You Will Be Completing a RAFT Project. That Is

RAFT Project

Intro

Throughout this unit, important topics have been discussed in regards to social issues and learning more about the story of the characters. Now, you all have the opportunity to step into shoes of the people surrounding this story. By consciously making appropriate decisions, you will be able to create a meaningful piece that will represent the things that you have learned.

Assignment

You will be completing a RAFT project. That is:

R - Role / A – Audience / F – Format / T – Topic
Examples

Celie
Mr. ______
Other characters
Alice Walker
Teacher wanting to teach this book
Reader
Student in this class
You
Some other person of your choice

/ Examples

Character from novel
Alice Walker
Community member
Political leader
Reader
Classmate
Teacher
Steven Spielberg
You
Some other person of your choice

/ Examples

Poem
Song
Picture
Essay
Advertisement
Skit
Short Story
Editorial
Legislation
Painting/Drawing
Photo Essay
Combination of the above, possibly with others
Some other piece of your choice

/ Examples

Charity & Justice
Violence
Social Injustice / Change
Love
Self-Esteem
Importance of family
Homosexuality

Essentially, you will be picking out who you are as the author, who your audience is, what audience-appropriate format you will communicate in, and what topic you will address. You will have several days to think this over and will have to write a proposal and a one page concluding rationale for your choices.

Your proposal must demonstrate your thought into your selection and explain the importance of what you will attempting in your RAFT project. Your proposal must be approved before you begin your actual project, so please plan accordingly.

Your concluding rationale for your choices is an extension of your piece that explains why the selected role, audience, format, and topic were chosen. It must be at least one page long, but there is no maximum for the length.

A rubric for grading this assignment has been included on the back of this page.

Missing / Poor / Average / Good / Excellent
Proposal – Done with clear explanations and approved before beginning RAFT project. / 0 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10
RAFT
Role – An appropriate role was chosen, which was pertinent and interesting. The choice really made the other aspects of the RAFT come together. / 0 / 11 / 12 / 14 / 15
Audience – An appropriate audience was chosen, which was pertinent and interesting. The choice really made the other aspects of the RAFT come together. / 0 / 11 / 12 / 14 / 15
Format – An appropriate format was chosen, which was pertinent and interesting. The choice really made the other aspects of the RAFT come together. / 0 / 11 / 12 / 14 / 15
Topic – An appropriate topic was chosen, which was pertinent and interesting. The choice really made the other aspects of the RAFT come together. / 0 / 11 / 12 / 14 / 15
Originality – The piece demonstrates originality and care was obviously put into the project. / 0 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.5 / 5
Professional – The piece is mistake free / 0 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.5 / 5
Concluding Rationale
This piece compliments the RAFT piece in a way that could answer the questions that a viewer of the piece might have / 0 / 11 / 12 / 14 / 15
Is at least one page long / 0 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.5 / 5
Total / _____/100
Excellent / The aspect was covered deeply, with apparent reasoning behind choices. The entire group was involved and presented pertinent information.
Good / The aspect was covered deeply, with some reasoning behind choices.
Average / This aspect was covered but not very deeply. Use of some pertinent and relevant info was included, but not much was beyond a superficial level.
Poor / This aspect was hardly covered at all or choices do not seem to have been made consciously.
Missing / Either the student was absent or completely missed this aspect of the assignment.