Freedom Writer's Diary

Ms.Gruwell taught at what high school?

• Ball High
• Wilson High 
• Hoover High

What was the purpose of the line game?

• To reveal to the students that they had more in common than they believed

• To provide students with an activity where they could move freely around the class

• To teach students the new zydeco dance of that era

The students said that they had seen more dead bodies than who by the age of 16?

• a funeral home director

• a mortician

• a surgeon

When Ms. Gruell has dinner with her dad, she compares herself to a ___, saying that she is not one, but she feels as though she needs to be.

• social worker

• counselor

• advocate

What do the students pick up upon entering the Holocaust museum?

• a card with a child's picture on it

• a token the refugees were required to carry

• a map of the facility

Did Ms. Gruells husband support or oppose her putting in extra time and effort into her job?

• support

• oppose

What was the first job Ms. G picked up to help with her teaching job?

• working as a receptionist at a hotel

• being a greeter at a restaurant

• selling bras at a department store

List some opposition/obstacles Ms. G faces in the beginning

Ms. Gruwell is the first teacher to show trust and respect for the “at risk” students at Wilson High. How does Erin Gruwell demonstrate this? Why are some students more resistant to trusting each other?

What are ways Ms. G tried to engage (make them interested) the students?