FAT - P
*Before you create the
plan…
*Before you start
writing…
*Before you do
ANYthing…
FAT – P!!
What is
FAT – P?
F = FORMAT:
The format gives you
information on what you will be
writing:
For example, a speech, a letter,
a story, a report, etc.
Is the prompt for a narrative,
informational, or persuasive
writing piece?
A = AUDIENCE:
If you know your audience
(who you are writing to), you
can choose the style and
voice that are appropriate.
For example, if you are
writing to your friends, you
could use more friendly,
informal language than you
would if you are writing to
your principal.
T = TOPIC:
Identifying the topic will
help you find the details
you need to include in
your writing.
PURPOSE:
Why are you writing this
piece?
~To describe?
~To explain or inform?
~To persuade or
convince?
~To express personal
thoughts or feelings?
On a blank page in your
Cafeteria Writing Notebook,
write this:
F (format) =
A (audience) =
T (topic) =
P (purpose) =
Let’s look at a prompt and
try one together:
The principal took away
recess due to the recent
littering on the playground
and around the school.
Write a letter to your
classmates convincing
them to change their
behavior in order to get
recess back.
What is the FORMAT?
Is this a narrative, informational,
or persuasive prompt?
What kind of information does the
prompt give you?
The principal took away recess due to
the recent littering on the
playground and around the school.
Write a letter to your classmates
convincing them to change their
behavior in order to get recess back.
The principal took away recess due
to the recent littering on the
playground and around the school.
Write a letter to your classmates
convincing them to change their
behavior in order to get recess
back.
The word convincing tells you this
is a persuasive prompt.
The principal took away
recess due to the recent
littering on the playground
and around the school. Write
a letter to your classmates
convincing them to change
their behavior in order to get
recess back.
The format of the prompt tells
you to write a letter.
Now, let’s look at AUDIENCE:
Who will read your letter?
To whom are you writing your
letter?
The principal took away recess due
to the recent littering on the
playground and around the
school. Write a letter to your
classmates convincing them to
change their behavior in order to
get recess back.
Who will read your letter?
To whom are you writing your
letter?
The principal took away recess
due to the recent littering on
the playground and around the
school. Write a letter to your
classmates convincing them to
change their behavior in order
to get recess.
Next, we will look at the TOPIC of
the prompt:
The principal took away recess
due to the recent littering on the
playground and around the
school. Write a letter to your
classmates convincing them to
change their behavior in order to
get recess back.
What is the TOPIC of this
prompt?
What details do you need to
include in your writing piece?
The principal took away recess due
to the recent littering on the
playground and around the school.
Write a letter to your classmates
convincing them to change their
behavior in order to get recess
back.
Finally, we must look at the
PURPOSE:
Are we writing this piece to describe,
to explain or inform, to persuade or
convince, or to express personal
thoughts or feelings?
The principal took away recess due
to the recent littering on the
playground and around the school.
Write a letter to your classmates
convincing them to change their
behavior in order to get recess.
The principal took away
recess due to the recent
littering on the playground
and around the school.
Write a letter to your
classmates convincing
them to change their
behavior in order to get
recess.
The purpose is to persuade
or convince.
Here is our final product!
F (format) = persuasive
write a letter
A (audience) = classmates
T (topic) = lost recess because
of littering on playground
and around school
P (purpose) = to persuade or
convince classmates to
change their behavior
Now, it is your turn to try
what you have learned:
Here is a practice prompt for
you!
Using your knowledge of
Science, write a report to
your teacher and discuss the
differences between plant
cells and animal cells.
Using your knowledge of
Science, write a report to
your teacher and discuss the
differences between plant
cells and animal cells.
Let’s start with FORMAT:
What kind of prompt
(narrative, informational,
persuasive) is this?
What type of writing will this
be (story, letter, report, etc.)?
Using your knowledge of
Science, write a report to
your teacher and discuss the
differences between plant
cells and animal cells.
Who will be the AUDIENCE for
this prompt? (Who are you
writing to in this piece?)
Next, let’s think about the
TOPIC.
Using your knowledge of
Science, write a report to
your teacher and discuss the
differences between plant
cells and animal cells.
What is the TOPIC you will
write about (be sure to
include the details)?
Finally, we will look at the
PURPOSE:
Using your knowledge of
Science, write a report to your
teacher and discuss the
differences between plant cells
and animal cells.
Are you writing this piece to
describe, to inform or explain,
to persuade or convince, or to
express personal thoughts and
feelings?
You have several practice
prompts in front of you. Your
job for the time we have left
in Cafeteria Writing is to use
the FAT – P writing strategy
to decode these prompts.
Good luck!