Freedom+Writers

Freedom Writers
How do we judge others? Why do we judge others? What does it look like, feel like to be someone who judges others? Or, more importantly, what does it feel like to be judged by others? What do we miss out on when we judge others?

__Pre-viewing __
Here is the Powerpoint I showed you in class. Have another look at it.

Here also, are the thoughts of others about judging people. I often wondered why we judge? It seems human nature to do this, despite our knowing it's wrong. [|It is human nature to judge.] [|Ted Talk - Did you hear the one about the Iranian-American?]

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There are many still shots from the film on Tumblr. People have added important quotes that correspond with each shot. This is well worth a look at.

The ENTIRE transcript of the film -
If you are looking for a particular quote or if you decide that one day you want to be able to recite the film word for word, this is where you will find the [|//entire// screenplay]for the film.

__Erin Gruwell __
Have a look at this Ted Talk that Erin Gruwell gives. She retells her story for us.

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__Clips from the film__
This is the scene that begins the story. It introduces many important things to us as an audience.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Watch this clip and try to answer and complete the activities on the sheet given to you.

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 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">CLIP NO. 1 **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">CLIP NO. 2
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">CLIP NO. 4
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">CLIP NO. 5
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">CLIP NO.6
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">CLIP NO. 7
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Year 11 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Back to the beginning