Hello, my name is Miss Grant, I'm so glad you've decided to learn with me today.

We are in the modern text first study unit and our modern text is Leave Taking.

Today we're going to finish our reading of scene five and we're gonna look at the relationship between Viv and Del, a sibling relationship full of conflict, full of love, full of sacrifice.

I can't wait to hear all of your fantastic ideas.

I'm gonna be your support and guide as we work through this lesson together.

Let's get started.

So, by the end of today's lesson, you're going to be able to explain what happens in scene five of Leave Taking and explore the relationship between Viv and Del.

This is a sibling relationship and as I said, I think it's full of conflict and full of love, full of all the things that sibling relationships can often bring to the fore, someone who understands you the most in the world, but maybe also seems to not understand you and seems to be very different from you despite the fact that you have this shared bond.

So we're gonna look today at the idea of Viv and Del, reading the end of scene five.

There are some keywords which are gonna help us unlock our learning today and they are loyal.

So if you're loyal to someone, you are faithful to them and you won't do anything that would undermine your relationship with them.

Sacrifice.

If you sacrifice something, you're willing to give up something that is important to you.

Sibling.

If you have a brother or sister, you have a sibling.

And Eurocentric, when there's a focus on European culture or history, ignoring or excluding cultures and history from the wider world.

So these words are gonna come up throughout today's lesson and they're gonna help us unlock our learning and achieve our objective.

Our lesson outline for today, we're going to read the end of scene five and we're gonna have a focus on loyalty in our first learning cycle, and then we're going to have a look at the idea of sacrifice in our second learning cycle.

Let's start off with the idea of loyalty.

Now here's a summary of Del's relationship with Viv so far.

The sisters argue at Mai's in scene one.

Viv wants a reading, Del doesn't.

Viv asks Del why she always has to argue with Enid, this is also in scene one.

Viv says she wants to go to the West Indies, but Del doesn't seem at all interested.

Later in the play, Viv covers for Del when she goes out dancing and loses her job.

And when Del leaves the family home after Enid slaps her, this is in scene two, Viv follows her.

There's a stage direction at the end that says Viv follows her out.

I'd like you to discuss, using these five moments of Del and Viv's relationship, how do you think Pinnock presents their relationship? Pause the video and discuss this question now.

Lovely discussion there and it was really nice to see people drawing together lots of different moments from the play in order to come up with their argument.

So when you are writing about a play or discussing a play, it's better not to just look at one individual moment if you're exploring a big idea, like a relationship between two characters, but instead look at lots of moments and draw together an argument that relies on all of these different moments which is exactly what I heard people doing in that discussion just then.

So you might have said, well, in many ways the siblings seem really different from each other, both in terms of their values and goals and their relationship with their mother.

So they're arguing, Viv says she wants to go the West Indies, Del isn't interested.

Viv really wants a reading, Del doesn't.

And Viv is really annoyed with Del for constantly arguing with her mother, it makes her life at home very, very stressful.

So they do seem very different in lots of ways.

However, in scene two, Pinnock kind of establishes that despite their bickering, they also look out for each other.

In particular, Viv's loyalty to Del is emphasised, so Viv covers for Del and after Del leaves the family home, Viv follows her.

So I really like this balance between the bickering, the normal arguments that you might have with your sibling, but grounded in this deep loyalty to that sibling, to the person that you have grown up with and Del and Viv have grown up together.

Now in scene five, Del has moved into Mai's home.

She left the family home in scene two, after that big fight with Enid and Viv comes to visit.

And during this visit, Enid's suspicions about Del are confirmed, she is indeed pregnant.

Here's the dialogue between the sisters about the father of Del's baby.

Viv says, what happened with you and Roy? Del, I'm finished with men.

Viv, did you beg? Del, no I did not beg.

What is wrong with you? Viv, Sharon Gibbs got down on knees on Oxford Street.

Del, for God's sake, Viv.

He begged me actually, but I weren't having none of it.

Viv, he called round looking for you.

You can imagine what Mum thought about that.

Del, you better not have told him where I am.

Viv, I ain't told no one, beat.

What's it feel like? Now I'd like you to discuss, how does Pinnock develop the ideas from scene one and two, the siblings' differences, but also their loyalty to each other? Pause the video, just using this section of dialogue, discuss this question now.

Some beautiful discussions there, unpacking this moment of dialogue between two siblings and trying to balance two ideas, the idea that they are very different, but they also have this loyalty to each other.

Here are some ideas you might have had.

