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TRM Suggested Responses
1. Rhetorical Situation. How would you describe the rhetorical situation of “Searching for a
Lost Odessa — and a Deaf Childhood”? Is there more than one? Explain why or why not. Suggested r esponses to the questions for chapter 4
Suggested responses to the questions for
this reading can be found in the Teacher’s
2. Rhetorical Situation. In the first paragraph, Ilya Kaminsky describes washing Leo Tolstoy’s this r eading can be found in the T eacher’ s
Resour
ears. He says, “This is childhood.” What else does this anecdote reveal about his childhood? Resource Materials.
ce Materials.
What do we learn about his family? Other Voices / Ilya Kaminsky
3. Rhetorical Situation. How does Kaminsky describe the experience of being deaf for his
audience, most of whom are hearing? How does this portrayal of his experience serve his
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4. Rhetorical Situation / Claims and Evidence / Reasoning and Organization. What is the
Inquiry
“it” that happens in paragraph 10, and what role does the “fat Ukrainian” (par. 11) play? Why Inquir y
does Kaminsky’s father keep “repeating this story to his own son” (par. 16)? What purpose Understanding Q3. You might have stu-
Understanding Q3.
does this anecdote serve in Kaminsky’s larger argument? dents explore other issues of deafness by
dents explor
e other issues of deafness by
5. Claims and Evidence / Reasoning and Organization / Style. In paragraphs 64–70, having them answer a synthesis-pr ompt
having them answer a synthesis-prompt
Kaminsky creates a list of “seven things a deaf man sees at weddings.” Why do you think he style research question, such as “Should
style r
ch question, such as “Should
esear
chose this structure to present these claims? ASL be taught in schools as a for eign lan-
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ASL be taught in schools as a foreign lan-
6. Claims and Evidence / Reasoning and Organization. In paragraph 71, Kaminsky claims, guage?” They could research the question,
ch the question,
guage?” They could r
esear
“Deafness is a theater.” What does he mean by this? What roles do the deaf and hearing play
or they could create a synthesis-prompt set
in this theater? How does this idea relate to his claim, at the end of the paragraph, that or they could cr eate a synthesis-pr ompt set
of sour
ces and quantitative data that
“[s]ilence is the invention of the hearing”? of sources and quantitative data that
es the issue.
explor
7. Rhetorical Situation / Reasoning and Organization. How does Kaminsky treat the explores the issue.
concept of memory in this essay? What strikes you about his descriptions of the events from
his childhood that he chooses to recount? Why do past events he did not witness, and
people he never met, figure so prominently?
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Collaborative Learning
Collaborative Learning
Analyzing Language, Style, and Structure
Understanding Q6. AP Teaching Tip.
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Understanding Q6. AP
The juxtaposition of deafness and hearing
1. Vocabulary in Context. What is the meaning of the word “scandalous” in paragraph 17? The juxtaposition of deafness and hearing
is one of many in the essay. To prompt
Do you think the situation Kaminsky describes in that paragraph would cause a scandal? is one of many in the essay. To prompt
Why do you think he chose “scandalous” to describe it? students to explore the characteristics of
students to explore the characteristics of
2. Rhetorical Situation / Reasoning and Organization. Trace the times the narrator says, sophistication as defined in the AP sophistication as defined in the AP ®
“There are no stories.” What might that mean in an essay that is filled with stories? How does Language rubric Row C, you might have Language rubric Row C, you might have
this disconnect help shape his persona as the writer of this essay? partners cr
partners create a list of tensions and eate a list of tensions and
3. Reasoning and Organization / Style. Throughout the essay, Kaminsky often repeats juxtapositions in the essay
juxtapositions in the essay, and then , and then
words, phrases, and sentences. Find a few examples. What effect does this repetition have
choose one to explore. They could find e. They could find
on the narrative? choose one to explor
evidence, and then create a thesis eate a thesis
4. Rhetorical Situation / Claims and Evidence / Reasoning and Organization. In evidence, and then cr
paragraph 75, Kaminsky writes, “Silence doesn’t subscribe to the concept of time.” What statement about it that begins, “By statement about it that begins, “By
juxtaposing X and Y, Kaminsky suggests . . .”, Kaminsky suggests . . .”
relationship between silence and time does Kaminsky establish in this essay? For instance, juxtaposing X and Y
what does his choice to tell stories of the past and present in tandem reveal about his or “By depicting the tension between or “By depicting the tension between
perspective on these events? X and Y
X and Y, Kaminsky makes the claim that . . .”, Kaminsky makes the claim that . . .”
Groups could then share their statements, e their statements,
5. Reasoning and Organization / Style. What do you think is the meaning of the unusual very Gr oups could then shar
large black circles that divide the sections? How does that visual element affect the telling of perhaps on a discussion board, and d, and
perhaps on a discussion boar
Kaminsky’s story? suggest r
suggest revisions.evisions.
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Scaffolding
Analyzing Q5. Claire Armistead interviewed can be contained in ‘just a few words
Kaminsky for the Guardian, in an article called surrounded by space’,” quoting Kaminsky
“‘I will never hear my father’s voice’: Ilya himself. You might introduce Armistead’s
Kaminsky on deafness and escaping the statement and bring up how the visual presen-
Soviet Union.” While discussing Deaf Repub- tation of the essay emphasizes the space sur-
lic, Armistead refers to Kaminsky’s “artistic rounding the short sections. Students could
credo that the absence of language gives us discuss how the blank space amplifies what
power: that sometimes the most potent truths Armistead calls the potency of the truths.
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