I would like to choose the movie Akeelah and the Bee and Stand in Deliver. Akeelah and the Bee explores the issues of education in a low socioeconomic African American community. In this movie‚ Akeelah comes from a working class family living in South Los Angeles. Akeelah is a bright girl‚ especially when it comes to words‚ but finds life at poor Crenshaw Middle School boring and unchallenging‚ so she doesn’t try. But her natural aptitude for words spurs the school administrators‚ led by Principal
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Akeelah and the Bee April 20‚ 2012 Identifying Information Akeelah is an eleven year old African American girl who lives in South Los Angeles being raised by her mother‚ Tanya‚ who father was killed when she was six years old. She is attending Crenshaw Middle School. She has three siblings and a niece and her mother works long hours to have extra money to support her family. Akeelah is a very smart an intelligent girl who loves to study and learn words. Presenting Problem Akeelah is grieving
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“Akeelah and The Bee” Akeelah was very successful in her Spelling Bee competitions. How many different learning skills are there in this movie to help all the spellers learn? Akeelah’s learning skills are what help her move further and further into the spelling bee. Basically‚ everyone in this movie has a different way of studying or learning. Akeelah‚ is a smart 11 year old girl who attends Crenshaw Middle School. She didn’t need to study for her spelling test‚ because she didn’t make mistakes
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Akeelah Anderson is a young‚ eleven year old schoolchild who is a littlemature and learns at the school of Crenshaw Middle School. She hasdeveloped many new changes from the beginning of the movie until the end. Towards the beginning of this story‚ Akeelah was just a normal schoolgirl. Well‚ normal meaning that she went to school just like everybody. Although‚she wasn ’t doing quite well in her studies. First of all‚ she hardly ever turnedin half of her homework! The teachers at Crenshaw certainly
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I find the movie “Akeelah and the Bee” written and directed by Mr. Doug Atchison quite interesting and inspirational because it was my first time to be serious in watching a movie that is about academics. There is a girl‚ which is Akeelah the one who seems afraid of acting like a bookworm joined a simple Spelling Bee made by their school to know who is qualified to compete in the National Spelling Bee and she is the chosen one because of her genuine potential but when Akeelah is going to take her
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I.Tittle: Akeelah and the Bee II. Setting: Give the general place (for example; the country) and the general time (example; in what period of Akeelah’s life and student life) the story happens. Chensaw Middle School- At the start of the movie. Woodland Hires Middle School- The District Spelling Bee. Sripps National Quiz Bee- It’s in the National Spelling Bee III. Characters each incomplete sentence. 1. Akeelah Anderson- She’s the main character in the story and a good speller
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Movie: Akeelah and the bee 1. Where and when does the story take place? This story take place at poor Crenshaw Middle School in South Los Angeles. 2. Who are the main charaters? a. Akeelah: b. Dr. Larabee c. Tanya d. Mr. Welch 3. Describe the charactes- Akeelah Enderson a. Akeelah: Eleven year old girl: her father is dead‚ her mom ignores her‚ her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She’s smart‚ but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations
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Akeelah and the Bee Akeelah is an eleven year old African American girl who lives in a low income area in California with her family. Her economic status is poverty and she realizes quickly that she is made fun of by the kids in her school for being smart. She lives with her mother and she has two brothers and one sister. Her father passed away‚ leaving her mother alone to raise the children. Her mother works in a hospital and life seems to be a struggle for her. The movie
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SPED 101 (10:20-11:45) BEED-1B March 30‚ 2012 AKEELAH AND THE BEE A middle school located in a rough neighborhood in South Los Angeles is seriously hurting for money‚ just to provide the necessary basics the principal decides to have a school spelling bee hoping that one of his students will make it to the nationals and bring exposure (and money) to the school. The principal enlists the help of
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Akeelah Anderson is a young‚ eleven year old schoolchild who is a littlemature and learns at the school of Crenshaw Middle School. She hasdeveloped many new changes from the beginning of the movie until the end. Towards the beginning of this story‚ Akeelah was just a normal schoolgirl. Well‚ normal meaning that she went to school just like everybody. Although‚she wasnt doing quite well in her studies. First of all‚ she hardly ever turnedin half of her homework! The teachers at Crenshaw certainly
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