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WritingFix: Making R.A.F.T. Writing Prompts for Science Class
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Build a R.A.F.T.S. Writing Prompt for Science Class
writing across the curriculum while challenging students to think deeply about a course's content

A R.A.F.T.S. writing prompt challenges a writer to assume a Role before writing, to write for an imaginary Audience, to write using a given Format, to write about a certain Topic, and to write with a certain Strong Verb in mind as he/she writes.  Whew!  Long explanation!  But a totally great way to inspire good writing from yourself or your friends.

The 5 buttons below, once pressed, will help you begin to create a R.A.F.T.S. writing prompt about a math topic for you or for a friend to write.  If one of the button's choices doesn't seem to work, feel free to click it again.  Your job here is to create a R.A.F.T.S. writing prompt that you or someone else could actually write about and learn while writing.

Want to try?  Start clicking the buttons below until you have an idea for a RAFTS assignment to be used in class.

WritingFix's R.A.F.T. Prompt Builder for Science:
Other WritingFix R.A.F.T. Resources:


You will write as though you are...

 


...writing something to be read or heard by...

 


The writing will take the form of...


...and will be about...


Your piece of writing's purpose will be to...

 

 

If you haven't already, be sure to check out...


The NNWP's 140-page Print Resource:
The 2005 Writing Across the Curriculum Guide
(Click on the cover below to find out how to order a copy for your classroom or school.)

This print resource contains five modules on different ways to write meaningfully in all curriculum areas. The fifth module of the WAC Guide is entirely devoted to the topic of R.A.F.T. Writing Assignments.


Two more popular R.A.F.T.-Building Tools:


Here are several complimentary resources from the NNWP's Writing Across the Curriculum Guide:

 

 

   

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