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Morgan Clark

EDU-225

September 28, 2014

Kathleen Sherbon

PART ONE

|RAFT |

|Language Arts: Vowels |

| | | | | |

|  |ROLE (Student) |AUDIENCE |FORMAT |TOPIC |

|ROW 1 |A Teacher |The students |A lesson |Why do words have vowels? |

|  |  |in the classroom |  |What purpose do they have? |

| |  |  |  |  |

|ROW 2 |A Word |Other Words |A speech |You are telling the other |

|  |  |  |  |words why it is so important |

|  |  |  |  |for words to have vowels; |

|  |  |  |  |consonants cannot do the job alone. |

|  |  |  |  |  |

|ROW 3 |A misspelled Word |The student |A heart to heart |The wrongly spelled word |

|  |on a spelling test |  |conversation |(missing vowels) explains to |

|  |  |  |  |the student the value of the vowels in it. |

RAFT Task Card #1: Language Arts

Objective:

You will be able to explain why vowels are so important to the English language

Student Role:

A Language Arts teacher

Audience:

The students in the classroom

Format:

An informative lesson

Topic:

Why do words have vowels? What purpose do they have?

Directions:

1. Review the teacher edition of the Language Arts textbook lesson on vowels.

2. Create your lesson plan using the aid of the textbook.

3. Choose a fun, informative video about vowels using

4. Create a worksheet about vowel placement and importance.

5. Record your presentation of your lesson.

Resources:

Websites to visit:

Reviewing Vowels and Consonants



Vowel Worksheets



Vowel Diagraph Worksheet



Assessment:

Prepare a lesson plan educating students about the importance of vowels in words.

You will receive up to 25 points for each of the following: lesson plan, video, worksheet, and presentation video

RAFT Task Card #2: Language Arts

Objective:

You will explain to other words why vowels are so important in the English language

Student Role:

A word of your choice from the dictionary

Audience:

Other words from the dictionary

Format:

A cartoon

Topic:

You are telling the other words why it is so important for words to have vowels; consonants cannot do the job alone

Directions:

1. Decide which word from the dictionary you want to be (preferably one with a vowel in it).

2. Map out how many slides you want your cartoon/comic strip to be.

3. Create a rough draft (on paper) of your cartoon/comic strip.

4. Create your cartoon using or another website.

Resources:

Websites to visit:

Drawing Letters



Drawing Comic Strips



Assessment:

Prepare a comic strip or cartoon to explain from one word to other words why vowels are important to the English language through a given speech.

You will receive up to 25 points for your rough draft and 75 points for your final project.

RAFT Task Card #3: Language Arts

Objective:

You will be able to show the student why having vowels in the alphabet is important through the eyes of a misspelled word on a spelling test

Student Role:

A misspelled word on a spelling test

Audience:

A student

Format:

A heart-to-heart conversation

Topic:

The misspelled word (missing vowels) explains to the student the value of the vowels in it

Directions:

1. Research how vowels affect the English language.

2. Create a rough draft of dialogue for your heart-to-heart conversation.

3. Create your Power Point using animation between your student and the misspelled word on the spelling test.

4. Print your Power Point out.

Resources:

Websites to visit:

Creating a PowerPoint



Adding Animation to PowerPoint



Writing Dialogue



Assessment:

Prepare a PowerPoint to explain to a student the value of vowels in words using a misspelled word on a spelling test through a heart-to-heart conversation.

You will receive up to 25 points for each of the following: rough draft, PowerPoint presentation, and PowerPoint printout.

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