Freedom Writers Diary Teacher's Guide

Erin Gruwell

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Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
15 January 2008

Education

A standards-based teacher's guide from the educator behind the #1New York TimesbestsellerThe Freedom Writers Diary,with innovative teaching techniques that will engage, empower, and enlighten.

Don't miss the public television documentaryFreedom Writers- Stories from the Heart

In response to thousands of letters and e-mails from teachers across the country who learned about Erin Gruwell and her amazing students inThe Freedom Writers Diaryand the hit movieFreedom Writers,Gruwell and a team of teacher experts have writtenThe Freedom Writers Diary Teacher's Guide,a book that will encourage teachers and students to expand the walls of their classrooms and think outside the box.

Here Gruwell goes in depth and shares her unconventional but highly successful educational strategies and techniques (all 150 of her students, who had been deemed ""unteachable,"" graduated from Wilson High School in Long Beach, California)- from her very successful ""toast for change"" (an exercise in which Gruwell exhorted her students to leave the past behind and start fresh) to writing exercises that focus on the importance of journal writing, vocabulary, and more.

In an easy-to-use format with black-and-white illustrations, this teacher's guide will become the essential go-to manual for teachers who want to make a difference in their pupils' lives.

By: Erin Gruwell
Imprint: Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 203mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 490g
ISBN: 9780767926966
ISBN 10: 076792696X
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 15 January 2008
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writerscontinue to share their stories with students and teachers from around the globe through their nonprofit, the Freedom Writers Foundation. They are the subject of the 2019 public television documentaryFreedom Writers- Stories from the Heart,and the 2007 feature filmFreedom Writers,starring Hilary Swank. Gruwell lives in Long Beach.