Raft Writing
When to use:
- to help students develop projects
- to help students reflect on what they have learned
- to build comprehension
- to differentiate instruction by providing different activities on the same topic
How to use:
1. Teacher decides what they want students to learn through this activity and how it will increase the students'
comprehension of the text/ unit they are studying.
2. Teacher prepares a RAFT chart of possible projects. Teacher brainstorms a list of possible roles, audiences, genres,
and formats of the projects.
3. Students read and discuss the text/ unit.
4. Students choose projects. This can be an individual project or a small group project. Teacher can develop one project
or a list of projects that students choose from.
5. Students create their project using the writing process. They get feedback while creating their project from their peers
and/or the teacher.
6. Students share their completed projects with each other or other appropriate audiences (i.e. a History project may
shared with the local VFW).
RAFT
R= Role (Who is the writer, what is the role of the writer?)
A= Audience (To whom are you writing?)
F= Format (What format should you be writing in? Is it a letter, a paper, a digital project, etc?)
T= Topic ( What are you writing about?)
- to help students develop projects
- to help students reflect on what they have learned
- to build comprehension
- to differentiate instruction by providing different activities on the same topic
How to use:
1. Teacher decides what they want students to learn through this activity and how it will increase the students'
comprehension of the text/ unit they are studying.
2. Teacher prepares a RAFT chart of possible projects. Teacher brainstorms a list of possible roles, audiences, genres,
and formats of the projects.
3. Students read and discuss the text/ unit.
4. Students choose projects. This can be an individual project or a small group project. Teacher can develop one project
or a list of projects that students choose from.
5. Students create their project using the writing process. They get feedback while creating their project from their peers
and/or the teacher.
6. Students share their completed projects with each other or other appropriate audiences (i.e. a History project may
shared with the local VFW).
RAFT
R= Role (Who is the writer, what is the role of the writer?)
A= Audience (To whom are you writing?)
F= Format (What format should you be writing in? Is it a letter, a paper, a digital project, etc?)
T= Topic ( What are you writing about?)
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Holston, V. & Santa, C. (1985). Raft: A method of writing across the curriculum that works. Journal of Reading, 28, 456-
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