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Luis A Lujan
October 2, 201
EDU225
Mr. Martin
RAFT Card Assignment:
Mathematics: Exponents

ROLE (student)
RAFT 1

AUDIENCE

TV News Anchor News Audience

FORMAT

News Report

TOPIC

How large
numbers are
expressed as
exponents to
show great and
minute scales.

Objective:
The student will explain how numbers can be expressed as exponents to show great and minute
scales.
Student Role:
A TV news anchor.
Audience:
News audience.
Format:
A TV news story.
Topic:

How do scientists and mathematicians simplify large numbers?

Directions:

1. Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiN6Ag5-DrU for a video on scale.

2. Visit http://htwins.net/scale2/ to contrast large and small scales.
3. Visit https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/exponents-radicals/World-ofexponents/v/introduction-to-exponents to understand exponents.
4. Create a storyboard and script.
5. Record the broadcast and upload it to the class YouTube channel.
Resources:

Websites to visit:
Khan Academy: Search exponents
Interactive Scale GIF
http://htwins.net/scale2/
Text Book
Review the segment on exponential scales in the math textbook.
Assessment:

1. Prepare and record a news story that explains the way that exponents are used to show
scale.
2. Successfully upload the video to the classroom channel on YouTube.
3. You will receive a possible 25 points for creativity, delivery, and showing understanding
of the subject for a total of 75 points.

Mathematics: Plotting Coordinates

ROLES
(Students)

AUDIENCE

FORMAT

TOPIC

Raft 2

Nature Show
Commentator.
Demonstrator
(math-gazelle).

TV Audience

Documentary
style show.

Plotting
coordinates on an
X/Y axis.

Objective:
The student will demonstrate understanding on how to plot coordinates on an X and Y axis.
Student Role:
A demonstrator and a nature show commentator.
Audience:
TV Audience.
Format:
Documentary.
Topic:
How do you plot coordinates onto an X and Y axis?

Directions:

1. Read the text book section explaining how to plot coordinates.

2. Visit Khan Academy for supplemental instruction.
3. Create a storyboard and script.
4. Record the video and upload it to the class YouTube channel.
Resources:
Math textbook.

Websites to visit:
Khan Academy: Plotting coordinates
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/basic-geo/basic-geo-coordinate-plane/copy-of-cc-6thcoordinate-plane/e/graphing_points

Text Book
Review the segment on plotting coordinates in the math textbook.
Assessment:

1. Prepare and record a nature documentary that explains how the math-gazelle plots
points on the X and Y axis.
2. Successfully upload the video to the classroom channel on YouTube.
3. You will receive a possible 25 points for creativity, delivery, and showing
understanding of the subject for a total of 75 points.

Mathematics: Determining the Slope of a Line

Raft 3

ROLES
(Students)

AUDIENCE

FORMAT

TOPIC

YouTube
Personality

YouTube channel
subscribers.

Video post.

Determining the
slope of a line on
an X and Y axis.

Objective:
The student will demonstrate how to determine the slope of a line.
Student Role:
YouTube Personality.
Audience:
YouTube subscribers.
Format:
YouTube video post.
Topic:
How do you determine the slope of a line on an X and Y axis?

Directions:

1. Read the text book section explaining how to determine the slope of a line.

2. Visit Khan Academy for supplemental instruction.

3. Create a storyboard and script.
4. Record the video and upload it to the class YouTube channel.
Resources:
Math textbook.

Websites to visit:
Khan Academy: Slope of a Line
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-eighth-grade-math/cc-8th-linear-equationsfunctions/8th-slope/v/slope-of-a-line

Text Book
Review the segment on determining the slope of a line in the math textbook.
Assessment:

1. Prepare and record a YouTube post explaining how to determine the slope of a
line.
2. Follow common YouTube tropes.
3. Successfully upload the video to the classroom channel on YouTube.
4. You will receive a possible 25 points for creativity, delivery, and showing
understanding of the subject for a total of 75 points.