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1. AP FRQ Rhetorical Analysis. In her 2018 essay “Country Pride: What I Learned Growing TRM Rubric
A rubric for these pr
Up in Rural America,” journalist Sarah Smarsh draws upon her experiences growing up in A rubric for these prompts can be found in chapter 4
ompts can be found in
Kansas to illuminate the complex relationships between personal identity and political the Teacher’s Resource Materials.
s Resour
ce Materials.
the T
eacher’
identity. Read paragraphs 1–14 carefully. Write an essay that analyzes the rhetorical choices
Smarsh makes to achieve her purpose of making smaller “[t]he distance between my world
and my country’s understanding of it” (par. 29). Other Voices / Ilya Kaminsky
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2. AP FRQ Argument. The concept of the American Dream has loomed large in many DIFFERENTIATION
writers’ imaginations, and much has been written — especially recently — about whether it is
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attainable. In a 2018 essay, journalist Sarah Smarsh wrote, “It wasn’t that I’d been wrong to Scaffolding
be suspicious of government programs, I realized, but that I’d been wrong to believe in the
Composing Q3.
American Dream. They were two sides of the same trick coin — one promising a good life in Composing Q3. To further understand the
issues of eminent domain, you could have
exchange for your labor and the other keeping you just alive enough to go on laboring” issues of eminent domain, you could have
students respond to the 2018 AP Lan-
(par. 39). Write an essay that argues your position whether the American Dream is a “trick” students r espond to the 2018 AP ®
guage synthesis pr
intended to mislead people or an ideal that benefits those who aspire to it. guage synthesis prompt about that prac-ompt about that prac-
s a good one to use to r
tice. It’
3. Research. In paragraph 9, Smarsh recounts the story of her grandfather’s land being seized tice. It’s a good one to use to remind emind
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through eminent domain. Research the history of eminent domain. Does your research students that they might not have any students that they might not have any
support or call into question Smarsh’s claim that this government policy “[pushes] poor rural knowledge of the topic pr
knowledge of the topic presented in the esented in the
communities out of the way to tap natural resources for cities.” synthesis pr ompt but that the sour
synthesis prompt but that the sources will ces will
4. Creative Writing. Using Smarsh’s essay a as a model, write a personal essay entitled give them suf
give them sufficient evidence to form a ficient evidence to form a
“ Pride” that connects one aspect of your identity with a larger issue facing the position.position.
world today.
TRM ELL Essential Guide Handout
from Searching for a Lost An ELL Essential Guide for this r eading
An ELL Essential Guide for this reading
Odessa — and a Deaf Childhood can be found in the Teacher’s Resource
can be found in the T
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s Resour
eacher’
Materials.
Materials.
Ilya Kaminsky
Born in Ukraine in 1977, Ilya Kaminsky emigrated in 1993 to the United
States, where his family was granted asylum. He has a BA from TRM Vocabulary Handout
cises based on
V
ocabulary in Context exer
Georgetown University and a law degree from the University of Vocabulary in Context exercises based on
om this r
eading can be
challenging wor
ds fr
California Hastings College of Law. Kaminsky helped to start Poets for Russell Hart/Alamy challenging words from this reading can be
ce Materials.
found in the T
eacher’
s Resour
Peace, which sponsors poetry readings throughout the world. His found in the Teacher’s Resource Materials.
2019 collection, Deaf Republic, was nominated for the National Book
Award in Poetry.
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KEY CONTEXT Kaminsky lost most of his hearing as a result of mumps when he DIFFERENTIATION
was four years old. He did not receive hearing aids until age sixteen, after his family, Connections to World
Connections to W
orld
fleeing antisemitism in Ukraine, was granted asylum in the United States. In this essay,
Students might value looking at Kaminsky’s
Kaminsky writes about Ukrainian history as well as his experience of deafness, which Students might value looking at Kaminsky’ s
essay in light of the Russian invasion of
he — like many d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing people — does not view as a problem in essay in light of the Russian invasion of
Ukraine in February 2022. The invasion
need of a solution. Additionally, much of what Kaminsky explores from the past Ukraine in February 2022. The invasion
increased Kaminsky’s prominence as a
centers on the Nazi occupation of Soviet Ukraine during World War II (1939–1945). incr eased Kaminsky’ s pr ominence as a
political voice (his 2013 poem “We Lived
From 1941 to 1944, between 1.2 and 1.6 million Jewish Ukrainians were killed. political voice (his 2013 poem “W e Lived
Happily during the War” was widely circu-
Happily during the W
cu-
ar” was widely cir
lated). Students could do some brief
lated). Students could do some brief
ch into the history of Ukraine and its
235 r research into the history of Ukraine and its
esear
elated activity
r relationship to Russia. As a related activity
elationship to Russia. As a r
to have students consider the r
to have students consider the recent politi-
ecent politi-
cal context of Ukraine, you could ask them
cal context of Ukraine, you could ask them
to view (or read) and respond to Ukrainian
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DIFFERENTIATION Congress at the start of the invasion, using
Connections to World the following prompt:
In its archived version of this essay, also On March 16, 2022, in the fourth week of a
linked on Kaminsky’s website, the New York military invasion of Ukraine by Russian
Times includes a few visuals and a set of president Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian presi-
links to other articles about deaf culture, dent Volodymyr Zelensky addressed by
including several about sign language, which video conference the U.S. Congress. In a
students might explore to broaden their con- well-written essay, analyze the rhetorical
text and to think more about how deafness choices Zelensky makes to request aid
connects to identity. from the United States.
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