DIARIES ARE THE ENTRIES OF THE SILENT HEART
When were young…I mean much younger
most of us would have
diaries in which we wrote your deepest secrets, joy, happiness, heartaches and
silly things. These diaries would be locked away from prying eyes and guarded
with our dear life. I had diaries too. I wrote practically every day when I was
in form 2 because I had a crush on a guy. By the time I was 16, the novelty of
writing diaries wore off. I rather just talk to my friends about my crushes. Now
in this 21st century, we do not see students writing or hear them
talk about diaries (when we teachers tend to ‘accidently’ eavesdrop). All we
hear is about blogs, twitters, watssup. Half of what they talk sounds greek to
me. Part of writing a diary is practicing their writing skills. We can ask
students to write short entries for a duration based on a topic or when they
are assigned group work. It will be like a journal. They can have it in a book
form or in a file. The entries do not need to be long but at least
grammatically correct. We teachers can check the entries either on a daily
basis or weekly. It doesn’t take much work to help the students because
guidelines will be given to the students to follow. Try it and who knows, we
teachers might start writing in diaries too!
most of us would have
diaries in which we wrote your deepest secrets, joy, happiness, heartaches and
silly things. These diaries would be locked away from prying eyes and guarded
with our dear life. I had diaries too. I wrote practically every day when I was
in form 2 because I had a crush on a guy. By the time I was 16, the novelty of
writing diaries wore off. I rather just talk to my friends about my crushes. Now
in this 21st century, we do not see students writing or hear them
talk about diaries (when we teachers tend to ‘accidently’ eavesdrop). All we
hear is about blogs, twitters, watssup. Half of what they talk sounds greek to
me. Part of writing a diary is practicing their writing skills. We can ask
students to write short entries for a duration based on a topic or when they
are assigned group work. It will be like a journal. They can have it in a book
form or in a file. The entries do not need to be long but at least
grammatically correct. We teachers can check the entries either on a daily
basis or weekly. It doesn’t take much work to help the students because
guidelines will be given to the students to follow. Try it and who knows, we
teachers might start writing in diaries too!
The Freedom Writers DiaryThe Freedom Writers Diary is an interesting and realistic depiction of everyday life through the eyes of real high school students. The diary entries, although most likely edited for a polished product, offer a fresh glimpse into modern social problems of all types, including the tensions that arise from living within a culturally diverse environment.
The teacher, Ms. Gruwell, must adapt her curriculum to students who aren’t inspired to read. Her involvement with inner city children also raises controversy, and her public image is tainted, but she remains devoted. She even is harassed verbally by members of society for her devotion to her students, regarding their race.
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