RAFTS-- (Role)

Today you will be writing another crazy, creative RAFTS post.  Create your own RAFTS scenario or use the one below.

Role	Audience	Format	Topic	Strong Verb
Desk chair	Mr. Duffy	Letter	I want out!	Begging

Strong Verb Examples:

Plead Implore Wrangle Bellow Scold

Bark Roar Criticize Chasten

Admonish Reprimand Rabe Suggest

R.A.F.T.S. ---

Role	Audience	Format	Topic	Strong Verb
Astronaut	Your wife	letter	Won’t make it home in time for dinner AGAIN!	Explaining
Foot	Your Body	Letter	How you feel at the end of the day	Complaining
Cowboy Songwriter	Cattle	Song/ Poem	How much you love them	Declaring
Gladiator	Romans	Interview	I am the best/ worst gladiator EVER!	Describing

Calamity

TODAY’S WORD:     Calamity   

DIRECTIONS 

1. Look up the dictionary definition of the word and write down ALL possible denotative definitions (dictionary definition).
2. Write down any and all connotative definitions of the word (an idea or feeling associated with the word).
3. Use the word in a sentence.
4. Write down 3 synonyms and 3
   antonyms of the word.
5. Add a picture

What do you see?

JOURNAL ENTRY

What Do You See?

• What THREE words come to mind when you see this photo?  Explain why.
• If you could be anything in nature, what would you choose to be?  Ex: flower, tree, rain, etc.  WHY?
• Do you think it is important to keep our outdoors clean and preserve nature?  Why or Why not?

Grow Your Mind

GROW YOUR MIND

Learn your societal issues to make the world a better place. Read, write, think, and reflect on the controversies that exist today.

Imagine you’re 25 years old. Where do you hope to be in your life? 

Vocabulary

VOCABULARY

TODAY’S WORD:     MAELSTROM   

DIRECTIONS

1. Look up the dictionary definition of the word and write down ALL possible denotative definitions (dictionary definition).
2. Write down any and all connotative definitions of the word (an idea or feeling associated with the word).
3. Use the word in a sentence.
   
4. Write down 3 synonyms and 3
   antonyms of the word.
   
5. Add a picture

Impact of Setting

Using the ACE method we learned about in class, write an 8th-grade quality response to the following blog prompt:

Thinking about what we learned yesterday in your opinion, how can changing the setting of a story impact its characters or the actions and events in the story?  

What do you see?

Thinking about the ACE method we learned about in class, write an 8th-grade quality response to the following blog prompt:

What Do You See?

• In your opinion, what does the American flag symbolize?

• What do you think people who live in other countries think when they see the American flag?

• Do you think America has a unique sense of pride in its nation? 

Remembering 9/11

Look at the picture below.  This is one of the memorials at the World Trade Center site.  All of the names of the people who died are on this memorial reflection pool.  Why do you think this memorial was built?  How do you think this memorial can help the families of those who lost their lives?  Explain using specific evidence from what you have learned about 9/11.

Weekend Happenings

Using an 8th grade quality response, complete the following blog prompt.

What did you do over the long holiday weekend?