Freedom writers book notes1/10/2024 They connected with the story of a modern-day Anne Frank: Zlata. They connected with the story of the woman who hid Anne Frank. Their teacher bought them new books from Barnes & Noble, and the kids carried them around the school, proudly, inside the B & N bags, so everyone could see what they had. They became intrigued, and then they became readers. She reached her students by teaching them that their teenage struggles to survive were not unlike those of Anne Frank or Zlata Filipović. She was making them “look bad” because of her methods to reach the students that no one else wanted. She was the teacher who was willing to help them.Īlong the way, they were met with resistance. None were given a chance until they met Ms. Other teachers didn’t want them in their classrooms. Many of these students came from one-parent or no-parent homes. And though it is not a teaching handbook with detailed lesson plans, it is a template for what works: investing into the lives of students, listening, caring, and being present for them. This book is a collection of the emotionally charged personal stories of those students who were transformed under the guidance of Ms. What an inspirational story! A rookie teacher in an inner-city school pours 100% of herself into the lives of her 150 freshman students, and four years later, they are high school graduates with options for college and a determination to change the world that is not unfounded.
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