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    Freedom Writers Assignment The character I’ve chosen is Eva Benitez ‚ is a 18 year teenage Mexican American girl short wave hair ‚ tan skin wears red lipstick and hoop earrings has that tomboyish look . Life changes during her childhood. The first day of school for Eva she was waiting for her dad to take her to school ‚ when it turn out to be the day she saw a friend die right in front of her eyes . Eva’s

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    got a special soul‚ and I’ve wounded it. Will: Oh‚ please‚ just shut up. You’re wounding my soul. ________________________________________ Christine: Oh‚ no... it’s just I thought you had hidden depths. Will: No‚ no‚ you’ve always had that wrong about me. I really am this shallow. ________________________________________ Fiona: He’s expressing himself! Will: No‚ he’s not! He’s expressing YOU! ________________________________________ Ellie: You like rap? Marcus: A little. It’s by black people

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    Freedom Writers Diary Movie Questions 1. Eva’s view of herself and her people is that their nationality is competing with other races because of the discrimination. When Eva is a child‚ she is taught by her father that she has to fight for her people. “An Aztec princess is chosen for her blood‚ to fight for her people‚ as Papi and his father fought‚ against those who say we are less than they are‚ who say we are not equal in beauty and in blessings”. 2. According to Eva her father is arrested for

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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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    The Sense of Responsibility Can Change Students The story of “Freedom Writers” was set in Long Beach. Erin was a new teacher who believed the way to stop racial hatred is to change the young’s minds. The students in the school where she worked divided into four camps: whites‚ Latinos‚ Cambodians‚ and blacks. Every group hated each other. Erin wanted to change this condition and wanted everyone to change. In fact‚ she did it. Now here is question. Why Erin could do something that others did not finish

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    Introduction I chose to write my movie analysis on The Freedom Writers (2007) produced by Danny DeVito‚ Michael Shamberg‚ and Stacey Sher‚ and written by Richard LaGravenese (imbd.com). This film is a true story about a young high school teacher who encounters a classroom filled with hostility. After showing the students what horrors racism and segregation can lead to by teaching them about the Holocaust‚ the students learn that there are better ways‚ such as writing in a diary‚ to work through

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    Usually when people are sad‚ they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry‚ they bring about a change. Beginnings are scary. Endings are usually sad‚ but it’s the middle that counts the most. Dying seems less sad than having lived too little. However long the night‚ the dawn will break. Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Behind my smile is everything you’ll never

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    Qoutes about love “I’m selfish‚ impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes‚ I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst‚ then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.”  ― Marilyn Monroe “You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching‚ Love like you’ll never be hurt‚ Sing like there’s nobody listening‚ And live like it’s heaven on earth.” ― William W. Purkey “You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally

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    polishing tools and the scientific applications in diamond knives and diamond anvil cells. Because of its extremely rigid lattice‚ it can be contaminated by very few types of impurities‚ such as boron and nitrogen. Small amounts of defects or impurities (about one per million of lattice atoms) color diamond blue (boron)‚ yellow (nitrogen)‚ brown (lattice defects)‚ green (radiation exposure)‚ purple‚ pink‚ orange or red. Diamond also has relatively high optical dispersion (ability to disperse light of different

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    Historical‚ Social and Political Issues in the movie FREEDOM WRITERS The thorough presentation of a well researched context in the film provided the environment for priming the viewers on the concept of belonging which was highlighted in the film. This grounded the film and prepared the viewers on the film’s main focus. Through the brief but meaningful snippets of what happened during the trial of Rodney King‚ the viewers were introduced to the conflict used in the film that surfaced and distinctly

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