CLEM MURRAY / Inquirer Staff Photographer
Benjamin Jones, an eighth grader at Grover Washington Jr. Middle School, Phila., writing a diary entry. Beside him is a copy of "The Freedom Writers Diary," used as a blueprint to guide students into revealing their innermost thoughts. The method encourages them to be more tolerant of one another.
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Part 1: With passion, a class pours out troubles on paper
For multimedia shows of David Leal reading his "I am from..." essay and teacher Michael Galbraith discussing the transformation of his class, go to http://go.philly.com/writing
Contact staff writer Susan Snyder at 215-854-4693 or ssnyder@phillynews.com.
