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TRM Suggested Responses 1. Claims and Evidence / Reasoning and Organization. In paragraph 4, French states that
Suggested responses to the questions for Identity “[t]urning boys into grown men” means shaping many of their “inherent characteristics.” He
this reading can be found in the Teacher’s identifies three — what are they? Do you agree that they are inherent? Explain why or why not.
Resource Materials. 2. Claims and Evidence / Reasoning and Organization. What conclusions does French draw
from the two graphs he includes? How do these conclusions support his overarching thesis?
3. Claims and Evidence / Reasoning and Organization. According to French, what are the
“two kinds of men-as-victim narratives” (par. 10)? How do these narratives relate to his
interpretation of the new APA guidelines regarding traditional masculinity?
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4. Claims and Evidence / Reasoning and Organization. How does French characterize
the effect that schooling has on boys? How does that characterization compare with your
observation and experience?
5. Rhetorical Situation / Reasoning and Organization. In paragraphs 16 and 17, French
discusses the place of traditional masculinity in modern society. How do these observations
serve French’s purpose?
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6. Claims and Evidence / Reasoning and Organization. What are the “favors” that French
discusses in the final paragraph? How effectively does that paragraph serve to conclude his
argument? Explain.
TRM ELL Essential Guide Handout 8 The Data Are Clear: The Boys Are Not All Right
An ELL Essential Guide for this reading Andrew Yang
can be found in the Teacher’s Resource
Materials. Andrew Yang (b. 1975) is a U.S. attorney and politician who campaigned for the Democratic
nomination for the 2020 U.S. Presidential election as well as for New York City Mayor in
2021. Since then, he has left the Democratic Party and founded his own, the Forward Party.
TRM Vocabulary Handout He wrote the following op-ed for the Washington Post in 2022.
Vocabulary in Context exercises based on Here is one of the biggest problems facing men ages 18 to 34 are now living with their par-
challenging words from this reading can be America: Boys and men across all regions and ents than with romantic partners.
found in the Teacher’s Resource Materials. ethnic groups have been failing, both absolutely Economic transformation has been a big
and relatively, for years. This is catastrophic for contributor. More than two-thirds of manufac-
our country. turing workers are men; the sector has lost more
DIFFERENTIATION The data are clear. Boys are more than twice than 5 million jobs since 2000. That’s a lot of
as likely as girls to be diagnosed with attention- unemployed men. Not just coincidentally,
Connections to Text deficit/hyperactivity disorder, according to the “deaths of despair” — those caused by suicide,
Like French’s essay, Yang’s presents a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; are overdose and alcoholism — have surged to
stronger defense of a traditional definition five times as likely to spend time in juvenile unprecedented levels among middle-aged men
of masculine values than earlier essays in detention; and are less likely to finish high school. over the past 20 years.
this Conversation section, and you might Unfortunately, it doesn’t get better when boys Research shows that one significant factor 5
consider having students read it earlier in become adults. Men now make up only 40.5 per- women look for in a partner is a steady job.
the sequence (which is chronological). Stu- cent of college students. Male community college As men’s unemployment rises, their romantic
dents might value seeing both “pro” and enrollment declined by 14.7 percent in 2020 prospects decline. Unsurprisingly, according to
“con” arguments early in the process. alone, compared with 6.8 percent for women. a Pew Research Center analysis of data
Median wages for men have declined since 1990 from 1960 to 2010, the proportion of adults with-
in real terms. Roughly one-third of men are either out a college degree who marry plummeted
unemployed or out of the workforce. More U.S. from just over 70 percent to roughly 45 percent.
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Yang’s essay builds on a traditional prob-
lem-solution structure. You might have
students go through the essay and outline
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the problem and his claims (and evidence)
about the solution. You might also have
them identify Claims of Policy, Fact, Value,
and Definition (see Chapter 2, pp. 62–64,
and potentially Purdue’s Online Writing Lab
for an overview of Stasis Theory). Which
are most effective?

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