whom they are writing • The most important format for the piece • The tone they want to take

  9. R.A.F.T • Role of the Writer: Who are you? • Audience: To Whom is this written? • Format: What form will it take? • Topic + strong verb

  10. R.A.F.T • Role of the Writer: Who are you? • A soldier, Abraham Lincoln, a virus, a cloud, an integer, a place holder, an old oak tree • Audience: To Whom is this written? • Format: What form will it take? • Topic + strong verb

  11. R.A.F.T. • Role of the Writer: Who are you? • Audience: To Whom is this written? • A mother, Congress, a graph, an animal, the wind • Format: What form will it take? • Topic + strong verb

  12. R.A.F.T. • Role of the Writer: Who are you? • Audience: To Whom is this written? • Format: What form will it take? • A letter, speech, memo, journal, poem, rap, a cartoon • Topic + strong verb

  13. R.A.F.T. • Role of the Writer: Who are you? • Audience: To Whom is this written? • Format: What form will it take? • Topic + strong verb • Complain, welcome, encourage, blame, advise

  14. Sample 1 • A biology student uses a travelogue to explain the function of red blood cells in the circulatory system. (p. 188) • R. Blood cell • A. Human body • F. Travelogue. • T. Explain the function of blood cells as they travel through the human body.

  15. Sample 2 • The following is a letter that persuades the audience of the importance of a geometric form. • R. point • A. teacher • F. letter • T. convince your teacher that you have an important function.

  16. Note • Students need to know their role before they begin. • If you are going to show a film, give them their roles. • A newspaper format is a type of RAFT (obituaries, advertisements, Dear Soandso, comics, letters to the editor…

  17. Quote for Thoughts • “Our students deserve the opportunity to write constantly in our classes. Writing is what we do to learn, to understand, to explore ideas” (p. 189). • Use writing tools as long as they need them. Once they get the idea of structures, let them create their own tools for processing information.

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