A deeper perspective on the “good teacher” myth Movies make up part of the dominant discourse reflecting and at the same time affecting society (Farhi‚ 1999). The mythical portrayal of the good teacher in Freedom Writers supports the idea that urban schools are in need of a “good teacher” (who is portrayed as being perfect) to save the unruly children in this locale from their limited and culturally inferior worlds. The students are expected to cultivate new academic skills and cultural values with
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PLANNING SHEET FOR TEXT RESPONSE ESSAY Use this planning sheet to plan for the SAC topic you have selected. Topic: Through their experiences and growth‚ the children in To Kill a Mockingbird move from naivety to maturity and understanding of the ugliness of their society. Discuss. TEXT RESPONSE SCAFFOLD Introduction Opening statement showing strong familiarity with text: Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird follows the childhood experiences of Jean-Louise “Scout” Finch. Growing
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LA Riots‚ they tried to calm us down and nothing changed since.” More than sixty people died during the L.A. riots on April 29‚ 1992. Gangs erupted afterwards‚ due to the apparent discrimination of African-Americans from Caucasian officers. In Freedom Writers‚ written and directed by Richard LaGravenese‚ a high school named Woodrow Wilson‚ suffered in the aftermath of the L.A. riots‚ turning a once prestigious school into a school for the ‘bad kids’‚ or kids who had been to juvenile detention. Erin
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Text Response: ‘Of Mice and Men’ “Discuss the literary techniques used by Steinbeck to emphasise key ideas in his text ‘Of Mice and Men’. Use examples and evidence to support your statements.” The novel ‘Of Mice and Men’‚ written by John Steinbeck‚ uses a variety of literary techniques to emphasise prominent themes throughout the text. Some of the key ideas that are presented throughout the novel include power‚ status‚ and the pursuit of the American Dream‚ all relevant to the setting of mid-depression
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Romeo and Juliet text response‚ James Jones‚ 18/8/14. Romeo and Juliet’s deaths are ultimately a fault of Friar Lawrence. He was heavily involved with both parties and their families‚ not only was he the head of the town’s church he was also Romeo’s spiritual guide. Friar Lawrence was the man who gave the potion of seaming death to Juliet‚ but when we look more into depth that was not his only fault‚ It was Friar Lawrence’s fault for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet as he had prematurely married
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TEXT RESPONSE ‘The Adoration of Jenna Fox’ ‘Jenna Fox’s parents made the right decision by re-creating her in the way that they did. To what extent do you agree? In Mary E Pearson’s 2009‚ futuristic novel ‘The Adoration of Jenna Fox’‚ Jenna Fox’s parents made the correct w did what any parent would do to save there child by using the technology decision by re-creating there daughter in the way they did. However Jenna went through difficult times in accepting who she was. Throughout the novel
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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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‘Hard times bring out the best and worst in human nature’ The Outsiders – Text response essay In the novel ‘The Outsiders’ by S.E Hinton‚ we see how hard times bring out the best and worst in human nature. Human nature is basically what people are like deep down. As the characters change and their life grows and gets harder‚ we are shown their true colours. Some of them change for the best‚ and some for the worst. Hard times include a large variety of matters. Based on the novel that we are
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Fred D’aguair the longest memory essay text response The Longest Memory Fred D’Aguiar 11A Dylan Demtschyna Vocabulary Words that have something to do with literary devices | Words that have positive connotations (the words make you think of good or nice things) | Words that have negative connotations | Narrative/NarratorIrony
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Response to Text: Carlitos Way The film Carlito’s Way directed by Brian De Palma uses visual and verbal techniques to show the idea of world of crime. The main aspects of world of crime are loyalty‚ betrayal and can’t escape your past are all shown in the film. Together visual and verbal techniques are used to show the main idea of the film which is world of crime. An important idea in the film Carlito’s Way is the idea of loyalty. Loyalty is shown throughout the film by Carlito to his friends
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