Anne Frank And Miep Gies Analysis

Scene 4: Anne Frank and Miep Gies (1:18:00-1:28:59) The students are asked to read the diary of Anne Frank. Unlike before, the students are very engaged in reading the book. After reading the whole book, Eva is upset with Anne Frank’s story, because Anne died. Eva linked Anne’s story with her own life, and she thinks it is not right for Anne to die. Marcus says to Eva that the story is “dope” because Anne understands the students’ situation in the streets. Marcus says he became interested in Miep Gies, a woman who helped Anne Frank. After this incident, Mrs. Gruwell decides to come up with an assignment, writing a letter to Miep Gies. Mrs. Gruwell asks to the students to write how they felt about the story, write about their own life experiences,
Gruwell uses equity pedagogy. The students were asked to write a letter to Miep Gies. The students are not limited with the topic of the letter. They can write anything they want to. As a result of writing a letter to Miep Gies, Mrs. Gruwell was able to practice Empowering school culture and social structure. In the past, the students did not have same goals in the classroom. However, the students had same goal after they wrote a letter to Miep Gies. Their common goal was to invite Miep Gies, and raise funds to pay for the flight ticket. Mrs. Gruwell and the class were able to create their own classroom
Paul gives a great advice on how to live in harmony. In order to live in harmony with one another, “do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all” (Romans 12:16-18, English Standard Version). In fact, we are called to be the “peacemakers” (Matthew 5:9, English Standard Version).
In order to create a safe and inclusive classroom environment, the students must learn how to make peace with each other. They must learn how to collaborate with each other. One of the strategies to encourage collaboration is to assign a group work. The biggest challenge with group work is that students do not know how to communicate with each other. I am going to give assignments that encourages each group members to communicate in various forms: speech and writing. Another challenge with group work is that some students do all the work, while some students do not do any work. Therefore, I am going to assign specific member roles to the students. At the end of the group work, I am going to give survey to the students evaluating each group members. The students will evaluate their partner on their collaboration skills and provide a brief feedback. This will allow the students to