So Viv asks, what happened with you and Roy? And Del is happier talking about her personal life with Viv than with Enid, who she doesn't confide in.

So Del seems very secretive in scene one, she's actually annoyed at how much Enid wants to know about her personal life.

But Viv certainly seems to have slightly more insight into her personal life.

And Viv said, did you beg? Del, no I did not beg.

What is wrong with you? Viv, Sharon Gibbs got down on her knees on Oxford Street.

Del, for God's sake, Viv.

He begged me actually, but I weren't having none of it.

Now I think these four lines are really, they're so rich in terms of both of the characters, how they are feeling and how they're feeling towards each other.

So this could be interpreted as bickering, and perhaps Viv also trying to upset Del by saying, did you beg? Trying to humiliate her in some way.

But, it could also be played as a moment where Viv is really worried about what her sister had to go through and the knowledge of the humiliation and gossip that she might be enduring because she mentions this other woman, Sharon Gibbs, who apparently people are talking about, the idea that she got down on her knees in Oxford Street to beg her partner to stay with her as brings up her child.

So, it does seem a little bit of a dig, did you beg? But I think it could also be played as a quite sensitive and tender moment, a moment where Viv is quite worried about Del.

And Del's reply could be truthful, he begged me actually, that might be what happened.

But she could also be trying to save face in front of her sibling, she doesn't want to tell Viv that she's been through this quite difficult relationship and she's now facing bringing up her child by herself.

Really nice exploration there of these four lines and how important they are in terms of understanding this sibling relationship.

And the final section.

He called round looking for you.

You can imagine what Mum thought about that.

Del, you better not have told him where I am.

Viv, I ain't told no one, beat.

What's it feel like? So Viv is loyal to Del, telling no-one where she is despite pressure from her mother and Del's ex boyfriend, we know that both of them are interested in where Del is.

But she's also asking about the pregnancy, trying to understand her sister's experience.

So I think Viv's final line in this short section we've been looking at, I ain't told no one, beat, what's it feel like? It's so important, significant, in terms of understanding how she's feeling about her sister, incredible loyalty and also wants to understand what she is going through.

Now we're gonna have a check for understanding after looking at Viv and Del, a summary of the relationship in scene one and that bit of dialogue from scene five.

So is this true or false? Despite being siblings, Del and Viv are not close, they're just too different.

Pause the video and select your response now.

Well done if you selected false.

They are in fact close.

Now I'd like you to justify your answer.

Is it A, whilst they argue, Pinnock shows Viv's loyalty to Del and the strength of their bond? Or B, Pinnock shows Viv and Del are loyal in their attitude towards their mother? Pause the video and justify your response now.

Well done if you selected A, Viv is loyal to Del, they've got a very strong bond.

They differ in their attitude towards their mother, so B is not correct, and Viv being potentially more understanding, but also not wanting to argue with Enid all the time whereas Del is not afraid of that confrontation.

Now I'd like you to read scene five of Leave Taking from the stage direction Mai returns with Viv to the end of the scene, and as you read, I'd like you to pause and discuss these six questions.

One, what does Viv offer Del if she comes home? Two, what does Viv give Del? Three, what does Viv say about Enid's feelings towards Del? Four, how does Del respond to Viv's one act of rebellion? Five, what does Viv say about her school books and teachers? Six, how does the scene end? So you're gonna read the second half of scene five from the stage direction, Mai returns with Viv, to the very end and as you're reading, pause and discuss these six questions.

Pause the video now and complete the task.

Some beautiful reading of that scene.

It was really nice to see people not only engaging with the dialogue, but actually interpreting that relationship between Viv and Del, so different intonations, different ways you deliver lines can really impact the way in which that relationship might be presented.

We're gonna have a look at the discussion questions and see some of the answers that you came up with.

So, what does Viv offer Del if she comes home? Viv tells Del that she will help look after the baby if Del comes home and that she wants to be there when it comes.

Two, what does Viv give Del? Viv gives Del the money that Enid gave to her for her university education.

We're gonna come back to this idea in learning cycle two.

Three, what does Viv say about Enid's feelings towards Del? Viv believes that Del is Enid's favourite and this might be a bit of a surprising moment in this scene given the amount of conflict that Enid and Del have had, particularly when Enid slaps Del at the end of scene two.

But, it is Viv's firm belief that Del is Enid's favourite.

Four, how does Del respond to Viv's one act of rebellion? Well Del is incredibly angry with Viv for walking out of her exam.

