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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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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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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what you deserve‚ about people wanting what they don’t deserve. About whites thinking they own this world no matter what‚ you see‚ I hate white people.” Wow! This is one of the most powerful and emotion-filled quotes that was said in the movie Freedom Writers. The movie is about a Caucasian high school teacher named Erin Gruwell that gets a job at a California public school and gets the challenge of teaching a group of kids that are deemed “unteachable.” Very quickly‚ she finds out why no one wanted
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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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Experiences which are originally perceived as negative lead the individual to develop insight and reflect upon their current circumstances‚ ultimately resulting in a positive action and outcome. This is clearly demonstrated in the prescribed text‚ The Simple Gift by Stephen Herrick as we see the unlikely friendship and bond develop between the characters‚ Billy and Old Bill and the passionate relationship that forms between Billy and Caitlin. In this text‚ Herrick uses extensive amounts of literary techniques
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Media‚ which serves as an information and entertainment outlet‚ also helps to illuminate the different classifications of people such as race‚ class‚ and gender. The movie Freedom Writers‚ directed by Richard LaGravenese in 2007‚ is a great example of a movie that is filled to the brim with insight and different perceptions of these barriers between people. We follow the story of a teacher‚ Erin Gruwell‚ as she begins her new teaching career in a school that has been introduced to an integration
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Freedom Writer is based on a true story. Teenagers in Woodrow Wilson High School had many conflicts in their lives‚ which also affected on their education as well. A new high school teacher Ms. Gruwell assigned a class that was full of students who were labeled as at risk. Gruwell refused to allow her student’s lives to become self-fulfilling prophecies. Gruwell believed in her students and herself that she can make better people out of them and to give them the support that their parents failed
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In the movie‚ Freedom Writers‚ students at Wilson High School are self divided into several distinct classes based on ethnicity‚ financial status‚ and popularity. Students are likely unable to break free of their social groups because of previous history and the overemphasis of the racial differences in gangs. The intolerance of other ethnic groups comes from the impact of observing the actions of generations who lived during racial segregation and the Civil Right’s movement. These older generations
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The Simple Gift: Billy Luckett‚ 16 years of age explores into the world; leaving home on his own decision. Billy rejects himself as a reject‚ a thief; and a troubled character. We see in the free verse novel‚ The Simple Gift‚ composed by Steven Herrick there is the use of imagery in the novel in each chapter. There is also a quote which helps to explain the imagery. The format of the book is written as a first person narrative account. It is written from the three main characters perspective‚
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