https://padlet.com/drisgill/miwaqaxb5kapbf5c Watch Dead Poet's Society, Stand and Deliver, or The Freedom Writers. Write a short paragraph about how the film connects to something you are learning in English. en-us 2021-08-29 22:50:37 UTC 2025-12-09 12:06:57 UTC hello@padlet.com 4804176408 https://padlet.com/drisgill/miwaqaxb5kapbf5c/wish/1779486752 The freedom Writers connect to some of the subject matter we were touching on English class, such as racism and race conflict. One example is the conflict between the different races at the school such as between the Latinos and Cambodians. This is similar to the set of texts we covered about Martin Luther King and racial injustice, while they are about different race groups. Both the film and what we learned in class is similar because they cover the racial tension between the different groups and the violence that comes out as a outcome of it such as the assassination of MLK and the drive-by shooting in the film, and eventually try work to fix tension between those groups and unite them together under one cause.]]> 2021-09-29 22:31:31 UTC https://padlet.com/drisgill/miwaqaxb5kapbf5c/wish/1779486752 4900759720 https://padlet.com/drisgill/miwaqaxb5kapbf5c/wish/1789623117 A dedicated teacher in a racially divided Los Angeles school has a class of at-risk teenagers deemed incapable of learning. Instead of giving up, she inspires her students to take an interest in their education and planning their future. She assigns reading material that relates to their lives and encourages them all to keep journals. This connects of the subject were doing in english class, such as racisms.]]> 2021-10-04 13:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/drisgill/miwaqaxb5kapbf5c/wish/1789623117 https://padlet.com/drisgill/miwaqaxb5kapbf5c/wish/1790063688 A youthful instructor motivates her class of in-danger understudies to learn resilience, put forth a concentrated effort, and seek education after high school. Woodrow Wilson High School is situated in Long Beach, California. The school is intentionally coordinated, and it isn't working. The Asians, the blacks, the Latinos, and a not many whites don't get along and likewise stay inside their social clubs and are essential for defensive and savage packs. There isn't a lot educating or getting the hang of going on at the school. It is a distribution center for youthful youngsters until they can quitter or are kicked out.]]> 2021-10-04 15:28:05 UTC https://padlet.com/drisgill/miwaqaxb5kapbf5c/wish/1790063688 https://padlet.com/drisgill/miwaqaxb5kapbf5c/wish/1790507773 This movie is about a school that is racially divided. A teacher that is in charge of a class that is harder for them to learn, she gives them supplies that inspire them to not give up and keep going. This connects to something that we are learning in English by showing the teacher emotions by her giving them supplies to keep going. Her emotions are example of pathos because the teacher is trying to show us she cares about her students. ]]> 2021-10-04 18:06:34 UTC https://padlet.com/drisgill/miwaqaxb5kapbf5c/wish/1790507773 https://padlet.com/drisgill/miwaqaxb5kapbf5c/wish/1791036529  A dedicated teacher (Hilary Swank) in a racially divided Los Angeles school has a class of at-risk teenagers deemed incapable of learning. Instead of giving up, she inspires her students to take an interest in their education and planning their future. She assigns reading material that relates to their lives and encourages them all to keep journals. The teacher shows them the value of their skin color and what it means to have a family even though not everyone might have the same race, religions everyone is equal.
The main themes in The Freedom Writers Diary are tolerance, empowerment and self worth, and the power of writing. Tolerance: Through literature, Gruwell teaches her students the power of tolerance and enables them to better understand each other and the world around them.]]> 2021-10-04 23:14:08 UTC https://padlet.com/drisgill/miwaqaxb5kapbf5c/wish/1791036529 https://padlet.com/drisgill/miwaqaxb5kapbf5c/wish/1791157219 The film Freedom Writers is a nonfiction collection of essays written and compiled by English teacher Erin Gruwell and her students, who are collectively known as the Freedom Writers. The school administration assigns first-year teacher Erin Gruwell to a class of "unteachable" students, most of whom are from culturally marginalized backgrounds. Gruwell's students begin keeping diaries, where they talk about their personal struggles, hopes, and feelings. Gruwell introduces her students to the diary of Anne Frank and other books about freedom and survival. Inspired, the students raise money to bring Miep Gies, whose family helped shelter Anne Frank, to speak at their school.
Nalysa Royapen]]> 2021-10-05 00:22:49 UTC https://padlet.com/drisgill/miwaqaxb5kapbf5c/wish/1791157219 https://padlet.com/drisgill/miwaqaxb5kapbf5c/wish/1791547441 Freedom Writers is a collection of essays written and compiled by English teacher Erin Gruwell and her students and it is about a racially split up Los Angeles school that’s has a class of in danger young people considered unequipped for learning. Rather than surrendering, she rouses her understudies to look into their schooling and arranging their future. The educator shows them the worth of their skin tone and having a family despite the fact that not every person may have a similar race, religions everybody is equivalent.  Gruwell's students begin keeping diaries, where they talk about their personal struggles, hopes, and feelings. The fundamental subjects in The Freedom Writers Diary are resilience, strengthening and self-esteem, and the force of composing. Through writing, Gruwell shows her understudies and the force of resistance and empowers them to all be more likely to see one another and their general surroundings.]]> 2021-10-05 02:54:15 UTC https://padlet.com/drisgill/miwaqaxb5kapbf5c/wish/1791547441 4804180497 https://padlet.com/drisgill/miwaqaxb5kapbf5c/wish/1792715837 2021-10-05 12:03:24 UTC https://padlet.com/drisgill/miwaqaxb5kapbf5c/wish/1792715837 https://padlet.com/drisgill/miwaqaxb5kapbf5c/wish/1794575063 Hilary Swank A devoted teacher  at a racially divided school in Los Angeles  has a class of at-risk teens who can't learn. Rather than give up, she inspires her students to take an interest in their education and plan for their future. She assigns them reading material related to their lives and encourages all of them  to keep diaries]]> 2021-10-05 22:31:17 UTC https://padlet.com/drisgill/miwaqaxb5kapbf5c/wish/1794575063