Sample RAFT Strips ROLE Semicolon AUDIENCE Middle school FORMAT Diary entry N.Y. Times Public Op Ed piece Huck Finn Tom Sawyer Note hidden in a tree knot Fictional character Our class Oral response Return key high school students Fictional character Self Captain Kirk’s bulletin to his crew Diary entry Thoreau Rain drop Rain forest Experienced chromosomes Public of his day Future droplets John Q. Citizen Young chromosome Letter to the editor Advice column Post-it note Children’s book Magnet First graders Letter P waves S waves Dear John letter Carbon atom Reporter Martin Luther King, Jr. Hydrogen atom Public TV audience of 2010 Personal ad Obituary Speech TOPIC I wish you really knew where I belong How our language defines who we are A few things you should know I never should have listened to…. When to beam to another paragraph My friend – past, present, future Why I moved to the pond The beauty of cycles Before it’s too late What becomes of us in mitosis? Here’s what I’m attracted to…. Why we have to stop seeing each other Atom seeking atom Hitler is dead The Dream Revisited Thomas Jefferson Full page newspaper ad If I could talk to you now Squanto LBJ Joan of Arc Current residents of Virginia Other Native Americans Viet Nam vet Self Pictographs Apology letter Soliloquy Fractions Whole numbers Petition Positive numbers Rational numbers Decimals Perimeter Negative numbers Irrational numbers Fractions Area Dating ad Song Poem Diary entry Multiplication fact Division fact A variable in an equation Real numbers Invitation to family reunion Ad for the circus I can help the settlers What was I thinking… To recant, or not to recant; that is the question To be considered a part of the number family Opposites attract Must you go on forever? Don’t you get my point? How your shape affects me Here’s how we’re related A word problem Primary colors Monet Students in your class Secondary colors Van Gogh Set of directions Family tree Letter Transparency Slide show Personal ad Computer Fifth graders Flow chart Conductor The band Mime What is my value in the balancing act? How to get to know me How we’re related I wish you’d shed more light on the subject! Spruce up your presentation Turning data into a graph in EXCEL How to play a music style