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Literature as a means of relating to history and the world

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Literature as a means of relating to history and the world

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The involvement of the students from the reading of Anne Frank allowed them to develop on a personal level and generate a change in their background, giving them hope and confidence in personal improvement.

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The teacher in "Freedom Writers" encourages her students will explore literature as a sign system that represents and helps them understand our world.

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Anne Frank and Other Hidden Children of the Holocaust

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Selecting the correct literature can discover a world of new possibilities for our students

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Selecting the correct literature can discover a world of new possibilities for our students

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Developing their critical thinking skills through literature will help them achieve their goals in any aspect of their lives.

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Encourage your students to tell their stories

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Encourage your students to tell their stories

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As we saw in "Freedom Writers" and in the text "THE WHY TEACH LITERATURE SHAPES THE WHAT AND THE HOW" we can see that between the connection of literature and personal experiences, stories are shown as a big motivation for students to share what they have to say or feel. So, whatever they create, may be felt by somebody else and show us empathy.

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Freedom Writers (4/9) Movie CLIP - I Am Home (2007) HD

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We need to keep in mind the kind of learning that we want to leave our students and that it is able to leave a positive mark on their lives.
"In the end, the point for me isn’t what texts I teach; it’s what kids
can learn from reading them, writing about them
and discussing them. I love thinking about that
more than about the books themselves” by Molly's Beliefs.

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The educator in Freedom Writers, Erin Gruwell, bought books to her students related to the their interest and lives.

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Realizing that the lives of her students could be connected to the topic of the Holocaust, the teacher was able to find the correct literature to develop their curiosity and interest in learning.

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Get to know our students so we could create a significant learning.But also, motivate them to do better.

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Molly´s shows empathy, compassion and respect towards the needs and feelings of her students. She chooses to make a positive difference to the lives of them and to the environment . so she might include literature  which affects their readers as a result they could improve particular cultural viewpoints, become a critical consumer of all the messages that surround them in the world.

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As it happens in many occasions,students give us clues to undestand their background, feelings and motivations.
If they think that learning is not meaningful, teachers wont't be able to create a bond.

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Knowing your students

According to Molly's Beliefes, teachers must know their students before choosing the type of literature to teach, but in this case the teacher begins by teaching grammar topics, which are obviously found in the curriculum before having a clear idea of ​​ who she is teaching.

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As we see in the movie and in the text that we read previously in class. Both Molly and Erin Gruwell (educator in Freedom Writers) get interested in what was the prior knowledge of their students. Teachers must know the level of knowledge their students have to know what literature gave them to read. A lot of topics get involved at the time of choosing what literature teach and one of them is what the students already know.

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Freedom writers- "Molly's beliefs about teaching literature"(what is the interest of our students?)

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Freedom writers- "Molly's beliefs about teaching literature"(what is the interest of our students?)

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Before know what your students are going to read or what to prepare for a class, you must know in what your students are interested. As we read in class

"Molly's beliefs about teaching literature", the teacher is interested in what the students are interested. In this video, we see how the teacher, Erin Gruwell, use music to inspire the students to learn. Also, Miss Gruwell use songs that students liked to include it in poetry exercises.

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Taking into account “Freedom writers” and “Molly’s beliefs” It’s clear that the literature can have a deep impact in the student’s life, for this reason when we think about what literature we will use, we have to take into consideration who our students are.