Freedom Writers‚ a film directed by Richard LaGravenese‚ is about a middle class woman‚ Erin Gruwell‚ who takes a job teaching in Long Beach‚ CA. She receives a class of very different people‚ with different nationalities‚ who share the same fight. She achieved helping with disadvantaged students‚ when no one else thought that they would amount up to anything. As the film progresses you see how the student’s lives change and how they turned into well thought of adults‚ thanks to the impact of their
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Freedom Writers Diaries – Their Story‚ Their Words‚ Their Future One of the main concerns that Erin Gruwell would face was teaching a group of kids that the school system process having an integrated school was a good thing in front of board members that had issues at that certain time in history. The school system did not look at how this integration with mixed cultures would affect everyone involved. This system would suddenly take them out of their own element and put them with mixed cultures
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Clause as Exchange A. The nature of dialogue The clause is also organized as an interactive event involving speaker‚ or writer‚ and audience. Let us use the term ‘speaker’ as a cover term for both speaker and writer. In the act of speaking‚ the speaker adopts for himself a particular speech role‚ and in so doing assigns to the listener a complementary role which he wishes him to adopt in his turn (see Halliday‚ 1984a;Martin‚ 1992: Chapter 2). For example‚ in asking a question‚ a speaker is taking
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Krupal Hari Mr. Pete English 1101 October 30‚ 2008 Freedom Writers “We fight each other for territory; we kill each other over race‚ pride‚ and respect. We fight for what is ours. They think they’re winning by jumping me now‚ but soon they’re all going down‚ war has been declared.” Freedom Writers depicts students from different gangs facing problems from school life at day to gang violence at night. A new teacher at Wilson High School by the name of Myer Gies connects education with her troubled
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Imaging a world where you have to fight to survive. A world where you could die when you step out your house. A world that is full of hatred and racism. Racism runs through the city’s blood‚ and has thus led to a high amount of street and gang violence. A world where being in school is the same as being on the street. Gang war can broke out anywhere at any time. Eva Benitez came from a family with a strong gang heritage. When she was younger‚ she witnessed her uncle got shot in a drive-by
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Writing stories: NARRATIVE PROMPTS Before writing your story: Note down your ideas: write an outline of your story List relevant vocabulary you could use: verbs‚ adjs‚ advs‚ linkers‚ nouns Develop a living‚ breathing multi-faceted character (you should know more about him/her/them than your reader Choose a point of view: 1st person narrator ‘I’/ 3rd person narrator.. Use your five senses. Show (create a visual image in your reader’s or listener’s mind)‚ don’t simply
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“The function of sociology‚ as of every science is to reveal that which is hidden.”(Pierre Bourdieu). The film Freedom Writers has hidden themes that can be explained by the three theories of sociology. The three theories of sociology: Structural Functionalism‚ Conflict Theory‚ and Symbolic Interactionism explain the behavior and experiences of the students in room 203. The students’ lives are filled with gangs‚ crimes‚ racism‚ domestic abuse‚ income inequality‚ poverty‚ unfair treatment‚ and lack
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Freedom Writers Reflection Paper Now that you have finished viewing the film‚ you will do the following: You are going to compose a thoughtful reflection paper. This paper will incorporate the following items; you may include them in whatever order you prefer. Reflection Items: Simply respond to the film as a whole on an “emotional” level. What did you feel and think as the movie played? What emotions came to life? Did the film evoke memories or situations you could relate to?
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In every war there is an enemy (Freedom Writers 2007) Marcus‚ much the same as some of the other students in Ms. Gruwells’ class‚ had a harsh past. When Marcus was a young boy‚ his friend Clive found a gun and they felt that they could finally protect themselves from gang members and bullies. Shockingly‚ Marcus friend Clive wounded up inadvertently shooting himself. Marcus being frightened like any other kid would be just sat right there and stayed with his friend until the police showed up. When
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The Freedom Writers Essay- Chloe Taylor How are different cultures represented in Freedom Writers? What values and attitudes do we draw from the film and its background? Cultures are shown and exposed to us in various ways everyday. Different cultures are represented in different ways in the Western Society. In the movie Freedom Writers‚ we witness this cultural conflict on a first hand basis. Urban youths in Freedom Writers heavily rely on respect to judge others. They also judge based on each
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