77 pages • 2 hours read
Erin Gruwell and Freedom WritersThe Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Essay Topics
Students in Ms. Gruwell’s class frequently describe the violence they encounter at home and on the streets. How does this violence affect their classroom work? How has their approach to handling life outside of school changed by the end of the book?
The diary entries in The Freedom Writers are anonymous rather than attributed to any particular student. Why do you think the book is structured this way? What affect does this structure have? How would the novel be different if the entries were not anonymous?
How are the Freedom Writers able to use writing to connect with one another and the outside world?