She orders her to go back and sit that exam and says, I'm not impressed.

Del thinks of Viv's action as trying to F up her life.

So again, just as finding out that Viv thinks that Del is Enid's favourite might be a bit surprising, this moment, Del's reaction to Viv's act of rebellion might also be surprising.

Del has not suggested she has much interest in school, unlike Enid who's been really focused on the idea of Viv doing really well and going to university, Del hasn't talked much about it.

But her intense anger here shows how important she thinks Viv's education is for her sister.

What does Viv say about her school books and teachers? Well Viv says no matter how hard I search for myself in them books, I'm never there, perhaps revealing a frustration and lack of connection with the Eurocentric education system.

She says, me and those teachers don't speak the same lingo and that she needs another language to express myself.

So, even though we know Viv is excelling at school, is preparing for a really bright future at a university, she doesn't feel connected to her education, she doesn't see herself, she doesn't see any exploration of her own cultural roots in the education that she receives at school, and we know her cultural roots are really important to her because in scene one she wants the Obeah reading, she engages with the idea of Obeah, but she also says she wants to go to the West Indies in order to understand who she is.

So her identity is really bound up in this idea of education and at the moment her education is not helping her understand who she is.

And six, how does the scene end? Well the scene ends with Del physically throwing Viv out of Mai's house, stating, don't come back unless it's to show me an F-ing certificate.

So in a kind of mirror of scene two where Del leaves the family home after a sort of violent altercation with Enid, we now have Del throwing Viv out of Mai's house, so angry that Viv is jeopardising her education by not attending one of her exams. So a really violent moment at the end of this scene in terms of the emotional violence because we know Viv and Del are very close, and here we have one of the siblings throwing the other one out.

Well done for reading through that scene really, really carefully and coming up with such brilliant ideas for our discussion questions.

Now in learning cycle one we looked at the idea of loyalty, the idea that the sisters are very loyal to each other and now we're going to look at the idea of sacrifice and the reading of the end of scene five is gonna help us understand what each sister is willing to sacrifice for each other.

So I'd like you to re-read these three sections of dialogue from scene five.

We have Viv, how are you gonna manage? Baby's gonna need clothes, nappies.

I'll help look after it if you come home.

Viv takes an envelope out of her jacket pocket.

I wanted to give you this.

Del, what is it? Looks inside and sees the cash.

And the final stage directions, Del taking Viv by the collar and dragging her, protesting, to the doorway and throwing her out.

Throwing Viv's bag after her.

And don't come back unless it's to show me a F-ing certificate.

So three moments of dialogue from scene five, ending in stage directions which show the physical fight that Del and Viv have.

I'd like you to discuss, what is each sister willing to sacrifice for the other? What are they willing to give up for the other? Using these three moments from scene five, I'd like you to pause the video and discuss the question now.

Fantastic re-reading of these sections of dialogue, again, Pinnock I think is the master of being subtle in her plays because nothing is ever explicitly said, but she still manages to explore, give the depth of these ideas and the relationships between the characters.

So you might have said, Viv said, how you gonna manage? Baby's gonna need clothes, nappies.

I'll help look after it if you come home.

So Viv is willing to sacrifice the next few years of her life, years which could be spent at university.

She says, I will help you look after this baby, so that big sacrifice that Viv is willing to give for her sister here.

And then the money that Viv tries to give to Del, the money that Enid gave her in scene four.

Well, Viv is willing to sacrifice the money that her mother gave to her so that Del can have a more secure future.

So this money could enable Viv to have a really rich university education, one that can be entirely focused on her studies without any money worries, but actually Viv is willing to sacrifice this so that Del can have a stable future.

And finally this fight between the two sisters where you might think this is a fight, this is showing that they hate each other, but actually this is a moment of sacrifice because Del is willing to sacrifice the possibility of having Viv close by and on hand when she has had her baby, rather than at university.

Del is saying, no, you must take that exam, you are going to take the exam, you're gonna do well, and you're gonna go to university and in that way, Del is sacrificing that closer relationship that she could have with her sister because Viv will be at university, she won't be around to help Del with her baby.

So really moments where you might think, ah, there's a fight happening here, this must mean they're angry with each other, but actually we're seeing the depth of Del's love for Viv in this moment.

So, a check for understanding after looking at those three sections of scene five in more detail.

So why does Viv try to give Del money? Is it A, B, C, or D? I'd like you to read through each response, think about what we just did at the beginning of this learning cycle, and then select your responses.

