Day 1: Opening Reception and Orientation
Participants are provided with the following materials:
- 1 DVD and 1 VHS copy of ABC's Primetime Live, "Freedom Writers" program with Connie Chung
- Workshop materials and supplies
- A copy of The Freedom Writers Diary: Teacher's Guide
Day 2: Engage Activities
Engage your students: This section includes lesson plans and activities for you to share with your students before they begin reading The Freedom Writers Diary. The goal is to establish a collaborative and supportive academic environment that will draw your students into the learning process, help them make connections between who they are as individuals and who they are as students and encourage them to discover commonalities with their classmates.
Day 3: Enlighten Activities
Enlighen your students: This section offers lesson plans and activities that help students delve into literary themes, topics and concepts while reading The Freedom Writers Diary, and concludes with a unit on the film, Freedom Writers (2007). Due to its varied range of contents, Enlighten Your Students is divided into seven categories for ease of use: Writing, Vocabulary, Grammar, Oral Communication, History, Review, and Freedom Writers Film Activities. Students will practice different kinds of writing and public speaking, and become critical thinkers as they explore their own opinions, reasoning, and reactions within a “real world” context.
Day 4: Empower Activities
Empower your students: This section encourages students to achieve positive changes in themselves and in their communities by bringing the outside world into the classroom, and taking their classroom into the world. Nontraditional activities, such as inviting a guest speaker into class or taking a field trip, can expose students to new social and academic perspectives.
Day 5: Empower Activities Continued
Post-evaluation (Administered following the training seminar)
Professional Development and Support Provided Throughout the Year
- Participants will have access to the Foundation's online Freedom Writers Teacher Network, including a message board and blog
- Foundation will provide direct support to Institute participants and collaborate with them to create benchmarks and ways of tracking classroom success
What happens at the end of the academic year?
- Culminating projects are completed
- Student assessment and tracking:
- Test score and grade evaluation
- High school graduation plan
- College plan
- Career plan
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