Draft Day

Draft Day is a multiplayer reading and writing game for grades 9–12. Build your team by drafting strong writing: sharp thesis statements, relevant evidence and commentary, logical organization, vivid narrative craft and revisions that fit the audience.

Skills: Defensible vs. factual, vague or overly broad thesis statements, informative, compare-contrast, problem-solution and literary-analysis theses, relevant and credible evidence, commentary vs. evidence, signal phrases and embedded quotations, paraphrasing, counterclaims and rebuttals, synthesis, transitions for contrast, cause-effect, example and concession, organizational structures, hooks and conclusions, cohesion, sensory detail, dialogue, flashback, foreshadowing, pacing, point of view, reflective endings, formal and objective tone, consistent point of view and tense, sentence variety, precision, audience and purpose, blending modes.

New problems every game, with Easy, Medium and Hard levels. Every miss shows a short explanation.

Standards (Oklahoma OAS first, then national):

OAS 9.2.W.2–3 · 9.3.W.1–4 · 10.2.W.2–3 · 10.3.W.1–4 · 11.2.W.2–3 · 11.3.W.1–4 · 12.2.W.2–3 · 12.3.W.1–4

Common Core: W.9-10.1–5 · W.11-12.1–5 · W.9-10.1a · W.9-10.2a · W.11-12.1a · W.11-12.2a · W.9-10.1b · W.9-10.2b · W.11-12.1b · W.11-12.2b · W.9-10.1c · W.9-10.2c · W.9-10.2f · W.11-12.1c · W.11-12.2c · W.11-12.2f · W.9-10.1d · W.9-10.2e · W.11-12.1d · W.11-12.2e

What you get: one HTML game file that runs in any browser (Chromebooks, laptops, iPads, smartboards) plus a one-page Quick Start PDF. 1–6 players or teams, no logins, no installs.

Single-teacher license. Included in the Fletcher Math All-Access bundle.