The Pythagorean Theorem R.A.F.T by Katie Straub

Here’s your writing assignment:

            You are an upcoming music artist looking to make a mark on today's music industry. However, you find out that your friends are struggling to understand The Pythagorean Theorem. Since you understand the formula very well, you decide to write a song about the Pythagorean Theorem to help your struggling friends. Your job is to make sure that someone will be able to understand the theorem after reading your lyrics. Before writing a draft, go through this quick recap:

            What’s your Role: _____________________________________________________

            What’s your Audience: _________________________________________________

            What’s your Format: ___________________________________________________

            What’s your Topic: ____________________________________________________

Vote Sirius 2012 - Too Bright to Wait for Night!

R- Sirius

A -7^th Graders
F-  Election poster/ Favorite star
T-  Wants world to vote it the brightest and best star

Too Bright to Wait for Night!

Vote Sirius!

Too bright to wait for night, Sirius is one of the few stars that can be seen in the daytime by almost every inhabitant of Earth.

Sirius has a royal history, representing Hathor, the great mother goddess in Ancient Egypt.  Sirius was even honored with its depiction on walls of the Temple of Isis. Egypt was just one of many cultures to name and observe the star.

Too amazing to be contained in a single physical form, Sirius is a group of three stars, a trinary system, making it three times better than singular stars.  Betelgeuse is bigger but Sirius is brighter.

Get Serious!

Vote Sirius 2012!

This message brought to you by the Earthlings for Sirius Coalition –

              Samantha Webster, Anna Yike, Mike Cochran, Pam Melton

Puppy Love

Lindsey Small, Cody Weasenforth, John Thrne

r- ancient Polynesian navigators
a-Sirius
f- letter of affection
t- importance of watching the stars

Dear Sirius,

Thank you for guiding me home to my family and for always being there to make sure I don’t lose my way.  No matter what storm comes my way you are always bright enough to shine through.  You have always been a true and accurate latitude marker. I can count on you to always serve as the body of the “ great bird”. You separate the sky into two hemispheres that makes my heart go boom boom. In Hawaii we honor you as the Queen of Heaven, our Ka’ulua.  You will always be the Great Dane of the sea coming to my rescue in the middle of my hurricane.

Love always,  Ancient Polynesian navigators

Found Star. Stop.

Found Star. Stop.

Beverly Price, Casey Adams, R.L. Ely

R= Astronomer Bressel in 1894
A= wife
F= telegram
T= discovery of Sirius companion

Dear wife. Stop. Saw change in Sirius with refractor scope. Stop. Seems to be irregularities in motion and brightness. Stop. Think it's two stars, not one. Stop.There may even be three. Stop. The possibility of three will probably be dismissed around 1929, just a hunch. Stop. We will soon be rollin' in the money. Stop. If you read this telegram out loud, stop. Stop. Love Frieddy Bear. Stop.

Sirius B Facebook

Hilary Gibson, Ryan Wellman, Casey Tierney


R= Sirius B
A= Facebook community
F= Facebook Profile
T= get to know the real me



Name: Sirius B a.k.a. "Dog Star"
Hometown: 8.7 light years away
Birthday (Discovered): 1862
Weight: 0.98 solar mass
Family: Sirius A (older brother)

About Me: I am a white dwarf star. I am mostly made of a carbon-oxygen mixture. Between my brother and me, I am definitely hotter at 25,200K. However, we are going to be around for a long time. 210,000 years that is. I live just down the road from Earth. We're kind of like neighbors. I was really important back in the day. The Egyptians used me to navigate the Pacific Ocean. I also marked the "dog days" of summer for the Greeks.

Friend request sent to Beetleguese.
Friend request sent to Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
Friend request sent to Edmond Halley.

Interests: "Shooting Star" by the Bad Company, "Dog days are Over" by Florence + The Machine, The Shining, Harry Potter

Relationship Status: Single

Protest Letter Team 4

Title of RAFT : Protest Letter

Group Members : Ashley Jimison, Norene Gallion, Elias Perry

R: Ursa Major

A: Stars in the constellation

F: Protest Letter

T: Group is more important than just Sirius

Example of this RAFT

Dear members of Ursa Major constellation,

              I am writing today because I feel that Sirius is getting out of control.  It has been brighter than the rest of the constellation and getting more attention than the whole group.  As you may have heard before there is no I in team.  As you can tell from my previous complaints Siruis is not acting as a team player.  There are several reasons that I feel we as a constellation are more important than this single star.  The first reason is we are older.  We were here first and we should demand more attention.  Second, Sirius may not even actually be part of our constellation.  In fact, it has been suggested that it could be a supercluster which means that we should not have to share anything with an opposing team member.  After reading this letter I am sure that you will take the side that is the best for the entire constellation.

Sincerely,

Unnamed Star