RAFT Assignment

Meredith Ferry

CIRG 644

Module 5

Demonstration of RAFTS

April 2, 2015


Imagine you are a famous Latina songstress and you are to compose a song related to the hardships faced by the indigenous people of El Salvador. The song must fully convey the hardships that the indigenous have faced throughout the years. This type of song is more difficult than those you usually write, so to help you gather your information and ideas, you go through this checklist to ensure that you are doing so efficiently.

What’s your Role: Musician

What’s your Audience: Indigenous people

What’s your Format: Song

What’s your Topic: Hardships

Chalcie Raker - RAFT Assignment

Role: A Fraction

Audience: A Baker

Format: Directions

Topic: To double the recipe

Strong Verb: Measure

Assignment: Teaching ninth graders, I have found that they struggle with fractions. I believe that most people do struggle with fractions. In this assignment my students are asked to find a recipe for any dessert they wanted and they had to double the ingredients. After figuring out what the new measurements were for the recipe, the students were to get in groups and then make one of the recipes.

Rich Chewy Peanut Butter Bars

• 1⁄2cup creamy peanut butter
• 1⁄2cup margarine
• 1 1⁄2cups sugar
• 2eggs
• 1tablespoon vanilla
• 1cup plain flour
• 1 1⁄2teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2teaspoon salt
• Pre heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 9 x 13 inch pan and set aside.
• Melt peanut butter and margarine in a medium pan.
• When melted add the sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, salt and vanilla, stirring until well blended.
• Pour into pan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until set. Cool, and cut into squares.
• Doubling the Ingredients
• 1 cup of creamy peanut butter
• 1 cup of margarine 
• 3 cups of sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 tablespoons of vanilla
• 2 cups of plain flour
• 3 teaspoons of baking powder
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• Follow the same instructions from the original recipe.

RAFTS - Amanda Darnley

Role:            Scientific Explorer

Audience:            Other scientists

Format:            Journal Entry

Topic:            Tundra Biome

Strong Verb:            Describe

Assignment: For this assignment you are an explorer in a tundra biome, which you have never encountered before.  You are keeping a journal of your journey with each biome you encounter to describe the plant and animal life found there are well as the weather and anything you find interesting and different than your native habitat.  This will be used to inform other scientists about the Tundra biome you have encountered.

Journal Entry Dated March 30, 2015

Today we have entered an area in Northern Canada that the natives call Tundra.  This area is barren with not much plant or animal life.  In March the ground is still covered in snow and it is very cold.  We have seen a few small animals such as: rabbits, foxes and an owl or two.  Yesterday we came across a large herd of caribou about 100 miles south grazing on small patches of grass making their way through the snow.  This ecosystem has some very limiting factors that effect number and types of plants and animals that can survive here.  Those factors include the amount of food, water, space, and shelter available.  Earlier this morning I spoke with a local who described to me that they have a short period of warmth in the summer months for plant life to grow and that trees are unable to take root because the soil remains frozen for all but a few weeks out of the year.  They also have a small amount of rain, which inhibits plant life from taking off.  I am told that besides the rabbits, foxes and owls I have seen other small rodents can survive here as well as weasels.  This biome has a carrying capacity much like that of a Desert very few plant and animals can survive because of the inhospitable climate.