Writing

Last week in writing we discussed the importance of "RAFT" or identifying the Role of the writer, thinking about what our Audience will be for our writing. We talked about possible formats for our writing (a narrative essay, a letter, a research paper, a fairy tale, etc.) and we also discussed the importance of carefully examining the Topic before we even start brainstorming for our writing. We completed a couple of fun writing pieces to practice the steps of RAFT.   In addition, we completed our fall district writing assessment and our fall MAP tests.