Standard: 1e (Mitosis)
Time: 2 Days (Thursday, Friday, and Weekend)
Know: A cell divides to increase in numbers
The phases of mitosis
What occurs at each phase
Understand: Mitosis is a sequence
Cells divide in order to multiply
Do: Put each step in a logical order (sequence)
Work independently
Work collaboratively
Communicate their thoughts
Identify structures and function
How it is Differentiated: This will be differentiated by learning styles (auditory, visual, and tactilekinesthetic), with 2 of each.
Background: Students will work on this set of assessments following the CDAS, toward the end of the
unit as a form of re-teaching or reinforcement.
Directions: For this assignment, you are to explain and show me what you know about mitosis. You
may use any experiences, notes, lab sheets, lab books, or books as references, but everything must be in
your own words.
Select an assignment: Your first job is to decide which RAFT assignment you want to do. When reding
the chart, make sure to read it across by rows.
1. Look at the first column of roles. A role is the person who you are pretending to be. Select a
role that interests you.
2. Read the audience that goes along with that role. The audience is whom you are writing to
or creating your work for.
3. The format column tells you the way in which you will express your understanding of the
topic. Format is the form in which your assignment should be presented.
4. The last column is the topic. The topic tells you what you will be writing or drawing about.
The topic is important because it should help you reveal as much as you know about mitosis.
Brainstorming Ideas: After you select your assignment, you will meet with other students who have
selected the same assignment. Your group will brainstorm ideas for 5-7 minutes, and these ideas will
help your to complete the assignment.
Write: After the brainstorming period, you will individually write, draw, or illustrate your answer for the
assignment.
When you have completed your draft copy, you can meet with a partner to review and revise your work.
Later, you will also have the opportunity to share your product with students who selected other
assignments.
Requirements:
Be sure to use the vocabulary words in your writing that relate to mitosis and cell division.
All sentences must be complete sentences.
Everyone must turn in his or her own RAFT assignment. Although you can brainstorm for ideas with
classmates, you must complete the assignment independently.
Assignments:
Role
Singer-Songwriter
Audience
Radio Listeners
Format
Song Lyrics
Parent Cell
Kid Cell
Letter
School Nurse
3rd Grade Students
Poster
Cartoonist
Newspaper Readers
Comic Strip
Self-Help Expert
Damaged Cell
How-to book
Curtis Student
Peer
Project Cube
Topic
The next big hit on cell
division
“Mommy, Where do
baby cells come from”
Why should I wash my
hands?: How does
bacteria grow
How our favorite cell
goes through life with a
“split”-personality
How to fix a damage
cell in six easy steps
Lets Review: What
stage of mitosis is this