RAFT Role college applicants Audience universities college admissions

RAFT Role – college applicants Audience – universities (college admissions committees) Format – argumentative essay Topic – To what extent do the events and central ideas of stories reflect the reality of life? Sub-topic – comparing events from A Wrinkle in Time with real current events

Claim (1 sentence) CEEL: Properly fill out your sentence starter with an event from A Wrinkle in Time that relates to the central idea on time travel that you wrote about in thesis. Example: The event of tessering through dimensions rather than trying to travel faster than the speed of light in A Wrinkle in Time reflects current scientific theories on time and space travel.

Evidence (1 -3 sentences) CEEL: The evidence is a strong quote from A Wrinkle in Time. The evidence relates to the time traveling event from the book that you identified in the claim. Use correct punctuation when introducing and citing evidence! Example: According to L’Engle, “Mrs Whatsit continued to climb, her wings straining a little” (L’Engle, 2007, p. 77). **Type in evidence correctly to avoid a “no pass”.

Explanation (3 -4 sentences minimum) • Step 1: Put the evidence in your own words. • Step 2: Explain how the evidence supports the claim. • **Use details from the evidence itself in your explanation! • **Remember that you are making an argument! • Your GOAL is to PERSUADE the reader that the author (L’Engle) is utilizing science fiction/fantasy elements to make critiques of life/society on Earth! • (Examples: the Black Thing = pollution; Camazotz = trends)

CEEL Paragraphs - Explanation Do • Stay on topic • Explain how the evidence supports the claim • Clarify pronoun use – he, she, they, it (Make sure the reader knows who or what the pronoun is referring to. ) • Use details from the text (evidence) to explain

CEEL Paragraphs - Explanation Do Not • Do not tell the story • Do not use “this shows” or “that shows” to explain • Do not use confusing pronouns (Who? What? ) • Do not use contractions (can’t, won’t, didn’t) • Do not use 1 st or 2 nd person (you, I, me, my, we, our, us) • Do not say things like “My main idea is…”, “The evidence connects to the claim because…”, “This quote means…”

Link (1 sentence) The link connects back to the main point/claim of body paragraph 1 and begins to transition to the main point/claim of body paragraph 2.

Link (1 sentence) CEEL: Remind your reader of the point you made in the claim about time traveling in A Wrinkle in Time. Then, move on to writing about the current time travel theory in your thesis from Li’s OR Onion’s article.

Academic Writing Reminders • No first or second person (I, me, we, our, myself, you, your, etc. ) • No contractions (can’t, won’t, etc. ) • Refer to the authors by last name!

Essay Writing Resources • Essay outline • Essay prompt with RAFT • A Wrinkle In Time Google Classroom assignments & novel • CEEL: Li’s or Onion’s article on time travel • CEEEEL/HONORS: current events article(s) • Power. Point on the digital agenda