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 It’s 1994 in Long Beach‚ California. Erin Gruwell is just starting her first teaching job‚ that as freshman and sophomore English teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School‚ which‚ two years earlier‚ implemented a voluntary integration program. For many of the existing teachers‚ the integration has ruined the school‚ whose previously stellar academic standing has been replaced with many students who will be lucky to graduate or even be literate. Despite choosing the school on purpose
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Film Application Paper The Freedom Writers Organization Development Seminar Two Prof. Williams Rebecca Shafer 1/17/2012 Film Application Paper: The Freedom Writers In the case of the Freedom Writers‚ the teacher was the Practitioner and the students were the team. When she first came into that situation the team was not a team they were disorganized and had no sense of teamwork. At the time the teacher/practitioner came into the classroom and was an outsider was not sure what exactly
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America is supposed to be the nation of the free. We are allowed to protest‚ to speak‚ to believe‚ but what happens when all this is taken away? How can one survive in this country when there are wars that occur every day? These wars are unknown to most. They occur on the streets were rape‚ drugs‚ murder and kidnap could be found. There is one way to survive in this country where hate is found that is to find freedom within thyself and within others who accept you. This was accomplished through 150
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Anna Garcia 2/12/2015 Reading Response Paper “Boys Don’t Cry” SOCL 3600 Gender and Power Dr. Agnes Riedmann The film‚ Boys Don’t Cry‚ is based on a true story and raises numerous real-world issues in its story of a murder case in Middle America in which the victim was a girl who successfully passed herself off as a boy. Brandon Teena depicts the life and death of a young woman who believed that she should have been born a man. Teena concealed her female gender and successfully convinced almost everyone
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Perhaps no name is as symbolic of aerospace achievement as the American aviator Amelia Earhart. She became the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by air and the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone. She was also the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross. Her accomplishments as a pilot set standards for all fliers for years to come. Amelia Mary Earhart was born in Atchison‚ Kansas‚ on July 24‚ 1897. She referred to herself as "AE". She served during World
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Freedom Writers Task 1: The Narrative Elements Characterisation Erin Gruwell- Erin Gruwell was a young English teacher in a school in Long Beach‚ California she is a passionate teacher who gives up at nothing to help and teach her students Eva and Sindy – They both hate each other as they come from different gangs‚ but when it comes down to it they are extremely similar and have been through the same sort of situations as shown in the scene where they are both are getting ready to go out. Setting
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Amelia Earhart: Role in Woman Status Amelia Earhart was born on July 24‚ 1897 in Atchison‚ Kansas‚ and died on January 5‚ 1939. Earhart is an international hero and between 1930 and 1935 she set seven women distance aviation and speed records. Earhart wanted to be the first women to fly around the world. Many things that she has done were considered unladylike at that time period. She was talked bad about and unsupported; yet that didn ’t change her determination to accomplish and reach her dreams
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Amelia Earhart “Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace.” These words came from Amelia Earhart‚ the world’s most famous aviator. Amelia stands as a symbol of perseverance to women worldwide. She is a perfect example that anyone can accomplish their dreams if they try to overcome the obstacles in their way. In this essay I will explain about Amelia’s childhood‚ the many flying records she set and about her mysterious disappearance. Amelia Earhart had a good childhood. She
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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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