Tunisia RAFT Writing

Role: You are a grade three student in Tunisia

Audience: You are writing to a pen pal overseas
Format: You are writing a letter
Topic: You are telling your pen pal about the different leaders in Tunisia and how
decisions are made

Steps to follow:

1. Write your introduction paragraph

Introduce yourself. Tell your Pen Pal where you are from (choose a city in Tunisia)
and what grade you are in (three). Ask any questions that you might have for your
pen pal.

2. Write your body paragraph

Tell your Pen Pal about the different leaders in Tunisia. Explain how the leaders
were chosen, how they make decisions and what decisions they make. Tell your
Pen Pal which leader you think is the most important. Include everything that you
wrote in your graphic organizer.

RAFT Writing Graphic Organizer

City Council
How is city council chosen? _________________________________________
How does city council make decisions? ________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
What does city council make decisions about? __________________________
_________________________________________________________________

Tunisian Mothers Association

How are these leaders chosen? _____________________________________
________________________________________________________________
How do they make decisions? ______________________________________
________________________________________________________________
What do they make decisions about? _________________________________
_________________________________________________________________

President of Tunisia (Beji Caid Essebsi)

How is the President chosen? _______________________________________
How does the President make decisions? _____________________________
________________________________________________________________
What does the President make decisions about? _______________________
_________________________________________________________________

Which leader is the most important? _________________________________

Why is this leader the most important? Give three reasons:
1._______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________

3. _______________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________

Summative Assessment
Level
Criteria

4
Excellent

3
Proficient

2
Adequate

1
Limited

How leaders
are chosen
( 3.1.2i)

Students
have clearly
identified how
all leaders
were chosen

Students have
clearly
identified how
most leaders
were chosen

Students have
briefly
mentioned
how some
leaders were
chosen

Students have
not identified
how leaders
were chosen

Students
have clearly
explained
how all
leaders make
decisions

Students have
clearly
explained how
most leaders
make
decisions

Students have
briefly
mentioned
how some
leaders make
decisions

Students have
not identified
how leaders
make decisions

Explanation
of the
decisions that
all leaders
make is
specific

Explanation
of the
decisions that
most leaders
make is
practical

Explanation of
the decisions
that some
leaders make
is simplistic

Letter is
clearly
written from a
Tunisian point
of view

Letter is
mostly written
from a
Tunisian point
of view

Letter is
sometimes
written from a
Tunisian point
of view

Letter is not
written from a
Tunisian point
of view

Explanation
of why
students
chose that
leader is
insightful

Explanation of
why students
chose that
leader is
thoughtful

Explanation of
why students
chose that
leader is
simplistic

Explanation of
why students
chose that
leader is
unconvincing

How
decisions are
made
(3.1.2j)

Decisions that
are made
(3.1.2)

Different
perspective
(3.S.5c)

The most
important
leader
(3.S.1a)

Explanation of
the decisions
that leaders
make is limited

Insufficient /
Blank

No score is
awarded
because there
is insufficient
evidence of
student
performance
based on the
requirements
of the
assessment
task *