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xxiTopics for Composing These prompts include extended essay and project ideas. They range from analysis and argument prompts, to research and multimodal projects, to creative writing and speaking and listening prompts for discussion. Analyzing Language, Style, and Structure These questions ask students to look at craft %u2014 how the writer%u2019s choices create meaning. 2205 Redefining America 5. Toward the end of the essay, Kimmerer reiterates the benefits of gaining knowledge and understanding using a more holistic approach. How do the emotional and spiritual %u201caspects of our being%u201d help us perceive %u201ca deeper truth%u201d (par. 27)? QUESTIONS Analyzing Language, Style, and Structure 6. Vocabulary in Context. In paragraph 21, Kimmerer explains, %u201cHad my adviser been a better scholar, he would have celebrated my questions, not dismissed them.%u201d What does her claim and use of the word %u201cscholar%u201d imply about the difference between a %u201cscholar%u201d and a %u201cscientist%u201d? 7. What is Kimmerer%u2019s attitude about the flowers%u2019 September visual display based on the figurative language she uses in paragraphs 22%u201330? Do you think the imagery she uses successfully makes the argument that %u201cthe sublime prelude of September fields%u201d are at least as worthwhile as %u201cthe fiery suite of October%u201d? 8. Trace Kimmerer%u2019s use of shifts in perspective as she navigates from the present to the past throughout the essay. For example, the essay begins %u201clater in life%u201d (par. 1) with Kimmerer considering her high school graduation photograph before shifting to her first experiences on campus as a freshman in paragraph 2. How do these shifts contribute to her argument? 9. What kind of a mood does Kimmerer create for the reader when she explains at the end of paragraph 12, %u201cI did not know how to recognize what stood behind me%u201d? 10. Read paragraph 24 closely. What evidence does Kimmerer offer to support her claim that she has presented %u201ca testable hypothesis%u201d that is %u201ca question of science, a question of art, and a question of beauty%u201d? Then, evaluate whether she has supported her claim effectively. QUESTIONS Topics for Composing 11. Analysis. Reread paragraphs 25%u201330. Write an essay that analyzes the rhetorical choices Kimmerer makes to develop her argument about how %u201cscience and art,%u201d %u201cmatter and spirit,%u201d and/or %u201cindigenous knowledge and Western science%u201d can function for each other the way goldenrod and asters do. 12. Connections. Near the beginning of her essay, Kimmerer explains how her professor of botany had explained how Kimmerer was mistaken in her understanding of science. She writes, %u201cI had no rejoinder; I had made a mistake. There was no fight in me, only embarrassment at my error. I did not have the words for resistance%u201d (par. 10). Nevertheless, Kimmerer not only succeeds in the program and earns an undergraduate degree in botany, but she also earns an MA and a PhD. Write about a time in your life when you experienced a similar setback that you later overcame. Be sure to include a similar reflection on how you navigated and overcame the challenge. 13. Research. Research additional instances of science and art intersecting in nature. For example, you could explore naturally occurring fractals, the %u201cmagic hour%u201d of light just after sunrise and just before sunset, or the coloring of adult male birds. Then, explain the science behind the phenomenon and its aesthetic reality to demonstrate the %u201clived reciprocity%u201d (par. 30) created by the partnership. 14. Multimodal . Create a digital collage in which you present images of complementary colors that have been intentionally paired for visual, artistic, or marketing reasons. For example, you could include images of the many sports teams%u2019 uniforms that feature complementary colors or of paintings that utilize complementary colors to emphasize a message. 2205 Redefining America 5. Toward the end of the essay, Kimmerer reiterates the benefits of gaining knowledge and understanding using a more holistic approach. How do the emotional and spiritual %u201caspects of our being%u201d help us perceive %u201ca deeper truth%u201d (par. 27)? QUESTIONS Analyzing Language, Style, and Structure 6. Vocabulary in Context. In paragraph 21, Kimmerer explains, %u201cHad my adviser been a better scholar, he would have celebrated my questions, not dismissed them.%u201d What does her claim and use of the word %u201cscholar%u201d imply about the difference between a %u201cscholar%u201d and a %u201cscientist%u201d? 7. What is Kimmerer%u2019s attitude about the flowers%u2019 September visual display based on the figurative language she uses in paragraphs 22%u201330? Do you think the imagery she uses successfully makes the argument that %u201cthe sublime prelude of September fields%u201d are at least as worthwhile as %u201cthe fiery suite of October%u201d? 8. Trace Kimmerer%u2019s use of shifts in perspective as she navigates from the present to the past throughout the essay. For example, the essay begins %u201clater in life%u201d (par. 1) with Kimmerer considering her high school graduation photograph before shifting to her first experiences on campus as a freshman in paragraph 2. How do these shifts contribute to her argument? 