Lesson 4: RAFT
Anticipatory Set -What 2 topics has your group narrowed down for your PSAs? -What is a PSA? -What is one reading strategy and one vocabulary strategy you can use in your research for PSAs?
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RAFT Role: Who are you as the writer? A concerned citizen? A student? An actor/actress? Audience: Who are you writing to? Format: In what way do you plan to write? A diary? A newspaper article? A letter? A PSA? Topic: What are you writing about? A cause? A natural disaster? An important issue?
Demonstration: On the next slide I will show you how to fill out a RAFT
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Now Together On the next slide we will practice filling out a raft together.
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What are the parts of a RAFT? What is tone? EXIT QUESTION What are the parts of a RAFT? What is tone?