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Only one of the class knows what a Holocaust is. All but one have<br />
been shot.<br />
He's a little annoyed now because the two are just talking about<br />
it.<br />
Freedom writers Part 3<br />
Mrs. Gruwell tries to borrow books for the children, but the<br />
librarian says she will not get it back. Or she suspects that she<br />
gets the books broken again or paint the students purely. Mrs.<br />
Gruwell also says students can compare with Anne Frank.<br />
Mrs. Gruwell plays a line game with the kids. She asks the<br />
children to ask and they have to go to the line if they answer yes<br />
and stop if they want to answer no. Each of the students is lost<br />
to at least one friend by the gang war. Mrs. Gruwell brought<br />
books to the students. She wants students to write something in<br />
every day. You can write about the past, the present or the<br />
future. You can also write song lyrics or poems. They should lead<br />
it like a diary. If Mrs. Gruwell is allowed to read the notebooks,<br />
the students should place the notebooks in a closet, if they are<br />
not allowed to read it, then the students should take the<br />
notebooks with them. The closet is unlocked each lesson and<br />
completed at the end of the lesson.<br />
Freedom writers - questions<br />
1. According zu Eva, why was her father arrested?<br />
The neighbor was shot and Eva's father was suspected.<br />
2. Why did Erin Gruwell (Ms. G) decide to teach instead of be a<br />
lawyer?<br />
3. List some opposition/ obstacles Ms. G faces in the beginning.<br />
At the rst she was happy when she was in front of the class, but<br />
when the students came in and didn't listen to them, she was<br />
startled and annoyed.<br />
4. How do the students in 2003 relate to one another at rst?<br />
They argue and scream. They push and laugh.<br />
Freedom writers Part 4<br />
Mrs. Gruwell reads the children's notebooks. There were a few<br />
notebooks in the closet, but not all. A girl in the class writes that<br />
her mother was brought out of the house before her eyes and<br />
she was beaten to death. She herself was beaten and she says<br />
she still feels it. Marcus wrote that he was sitting on a bench<br />
with a friend. This friend showed him a gun and he was shot.<br />
Marcus sat next to him until the police arrived. His friend lay<br />
next to him as a corpse and Marcus went to jail. She has read<br />
several other books and all have a cruel story.<br />
Ms. Gruwell went out to dinner with her dad and told me about<br />
the notebooks. She tries to convince the headmaster that she<br />
can take a trip with the students at the weekend. She wants to<br />
show the students the world behind the place of residence. She<br />
wants to give this excursion as a reward for good work and<br />
grades. At rst she does not get the permission, but the next<br />
morning he says yes.<br />
Freedom writers Part 6<br />
Part 6<br />
Ms. Gruwell wanted the students to take a glass and say<br />
something. A few students have done it and they have become<br />
more self-con dent and believe more in themselves. There was a<br />
boy coming forward who wanted to read from his diary. The<br />
students wondered who that is and they don't even know the<br />
name. He wrote that he is homeless and he has no more.<br />
Nevertheless, he goes to school and since Ms. Gruwell is there,<br />
everything is better for him. Meanwhile, he feels at home in<br />
school. He wears old hair and thus he feels uncomfortable.<br />
5. Who is a character you like or relate to the most so far? Why?<br />
How so?<br />
I like Eva the most because she is a strong person.<br />
6. What are ways Ms. G tried to engage (make them interested)<br />
the students?<br />
She plays a line game with the students and gives them<br />
notebooks as a "diary".<br />
7. What are some reasons the students do not respect Ms. G at<br />
rst? What do they say to her when she confronts them? Maybe<br />
they didn't learn otherwise.<br />
8. Why does Eva "hate the white people"?<br />
She means that the white people have more rights and they are<br />
allowed everything. She also thinks that white people can do<br />
whatever they want.<br />
9. Describe Ms. G husband. What is his attitude towards her<br />
teaching career?<br />
A girl from the advanced course wants to switch to Ms. Gruwell.<br />
Her husband is offended and says she can't teach the student<br />
because the level is too high. In the end, he still apologizes to<br />
her.<br />
The students read the book of Anne Frank and Eva goes to Mrs.<br />
Gruwell and asks her things about the book, but she should<br />
continue to read. Eva does not want Anne Frank to die because<br />
that doesn't t the book and Marcus says she isn't death to him.<br />
He also says that Anne Frank understands the situation of the<br />
students. Ms. Gruwell wants students to write a letter to Miep<br />
Gies, what they think of the book, and explain their situation.<br />
Marcus absolutely wants to accompany her purely. The students<br />
want Miep Gies to come to them, so they do a "Taste for Change"<br />
event and collect donations, Ms. Gruwell sent the letters to<br />
Amsterdam, and Miep Gies came to Longbeach, and then<br />
Marcus was allowed to accompany them purely Telling the<br />
students that she tried to bribe jewellery to bribe the soldiers,<br />
any of the Jews kept hidden was shot or sent to a concentration<br />
camp, she was held a gun to her head, Marcus says she is a hero,
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