Written Response for the Film

ENGLISH III Written response for the film Freedom Writers

***Please, do not write on this sheet. Write all responses on your own notebook paper. ***

DIRECTIONS:

Using complete sentences, please respond to each of the questions/ideas listed below.

1. Do teachers or other people truly know what you have to experience every day? Explain what others do not realize/understand.

2. Respond to Eva’s and the other students’ thoughts on respect: provide an example of someone who expected your respect simply because of their position or race. Had they earned your respect? Why or why not?

3. How do you get other people’s respect?

4. What must others do for you to respect them?

5. At one point early in the film, one of the boys says, “When you die for your own, you die with respect.” Do you agree or disagree with this idea? Explain why.