Akeelah and the Bee

AKEELAH AND THE BEE

The movie "Akeelah and the Bee" tells of a 11-year-old girl who struggled to follow the spelling bee name “Akeelah Anderson”. Akeelah is a middle-school student from Crenshaw south Lost Angels. She is a genius girl who has a high memory, especially in spelling words. But she did not have a good kinship relationship, within the family and in school. She is the youngest of four brothers, his father has died when he came home from work since she was a child and his mother was a nurse who is always busy with his job. In her school environment she did not have many friends and she often gets ribbing from his friends. She's always got an A+ every spelling test, and therefore his teacher Ms. Cross asked him to participate at the spelling bee contest and represented her school in the contest. Initially she was a timid girl and never spoke in public. When she was asked to join the spelling bee that she refused for fear will be the mockery his friend.

But she won the spelling bee at her school and had to represent her school for the district spelling bee. When she followed the district spelling bee she does not have a coach and not get support from her family and she almost failed in the race. Luckily the last participant to commit fraud and finally she had a chance to win a third championship.

To confront the regional spelling bee Akeelah, get a coach named Dr. Joshua Larrabee. This is the most interesting part of this film the process of learning and memorizing vocabulary. From her teacher Akeelah learn so many words and have lots of learning strategies. She learned to memorized the words with games, scrabble, by making own word list "dictionary itself" and by moving the body to remember vocabulary and correct spelling. Dr. Larrabee teaches him to know, remember and spell the word not only memorized but also learn from reading the essays or articles, apply it in a sentence, knowing where it came from the word including the wording.  He said to Akeelah that difficult word is a combination of simple words. So exactly no difficult words that can not to remember and to spell.

It's time in the regional spelling bee. Akeelah has a rival named Dylan Chiu he has followed the spelling bee and won both the national level twice. Dylan's father is obsessed with Dylan in order to win the race. Akeelah can spell all the words that has give by the jury, but suddenly his mother came and told Akeelah to quit the race because his mother did not know the capabilities of her daughter. Akeelah has hard worked and support from his coach finally Akeelah can advance to the national level. To face the race to spell the national level coaches have been preparing for 5000 cards that contain vocabulary that must be memorized and studied by Akeelah. Akeelah get support from everyone in the neighborhood because her mother saying "that everyone can be a coach and wherever you are could be a place of your learning". Akeelah prepare for the race to spell the national level with the helped of many people. Finally, Akeelah included in the final race with Dylan main opponent. It was Akeelah know the distress experienced by Dylan for his father's pressure. Akeelah intend to succumb to Dylan could to be the winner but Dylan did not receive it. He thinks victory in this way is not fair. Finally, they did the best that they can and they become a double champion. jointly lifted the championship trophy.

The lessons we can take from the movie Akeelah and the Bee are the first in moral terms we can learn the importance of support from the people closest to us or the family, school and community environments in teaching and learning. The necessity and seriousness of purpose in doing all things without fear of any kind, keep trying and never give up. This film has taught us to keep the spirit and self-assured and open mind. In learning should not only become fixated on one theory and one way, but also try to learn a variety of ways and make it comfortable. This is the importance to open your mind. The second, from the academic side we can learn how to memorize vocabulary.

From this film we can learn ways to enrich our vocabulary:

1. Make a list of new words that we find or words that we do not understand its meaning in our personal dictionary. So, we have a list of words that we can open at every time and everywhere. Personal dictionary is very useful to help us in the process of memorizing vocabulary.
2. Learn vocabulary by playing games like Scrabble, flip words, etc. Learn to play will be very helpful. It is the easiest way to optimize the workings of the brain to remember vocabulary. So, the brain will be encouraged to think and keep thinking to find the right answer. Learning with game can reduce stress in the study making it easier for the brain to accept new things.
3. Read a lot. All science is all around us especially if we want to read a lot. Not only have to read from books, but also from everything that we can see, hear and feel. Included in enriching our vocabulary must be a lot of reading so that our vocabulary is also growing. Vocabulary is not to memorize but to understand and use.
4. Various ways to move the body to stimulate the brain in memorize vocabulary, such as moving the fingers, spinning, jumping rope, etc.

That some lessons that we can draw from the movie “Akeelah and the bee”. This movie has inspired many people who to learn to do best. For all students at English department it is very important to watch the movie “Akeelah and The Bee” to find and to know how to memorize vocabulary effectively.

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ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

Write at least 10 spelling words that you note from the movie, with their Indonesian translations!

Answer : 

1.     Brunneous : dark brown; used chiefly scientifically.

Brunneous : coklat gelap; digunakan secara ilmiah.

2.     Grovel : like get down on your knees

Grovel : seperti berlutut

3.     Rhesus : a brownish yellow monkey of India

Rhesus : seekor monyet kuning kecoklatan dari India.

4.     Eminent : rising above other things or places.

Eminent : naik di atas hal atau benda lain.

5.    Synecdoche : a figure of speech in which a part is used for a whole; an individual for a class; a material for a thing; or the reverse of any of these.

Synecdoche : sebuah kiasan dimana sebagian dipakai untuk keseluruhan; individu untuk kelas; bahan untuk sesuatu; atau kebalikan dari salah satu.

6.     Carmagnole : a lively song and street dance.

Carmagnole : lagu yang hidup dan tarian jalanan.

7.     Psalmody : the practice or art of singing in psalms.

Psalmody : latihan atau seni menyanyi dalam mazmur.

8.     Pluviosity : a state characterized by much rain.

Pluviosity : sebuah negara yang berkarakteristik sering hujan.

9.     Gabbro : a group of dark heavy rocks.

Gabbro : sebuah grup band cadas.

10.  Xylem : a complex tissue in the vascular system of higher plants.

Xylem : sebuah jaringan yang kompleks dalam sistem vaskular dari tumbuhan yang tinggi.

11.  Argillaceous : means of, relating to, or containing clay or clay minerals.

Argillaceous : berarti ke, berhubungan ke, atau mengandung lempung atau mineral lempung.

12.  Filiopietistic : of, or relating to, an often excessive veneration of ancestors or tradition.

Filiopietistic : dari, atau berhubungan ke, yang seringkali berlebihan pemujaan dari nenek moyang atau tradisi.

13.  Logorrhea : excessive and often incoherent talkativeness.

Logorrhea : berlebihan dan sering kacau banyak bicara.

Who is your favorite character in Akeelah and the Bee? Why do you choose him/her?

Answer :

My favorite character in Akeelah and the Bee is Akeelah Anderson. Why do I choose her? Because in this movie tells that she is a girl who tries not to be afraid of anything, try and not never give up in the spelling race and his spirit in practicing the vocabulary.

What is your favorite scene in the movie? What has the scene taught you?

Answer :

My favorite scene in Akeelah and the Bee is Dr. Larabee provides spelling training that is closely related to Akeelah's ability to jump rope. In this scene we can take the meaning that in practicing the spelling is not just by memorizing but also by moving the body to stimulate the brain in memorizing vocabulary, as Dr. Larabee do to Akeelah is by jumping over the rope.

What would you do if you had a father like Dylan’s dad? Elaborate your reason!

Answer :

If I had a father like Dylan's father, I would probably be just like Dylan who obeys his father's words, but with the nature of his father who always forces Dylan to study, study, and study without thinking of Dylan's distressing condition, it makes me not want to have a father like Dylan's father. And I also think that there is a positive side to Dylan's father's nature by forcing Dylan, maybe he wants Dylan to be proud of himself by winning every race, so Dylan's father forces and behaves harshly to Dylan. Well every father must do the best for his son even though with rude and coercive behavior.