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. hat did you feel and thin! as the movie
played" hat emotions came to life" #id the film evo!e memories or situations you could relate to"
$tc., $tc. $tc.
%dentify a variety of the pro&lems that were faced &y the students, the teacher and the community.
%dentify a variety of solutions that were attempted to deal with the pro&lems. hat did you thin! of those
solutions" ere they creative" ould they &e wor!a&le in a school li!e ours"
hat elements in the film could you identify with" 'ow" This could &e personally or things you have
seen in your school e(periences.
'ow do you thin! some of the ideas and concepts portrayed in the film could, or should, apply in a setting
li!e )'S" 'ow a&out in schools li!e *ott, Sterling and )ousino" ould the ideas wor!" )ould they &e
applied" 'ow would you see some of these ideas implemented" +or instance, if you go to
http:,,www.freedomwritersfoundation.org,, you will find information a&out the +reedom riters %nstitute.
The goal of the +reedom riters %nstitute is to prepare teachers to use the +reedom riter *ethod in order to improve the
academic performance of their students. -ed &y $rin .ruwell, with support from original +reedom riters and other educators, the
%nstitute is a year/long program centered on a five/day seminar designed to e0uip teachers with the tools they need to reach and
empower their students.
1ny final thoughts, comments, opinions, ideas, etc."""
Minimum guidelines & requirements:
You a&solutely must have a &rainstorming sheet. %nclude the ideas and thoughts you plan to
include in your paper. 2emem&er, it3s 4ust &rainstorming to start. There is no proper order to
write your ideas54ust get your thoughts 6 ideas on paper.
You may word process your paper or write it &y hand.
Your paper must &e a minimum of 788 words.
The completed paper will &e worth 98 points, in addition to your #aily )lass :oints.
1nything % may have forgotten will &e included.