CWA #2

“The Cask of Amontillado”

RAFT

PROMPT:

R role = omniscient newspaper reporter

A audience = all readers

F format = front page article

T topic = reporting on the discovery of Fortunato’s bones in Montresor’s family catacombs

DAY 1 Writing Requirements:1.) Length= FULL front and back page of paper

2.) Write in paragraph format- indent each new paragraph

3.) SKIP every other line!

4.) Complete MLA heading

5.) Pick 6 words from word bank to use anywhere in article.

6.) Provide facts/textual evidence of who, what, when, where, why, how from story (refer to handout)

*where- you can use a real city or fictional city in Italy* when- the discovery of Fortunato’s bones needs to be 50 or more years after his death

Word Bank (pick any 6)You may use any tense of the following words.

Acquaintance Amontillado Apprehend Asphyxiate Casualty Culprit Demented Entomb Homicide Imprudent

Inebriated Infatuation Insult Insane Law-Enforcement Loathe Malice Outraged Premeditate Victim

Model Example of Newspaper Article

“Beware of Brewing Bat Brains for Breakfast”

An Iowa woman gets added jolt after finding a winged culprit in her coffee machine on the morning of April 5, 2013. It wasn’t just the caffeine that gave an Iowa woman an extra jolt after the victim had her morning coffee in her kitchen. It was also the casualty of finding a bat entombed in the filter. The Iowa Department of Public Health says the woman was outraged and reported a bat in her house on the 5th of January but soon calmed down about the situation. She turned on her automatic coffee maker before bedtime and drank her coffee the next morning. She discovered the bat in the filter when she went to clean it that night. Investigators have determined that somehow the bat found its way inside the machine and to its own death. Health officials have stated that the woman has undergone treatments for possible rabies. The bat remains were sent to a lab for further testing, but its brain was too cooked from the hot water to determine whether it had gone insane.

DAY #2- Revising and Editing

1. Give the article a creative, interesting title using alliteration.

*Article titles must use quotation marks. ex: “This Joker Is No Laughing Matter” 2.Add an attention grabber at the beginning of

introduction paragraph. *This attention grabber needs to be shocking (refer to notes for examples)

3. Locate all weak verbs & change to stronger verbs.

(refer to verbs list- yellow handout)

Day #3Highlighting & Final Draft

Before turning in………

1.The 6 words used from the word bank should be highlighted in pink.

2. Underline and Label the Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How in Blue

STAPLE IN THIS ORDER: 1) Rubric 2) CWA #2