FATPS



== FATPS is a prompt analysis strategy that helps students identify the key areas they need to address in their writing. It is a great pre-writing tool that helps students plan and organize their responses. The greatest benefit to students is that FATPS can be incorporated into any content area to help assure that their efforts creating a written response will be well spent. ==

Extended Constructed Response? Lab Report? Journal Entry? Blog Entry? Brainstorm? Etc. . || Other students? Parents? The World? Is usually assignment-specific. .. || Causes of the Revolutionary War? .. || .. || Evidence from the story? Data from the lab? Class discussion? Etc. .. ||
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 * **F: Format ** || What “shape” does the writing take? Letter? Essay? Short Constructed Response?
 * **A: Audience ** || To whom is the writing being written? Who is on the receiving end of the writing? Teacher?
 * **T: Topic ** || What is the main topic of the writing? Causes of genetic mutation? Impact of figurative language on meaning?
 * **P: Purpose ** || <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Why is the student being asked to write? To inform? To argue? To reveal/expose? To express?
 * **<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">S: Support ** || <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What supporting evidence is the prompt requiring the student to provide? 3 examples? Personal experience?