For the FRQ portion of our Unit 3 test, we took on the actual FRQ on net in and net out-migration in the United States as given on the actual 2008 AP HUG Exam. As might be expected, some of us had a hard time answering this question.
The day after the test, the FRQ answers were given back to students, as well as the actual scoring rubric and sample essay that received a score of 8. As a class we reviewed each component of the question, and identified what it would take to satisfy the requirements for each component.
Your assignment is to use these materials to complete 3 things:
- Read the sample student essay. Identify where the sample essay answers each component of the question. You can do this either through color-coding or by circling and labeling the essay. Make sure that you have clearly documented each part of the original FRQ. It would also be useful to then examine the scoring justification/explanation for this essay, as you will do the exact same thing for your own essay.
- You will now grade your own essay as if you were an AP reader. Use the scoring guidelines to score your essay. Remember, the goal is not to try to get the “highest” score possible but to accurately apply the scoring rubric. Your grade will be based on an accurate score, not on making your 1st draft essay look good. You will write an scoring justification/explanation for you essay exactly like the one provided by the AP readers for the sample student essay.
- You will now have the opportunity to write an essay for this question that would score a 9. Feel free to do research both in your textbook and online to write an essay that satisfies every requirement of the scoring rubric. I would encourage you to use this project as an opportunity to examine and learn concepts related to migration that we haven’t fully covered in class (like the gravity model) as a way of supplementing your mastery over the concept of migration.
Upon the successful completion of each of these steps, I will be happy to award you full points for this essay.
These are due Wednesday Dec. 22nd. No incomplete or late essays will be accepted.
