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    Name ___________________________ English I Teacher _________________________ Fall 2011 Period ___________________________ Outsiders Date ____________________________ Freedom Writers Written Response Worksheet Directions: Please answer the following questions as you watch the film. Please use complete sentences. RESPECT 1. Why do the students initially only trust peers from their own ethnic/racial groups? 2. How does Ms. Gruwell earn the respect of her students? 3.

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    of different people and situations. Often times‚ without knowing it‚ movies teach us things when we don’t think we are learning anything. The movie Freedom Writers has a powerful and emotional message. The message of this movie is that we are all the same under the surface‚ this is most relevant to gangs and gang violence. The movie Freedom writers is set in a bad neighborhood in California. In the movie‚ the focus is on racial differences and gang violence. There is a white teacher who comes from

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    Kathryn Hess English 12/ Hero’s quest period 8 Mrs. Dunn In the beginning of the movie Freedom Writers‚ the students initially only trust their peers from their racial groups. This is because they only trust the people in their gangs. Almost all the kids were in racially segregated gangs. At first‚ Ms. Gruwell has difficulty getting anything accomplished. Many of these students have never been shown any respect in the past. Eva and some of the other students tell Ms. Gruwell that they will not

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    EFFECTS OF WOMAN CHARACTERS in THE MOVIES “BREAKFAST at TIFFANY’S” and “FREEDOM WRITERS” Either fictional movies or movies based on a true story‚ arouses permanent or temporary ideas or feelings. The movies named Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Freedom Writers and the effects of main women characters in these movies will be examined. Breakfast at Tiffany’s is a fictional movie and it was made in 1961. Audrey Hepburn played the leading role. She represents a young and very attractive woman. In the opening

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    December 2013 The Freedom of Education The movie Freedom Writers‚ directed by Richard LaGravenese‚ shows the power of teaching‚ and Freedom Writers is a perfect example of a teacher who changes the lives of her students. The teacher in the movie‚ Erin Gruwell (Hilary Swank)‚ is the central character and is portrayed by the director as a confident Caucasian woman who is eager to teach for the first time. Gruwell changes the lives of her students in the movie Freedom Writers through her methods

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    Freedom Writers What is respect? It is you can be completed trust by somebody‚ and they want to listen to your opinion‚ and follow your plan. And how can foes trust each other? Freedom Writers explains these questions. It is a great movie adapted from a true story‚ which happened in 1995. It talks about an amazing teacher‚ Mrs. Gruwell‚ who makes bad kids become family‚ the classroom is their home. They trust and respect each other. The relationship between teacher and students changes a lot. In

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    thousands of people rioted through the city‚ angered by the verdict. Damages of around US$1 billion dollars were incurred‚ and 53 people died along with thousands more injured. Based on the best-seller novel ‘The Freedom Writers Diary’ by Erin Gruwell‚ director and writer Richard LaGravenese – best known for his films “P.S. I Love You”‚ “Paris‚ je t’aime”‚ and “The Fisher King”‚ which earned him an Academy Award nomination – sets his film in Long Beach‚ California‚ just after the riots

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    begin to relate with one another and the class becomes a safe haven for the teens. They become like a family and realize they have more opportunities than just living beyond the age of eighteen. There are many themes portrayed in the movie “Freedom Writers”‚ but the main two focus points are overcoming adversity and believing in yourself to succeed. The first and most important theme of the movie is that you shouldn’t judge or go against another group of people just for the color of their skin or

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    Good afternoon miss ________ and year 10‚ today I will be speaking about a novel and a movie. The opening scenes of the freedom writers movie are riots and you can hear gun shots ‚ the audience is assailed with discordant sounds both diagetic and non diagetic‚ this also helps to convey the chaos of the context which is the social background to the film Throught the film there is a reliance on various forms of signage that provides insights for the audience about characters and events. The

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    Freedom Writers Perceptions and ideas of belonging‚ or of not belonging‚ vary - Eva feels connected to her Latino gang just like the people in her class feel a sense of belonging to their gangs - However these kids do not belong to this class‚ the school and more importantly the education system as they are seen as hopeless cases - Mrs Gruwell feels a sense of disconnection towards the class as she is automatically seen as a higher class than the students by what she wears on the first day

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