Pause the video and read through the responses, selecting which one you think is correct.

Pause the video now.

Well done if you selected D, Viv is willing to sacrifice her university education if it means her sister will be more stable.

So this is about the sacrifice the sisters are willing to make for each other rather than any sacrifice Enid might have made in order to raise that money, in order to save that money.

Now, I'd like you to answer this question.

How does Pinnock present the relationship between Viv and Del? And you're gonna use these three sentence starters to structure your response.

Arguably, so I want you to create a topic sentence with one clear idea that you will explore in the paragraph.

More specifically, so prove your topic sentence is valid by making multiple references to the text, which you will be so able to do because we've looked at so many different moments from the text in learning cycle one, we looked at scene at one, and then we've looked at scene five in a lot of detail over learning cycle two.

And ultimately, I'd like you to consider Pinnock's intentions, what are her purposes in creating the relationship like this? And we've discussed how masterful Pinnock is at writing dialogue which feels incredibly realistic, the way that a 17 and 18-year-old sister, how they might talk to each other, but she's exploring these incredibly important ideas, and you're gonna think about those at the end of your paragraph.

So I'd like you to pause the video and answer the question, how does Pinnock present the relationship between Viv and Del? Using the sentence starters to structure your response.

Pause the video and complete the task now.

Well done for answering that question in such depth, really understanding this relationship between Viv and Del, this incredibly rich sibling relationship, this realistic portrayal of what it means to have a sister and the ideas that Pinnock is trying to explore particularly around loyalty and sacrifice.

I had a lot of people using those words which are our keywords for today's lesson.

Now I'd like you to self-assess your response using the questions below to guide you before we celebrate some of your fantastic explorations of this relationship.

So have you got a clear topic sentence? So here's an example, arguably, Pinnock presents the relationship between Del and Viv as typical of many sibling relationships, one of loyalty and yet full of conflict.

So pause the video and look at your topic sentence and think, have you got one clear idea? And it may be that you want to put in one of our keywords from the lesson, but just made sure that you have a clear idea showing what your response is in answer to the question, how does Pinnock present the relationship between Viv and Del? Pause the video now.

Lovely to see people refining their topic sentences there, looking out for your spelling, punctuation, and grammar, but also thinking, is my idea about the relationship really, really clear? Next, have you got specific references to the text to form a developed response? For example, more specifically, scene five exposes Viv's loyalty to Del when she keeps her sister's location a secret from her mother and Del's ex-boyfriend, and is willing to sacrifice the next years of her education to support Del financially and emotionally.

In many ways, though, Del's sacrifice is greater, and her demonstration of loyalty more profound.

Del gives up the possibility of practical and emotional support when she has her baby to ensure that Viv continues her education.

So you can see here that's lots of different references to moments in the text, the idea of keeping Del's secret, the idea of trying to give up the money, and the idea of sacrificing support.

You'll notice that there are no quotations there.

You might have used quotations in your response, that's great, but references can also be really powerful in order to make sure that you are validating, you're saying my topic sentence, my idea was correct and here are all the reasons why.

So some really specific references there support that student's topic sentence.

I'd like you to pause the video and make sure you have enough references to the text.

We've looked at them in learning cycle one and learning cycle two, so they're all at your fingertips, all in your head, just make sure that you've got enough references to the text in your main body paragraph.

Pause the video and self-assess your response now.

Well done for ensuring that you've got enough references or quotations from the text in order to support your topic sentence.

Finally, have you come to a conclusion at the end of your paragraph? For example, ultimately, Pinnock presents two young women who are both thinking about their futures, futures they must face alone despite their desire to support each other.

So really thinking about, what do you think Pinnock's intentions are in presenting the relationship between Viv and Del in this way? Pause the video, final self-assessment and make sure that your final sentence is clear and thinking about Pinnock's intentions.

Pause the video now.

Beautiful to finally engage with that final self-assessment check and to make that your full body paragraph is very clear, very powerful, full of references to the text, and your own evaluation of what you think Pinnock is trying to do in presenting this relationship.

In summary, Del is pregnant and is going to raise her baby alone.

Viv offers Del the money their mother gave her for her university education.

Viv expresses her frustrations with the school system.

Viv tells Del she skipped one of her English exams. Del tells Viv that she must complete all of her exams and says she won't see her until she does.

It has been such a pleasure to explore the complex relationship Viv and Del have with each other.

It's been amazing to hear all of your fantastic ideas and I look forward to seeing you next time.