Role Audience Format Topic (RAFT)
Directions: Choose one role, one audience, one format, and one topic from the list below to compose a short essay. The essay must be at least 4 paragraphs.
Roles:
Newspaper reporter
Attorney
President
Specific plant
Specific animal
Earth
Advertiser
Specific scientist
Body part
Fictional character
Bacterium
Chemical
Biologist
Audiences:
Newspaper readers
U.S. Supreme court
U.S. citizen
Dear Abby
Biological company
Specific plant
Specific animal
Specific scientist
Bacteria
TV audiences
Jury
7th grade students
Body part
Fictional character
Formats:
Obituary
Appeal speech
Argumentative essay
Advice column
News column
Diary entry
Letter
Press release
Instructions
Travel guide
Thank you note
Love letter
Petition
Recipe
Script
Public service announcement
Letter of complaint
Speech
Topics:
Any part of our current unit
Examples:
R = Role / A = Audience / F = Format / T = TopicHormone / Self / Letter / Regulation during reproductive system
Lungs / Cigarettes / Complaint / Effects of smoking
Wheat Thin / Other Wheat Thins / Travel Guide / Journey through the digestive system
Biologist / Charles Darwin / Letter / Refute a point in evolutionary theory
Advertiser / TV Audience / Commercial / Importance of fruit in human diet
Raindrop / Cloud / Travel Guide / Trip you make to get back to cloud
Plant / Sun / Thank-you note / Sun’s role in plant’s growth
Biologist / Biological Company / Instructions / Combinations of chemicals to avoid in human body
Transform boundary / Haiti Villagers / Letter / Warning about the earthquake that is about to happen