The RAFT writing technique requires students to focus on the Role, Audience, Format and Topic of their writing assignment. I use the RAFT technique to have students look at a situation from the perspective of a story character and compose a blog/journal post as that character. I can see whether or not they really understand the character and story events.
Here is a screenshot of a blogpost created by one of my students. This assignment is from our from Romeo and Juliet Unit: she is Juliet’s mother after Juliet is found dead.
Thanks to Shelly Terrell and her Teacher Reboot Camp Goal Challenge for the idea behind this post: Goal #8: Share an Activity