9. What kind of a mood does Kimmerer create for the reader when she explains at the end of paragraph 12, %u201cI did not know how to recognize what stood behind me%u201d? 10. Read paragraph 24 closely. What evidence does Kimmerer offer to support her claim that she has presented %u201ca testable hypothesis%u201d that is %u201ca question of science, a question of art, and a question of beauty%u201d? Then, evaluate whether she has supported her claim effectively. QUESTIONS Topics for Composing 11. Analysis. Reread paragraphs 25%u201330. Write an essay that analyzes the rhetorical choices Kimmerer makes to develop her argument about how %u201cscience and art,%u201d %u201cmatter and spirit,%u201d and/or %u201cindigenous knowledge and Western science%u201d can function for each other the way goldenrod and asters do. 12. Connections. Near the beginning of her essay, Kimmerer explains how her professor of botany had explained how Kimmerer was mistaken in her understanding of science. She writes, %u201cI had no rejoinder; I had made a mistake. There was no fight in me, only embarrassment at my error. I did not have the words for resistance%u201d (par. 10). Nevertheless, Kimmerer not only succeeds in the program and earns an undergraduate degree in botany, but she also earns an MA and a PhD. Write about a time in your life when you experienced a similar setback that you later overcame. Be sure to include a similar reflection on how you navigated and overcame the challenge. 13. Research. Research additional instances of science and art intersecting in nature. For example, you could explore naturally occurring fractals, the %u201cmagic hour%u201d of light just after sunrise and just before sunset, or the coloring of adult male birds. Then, explain the science behind the phenomenon and its aesthetic reality to demonstrate the %u201clived reciprocity%u201d (par. 30) created by the partnership. 14. Multimodal . Create a digital collage in which you present images of complementary colors that have been intentionally paired for visual, artistic, or marketing reasons. For example, you could include images of the many sports teams%u2019 uniforms that feature complementary colors or of paintings that utilize complementary colors to emphasize a message. Guided TourTalkBacks highlight thematic connections across eras. TalkBacks pair classic pieces with thought-provoking modern responses. These complementary texts show students how the literature of the past connects to the present and demonstrate the enduring relevance of many themes and issues. 5 Bill McKibben2055: How Earth Survived Bill McKibben Pascal Perich/Contour/Getty Images Author of more than a dozen books about the environment, Bill McKibben (b. 1960) grew up in Massachusetts and attended Harvard University, where he was president of the Harvard Crimson newspaper. After college he joined the New Yorker , where he was a staff writer until 1987. His first book, The End of Nature , was published in 1989 and is regarded as the first book about climate change for a general audience. Time magazine has called McKibben %u201cthe planet%u2019s best green journalist,%u201d and the Boston Globe has said that he is %u201cprobably the country%u2019s most important environmentalist.%u201d KEY CONTEXT %u201c2050: How Earth Survived%u201d was the cover story for a Time magazine special issue on climate change in September 2019. The subtitle was %u201cHello from the Year 2050: We Avoided the Worst of Climate Change %u2014 But Everything Is Different.%u201d In 2024 McKibben drafted an updated version of his article for this textbook, taking into account new developments that arose after the original article%u2019s release. McKibben writes as if looking back from the year 2055, so while his descriptions of the years up to and including 2023 are based on real events, his references to later policy and lifestyle changes are speculative. Let%u2019s imagine for a moment that we%u2019ve reached the middle of the century. It%u2019s 2055, and we have a moment to reflect %u2014 the climate fight remains the consuming battle of our age, but its most intense phase may be in our rearview mirror. And so we can look back to see how we might have managed to dramatically change our society and economy. We had no other choice. There was a point after 2020 when we began to collectively realize a few basic things. approached, researchers agreed that we were seeing the hottest weather on planet Earth in at least 125,000 years. The hottest weather humans had ever experienced. Two, we also realized there were actually some solutions. In that same summer of 2023, we reached a point when humans were installing a gigawatt of solar power every day %u2014 that is, the equivalent of a nuclear power plant every day in solar panels. That was Pascal Perich/Contour/Getty Images magazine has called McKibben %u201cthe planet%u2019s best green journalist,%u201d Boston Globe has said that he is %u201cprobably the country%u2019s most KEY CONTEXT Agbaroji performed the following poem at the 2023 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Summit. The event centered on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which was adopted by all U.N. Member States to cooperatively boost social, economic, and environmental progress. The 2023 summit marked the half-way point between the Agenda%u2019s adoption in 2015 and its deadline for completion in 2030.Have you heard of the placeTalkBackSalome Agbaroji (b. 2005) is a first-generation Nigerian-American poet and writer from Los Angeles County, California. A YoungArts winner in Spoken Word, Agbaroji was selected as the National Youth Poet Laureate of the United States from 2023%u20132024 and went on to perform at the White House. She states her poetry is meant to %u201curge social change and advocacy.%u201d Agbaroji began earning her bachelor%u2019s degree at Harvard University in 2023.OasisSalome AgbarojiAndrew J Cunningham/Getty ImagesBill McKibben Salome AgbarojiCopyright %u00a9 Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers. Distributed by Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers. For review purposes only. Not for redistribution.