Name: Date:

RAFT Assignment

Directions: Using information from our class on trench warfare and

World War I, pick one of the options below to complete.

You are a reporter for the Battlefront Times, and have been sent to the
Western Front to cover the action. Write an article about what you
experienced in the trenches. Include:
o How do the soldiers live? What are their everyday routines?
o What are the trenches like?
o Is trench warfare really worth it?
R: Reporter
A: Newspaper Readers
F: Article
T: Trenches

You are a commanding officer in the Western Front. Write a letter to your
superior officer asking for support. Include:
o Which side you are fighting for: Allies or Central Powers
o The quality of life in the trenches for you and your troops.
o Outline what you need from your superiors to help you and your men
with fighting in the trenches.
Supplies? Extra men?
o Detail what you would like to change in the trenches to improve the
trenches.
R: Commanding officer
A: Head of government
F: Letter
T: Trenches

See Rubric on back for grading scale

 Rubric (MUST HAVE THIS ATTACHED TO YOUR PROJECT)

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1 Point 3 Points 5 Points

Incomplete
Complete sentences,
Sentences. Poor Complete sentences,
minor grammatical
grammar and sentence good grammar.
errors.
structure.
Meets the 1 page
n/a n/a
requirement.
Follows all parts of
Does not address the Follows only a few of
the RAFT; the Role,
parts of the RAFT the parts of the RAFT
Audience, Format,
(the R, A, F, T). (the R, A, F, T).
Topic.
Represents the quality
of life in the
Does not represent
Represents only parts trenches:
any aspects of quality
of the quality of life -how did soldiers
of life in the
in the trenches. fight in the trenches
trenches.
-what hazards they
had to face