Jillian Varner ENG 4520

Building a R.A.F.T.
Ms. Varners Language Arts Class
This activity will help you to really get in the mind of one of the characters in The

Secret Life of Bees! Role: The character from whose perspective you will be writing from. Audience: To whom your character is writing. Format: What type of writing you will be doing. Topic: What you will be writing about.
Learning Targets: ~I can take on the role of a character and write from his or her point of view, in the format corresponding to that character. You can choose your RAFT from the following options: Role May Lily Rosaleen August Audience June Her mother Lily Deborah Format Wailing Wall Letter Speech Letter Topic Neil and June What life would be like if Deborah hadnt died Their relationship, and how it has grown and changed Lily, what kind of person she has become (and hopefully how proud Deborah would be!). Zach Mr. Gaston the Jailer Lily Sheriff Journal entry Formal report Encouraging her to write and why Rosaleens escape

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The length of your RAFT should be appropriate to the format of your option. Make sure you are writing from the perspective of the character role. The point of this activity is to put you in the story! These are due tomorrow at the beginning of class. Good luck, and have fun!

Rubric
CATEGORY Role 4 It is very easy for the audience to tell which character is speaking, and is accurate with author\'s depiction of the character. The intended audience is clear to the reader. Connections between events, ideas, and feelings in the story are creative, clearly expressed and appropriate. 3 It is usually easy for the audience to tell which character is speaking, and is mostly accurate with author\'s depiction of the character. The intended audience is mostly clear to the reader. Connections between events, ideas, and feelings in the story are clearly expressed and appropriate. 2 It often was hard for the audience to tell which character is speaking, and hardly matches with author\'s depiction of the character. The intended audience is hard to distinguish. Connections between events, ideas, and feelings in the story are sometimes hard to figure out. More detail or better transitions are needed. Format is often not appropriate or consistent with the chosen RAFT. 1 It was very difficult for the audience to tell which character was speaking, and does not follow the author\'s depiction of the character. The intended audience is not clear to the reader. The story seems very disconnected and it is very difficult to figure out the story.

Audience

Connections/Tr ansitions

Format

Format is appropriate and consistent with the chosen RAFT.

Format is mostly appropriate and consistent with the chosen RAFT.

Format is not appropriate or consistent with the chosen RAFT.