Fill out this RAFTS
chart for this prompt:
Role (What is your
role as you write this?)
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Student -- a student who is taking a stand on
an issue
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Audience (Who are
you writing for?)
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Whoever will read
this: teachers, the computer?
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Format (What format are you asked to use –
pargraph? essay? poem? story? list? )
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Essay -- an argument essay
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Task (What verbs in the prompt are telling
you what to do?)
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Write, Take (a
position), Use (the information in the passages provided), Include
(information from all passages provided)
________________________
Manage (your time)
Plan, Write, Revise and Edit
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Include (a claim)
Address (counterclaims)
Use
(evidence from several sources)
Do not rely (on just one source)
Spend (about 60 minutes on all the activities
it takes to write this essay).
Type (your answer)
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Strong Key Words (What
words should you pay special attention to so you will write the answer you
are begin asked to write?)
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Great discoveries, result, big mistakes, worth problems?
Greatness or disaster?
Mistakes key to
discoveries?
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