Appendix I
RAFT Writing Assignment
R - Role of the writer
A - Audience
F - Format
T - Topic
Directions: Students select one from each column. This allows them to demonstrate their knowledge of the content as well as their understanding of the connection between speaker, audience and topic.
| R | A | F | T |
Frederick Douglass |
Slave master |
Wanted ad |
Separation of mother and child |
Aunt Hester |
Overseer |
Letter |
Whippings |
Demby |
Parent/child or Child/parent |
Eulogy |
Dehumanization of slaves |
Captain Anthony |
Newspaper |
Poem |
Role of overseer |
Colonel Lloyd |
Slaves |
Speech |
Abolition |
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