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1. AP FRQ Rhetorical Analysis. In “Home Country: What Does It Mean to Be Latino?” TRM Rubric
(2021), writer Héctor Tobar travels across the United States to meet with individuals from A rubric for these prompts can be found in chapter 4
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various Latino communities. Read paragraphs 1–5 carefully. Write an essay that analyzes the the Teacher’s Resource Materials.
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rhetorical choices Tobar makes to convey his purpose for visiting these places shortly after a
presidential election. Other Voices / Héctor Tobar
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2. AP FRQ Argument. After writer Héctor Tobar visits various Latino communities across the
United States to write his essay “Home Country: What Does It Mean to Be Latino?”, he says
that the trip made him “feel more American than ever.” Write an essay that argues your
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position on how a trip focused primarily on meeting immigrants from various countries could
make someone “feel more American.”
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3. AP FRQ Argument. Héctor Tobar’s essay “Home Country: What Does It Mean to Be
Latino?” discusses the historical and political contexts that give rise to the terms Latino,
Hispanic, and Latinx. Write an essay that argues your position on which term, if any, should
be used to classify people who originate from a nation south of the United States.
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4. Research. Tobar introduces each location he visits with information about how they voted in DIFFERENTIATION
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the 2020 presidential election. Research how the inhabitants of these same cities voted in
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previous and subsequent elections. What trends or shifts do you identify? How has the Connections to World
percentage of the Hispanic population in these locations changed since Tobar’s report? Composing Q4.
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5. Research. Do some research on the creation of the DACA program in 2012. What is it, and research the voting and census data from
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for whom was it created? How are issues of identity particularly complex for those who are their community or a nearby city, if it is
their community or a nearby city
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eligible for the program? How successful has the program been? What improvements, if any, possible and applicable, and compare the
possible and applicable, and compar
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would you suggest now that the program is in its second decade? results to the places Tobar visited.
obar visited.
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6. Multimodal. Find information and images for each of the places that Tobar discusses in his
essay. From what countries do the Hispanic and Latin American immigrants living in those
cities originate? What constitute their cultural identities in terms of food, dress, music, and/or
language? Create a PowerPoint presentation that traces his journey by a roadmap of his
travels accompanied by the sights and sounds he most likely encountered.
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