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    The document presents a writing prompt asking students to take on a role and write to an audience using a specific format to provide evidence that either supports or contradicts two claims made by extraterrestrial visitors who want to collect 150,000,000 cubic miles of fresh water from Earth. The claims are that the water taken will be easily replaced and that Earth obviously has plenty of water to spare. Students are asked to consider the water cycle and types of water on Earth in developing their response.

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    1 5 2016 Raft Typed Roles Water Cycle Fresh Water Salt Water

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    Name____________________________________________________________________ Period ____

    Date_____________
    They Came for Our Water
    THE PROBLEM
    Extraterrestrial life forms have contact us. They want to visit Earth for the purpose of collecting 150,000,000
    cubic miles of fresh water to take back to their home planet.
    Many people are scared and worried about this visit but the visitors tell us we have nothing to worry about:
    They claim the water they take will be easily replaced. After all it rains frequently.
    They argue that Earth obviously has plenty of water to spare. After all, more than 71% of Earth is covered
    with water.
    Objective: R.A.F.T. Evidence that either supports or contradicts the visitors two claims shown below
    the water they take will be easily replaced
    Earth obviously has plenty of water to spare.

    This is a RAFT writing assignment must be TYPED!


    R stands for role. Select a specific role in this assignment. Instead of writing from your point-of-view,
    you will need to write from the point-of-view of your role.
    A stands for audience. Instead of writing to your teacher, you will need to direct your RAFT to the
    specified audience; in other words, you are writing to or writing for your audience.
    F stands for format. This is NOT an essay. The length of your writing assignment has no minimum and
    no maximum; instead, you only need to make sure that the length you produce matches the format
    assigned. (Water on the earth=Fresh water & salt water, & processes of the water cycle.)
    T stands for topic. Your raft needs to be about your topic (Water on the earth=Fresh water & salt water,
    & processes of the water cycle.)

    Role

    Audience

    Format

    ADVERTISER

    TV AUDIENCE

    TV COMMERCIAL
    JINGLE/SEGMENT

    NEWSPAPER
    COLUMNIST/
    REPORTER

    READER

    A DROP OF
    WATER

    OTHER WATER
    MOLEUCLUES

    ALIEN

    WORLD
    LEADERS

    Topic

    Evidence that
    supports or
    contradicts the
    PRESS RELEASE
    visitors two
    claims shown
    below
    the water
    LETTER
    they take will be
    easily replaced
    Earth obviously
    has plenty of water to
    spare. (Water
    ARTICLE/BROCHURE
    (Types) on the Earth)

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