Hello, my name is Ms. Grant.

I'm so glad you decided to learn with me today.

We are in the modern text unit, first study, and our modern text is "Leave Taking." Today, we're gonna read Scene Four and we're gonna focus on evaluating that scene and thinking what do we think Pinnock is exploring in Scene Four? What are the big ideas that she's trying to tease out? 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 Four of "Leave Taking." We're gonna read through the scene and show our deep understanding of it.

But then we're going to consider what Scene Four might be all about.

That's about evaluating it and about your own ideas.

So I'm really looking forward to seeing your interpretations of Scene Four of "Leave Taking." There are some key words which we're going to reference throughout, and they're gonna help unlock our learning today.

They are impoverished, which describes a person or place that has been made poor.

Migrate, which means if you migrate, you relocate from one country to another.

Breed.

This is a verb used for animals.

An animal that breeds mates with another animal and produces offspring, children.

Significantly.

A synonym for importantly or notably.

We're gonna reference these words throughout our lesson today, and they're gonna help us achieve our objective.

Our lesson outlined for today, we're gonna start with reading Scene Four, and then we're going to explore Scene Four, and this is where your own ideas are going to come to the four.

Let's start off with reading this scene of Leave Taking." In Scene Two of "Leave Taking," Enid and Brod discuss Jamaica.

Brod says to Viv, "Your mother don't like to talk about back home.

Me, I dream about the land a wood and water.

Pure rainforest." Enid replies, "Then why you nuh go back there, you have such a longing for it? I don't dream about back home because this is my home." I'd like you to discuss using this moment from Scene Two of "Leave Taking." Compare the relationship Brod and Enid have with Jamaica.

Pause the video and discuss this question now.

Some beautiful comparisons there using this moment from Scene Two.

And Scene Two characters really clashing about how they feel about the country in which they were born.

So while Brod dreams about Jamaica, talks about its beauty, and thinks it's important to talk about it, Enid considers England her home and challenges Brod about why he doesn't return there if he thinks of it so highly.

If he dreams of it, talking about pure rainforest.

She says, "Well, why aren't you going back there?" And she says very, very firmly, "I don't dream about back home because this is my home." And she considers England, she's telling Brod here, telling Viv here explicitly, "This is my home." At the end of Scene Four, however, when Viv asks what her mother wants, Enid says, "I want, I want to go home." And I'd like you to discuss these three questions.

Why might Enid feel like this at this point in the play? Why might Pinnock include a pause in the middle of the line? And what might this reveal about her, Enid's relationship with Jamaica? Pause the video and discuss these three questions now.

Beautiful discussion there.

Looking at this quite short line, but incredibly rich and revealing about our character, about Enid.

You might have said, "Enid might long for home because her mother has just died." We've just heard this reported and this is why she wants to go home.

The pause could reflect Enid's difficulty of admitting this to herself, given how adamant she is that England is her home in Scene Two.

So this moment in Scene Two, which is a moment of conflict between her and Brod, we come back to it in Scene Four, but in a slightly different way where Enid is now saying, "I want, I want to go home." And by home, she means Jamaica.

So far, Enid has diminished her relationship with Jamaica and focused on her future in England.

But this reveals how she still considers Jamaica her home.

So this simple line is really rich in understanding how the character is feeling at this point in the play, especially if we look back to earlier moments in the play and understand how she's developing.

A check for understanding, "Why might Enid want to go home at the end of Scene Four?" A, she dreams of home.

B, Brod has convinced her, reminding her of its beauty.

C, to grieve for her mother.

Pause the video and select your response now.

Well done if you selected C, to grieve for her mother.

I'd like you to read Scene Four of "Leave Taking." And as you read, pause and discuss these six questions.

One, "What does Enid reveal about her life in Jamaica?" Two, "Enid tells us about her uncle.

Summarise her experience with him." Three, "Describe the farewell scene between Enid and her mother the day she left Jamaica." Four, "What does Enid tell Viv was a source of conflict between her and her husband, Viv's dad?" Five, "What does Enid give Viv?" And six, "What does Viv say about her schoolbooks?" Pause the video, read Scene Four.

Once you finish reading, discuss the six questions and then return to the video.

Pause the video now.

Beautiful reading of Scene Four of "Leave Taking," and really reflective discussions using these questions to guide you.

Here are some ideas you might have had.

"What does Enid reveal about her life in Jamaica?" "Enid reveals how impoverished her family is in Jamaica, and that she grew up without basics like running water, electricity, and adequate food.

People in Jamaica used to make fun of her family because of their poverty, but they were still very proud of who they were." Two, "Enid tells us about her uncle.

Summarise her experience with him." "Enid says her uncle migrated to America, and when he returned, he had a very glamorous wife who Enid admired.

She says she coveted her clothes and stole some stockings from her.

The experience of her uncle made her want to migrate to America, not the UK.

She also remembers feeling embarrassed about her uncle's wife, seeing their 'little wooden shack' in Jamaica." It's a really important, quite poignant moment in this scene, where we see that Enid potentially wanted a different type of life.

So her defence of England, which has been so strong in the earlier scenes in the play.

Here, it's revealed that she actually wanted to go to America.

And we might also recall that earlier in the play, she says when she goes back to Jamaica, that her family beg her for things and go through her suitcase.

And we can see this moment kind of echoed or mirrored here, where Enid talks about the fact that when her uncle's very glamorous wife came to visit her in Jamaica, she also went through her suitcase.

So Enid has not been very forthcoming, not been very revealing about her past experiences, and not telling Viv much about her earlier life.

But here, we get much more detail and we understand how she feels, some of the shame she feels, some of the guilt, some of the hopes and dreams that she had when she was much younger.

And all of this seems to be coming out because of her grief for her mother who has passed away.

Three, "Describe the farewell scene between Enid and her mother, the day she left Jamaica." "The day Enid left, her mother continued working, farming the land.

She refused to acknowledge Enid was leaving.

So very difficult goodbye scene, which Enid seems to be dwelling on again because of the news that her mother has died." Four, "What does Enid tell Viv was a source of conflict between her and her husband, Viv's dad?" "Enid tells Viv that a source of conflict was a number of children they had.

Enid didn't want to 'let no blasted man breed me up' because she had plans." Now, breed was one of our key words and we know that it's a word that is often used of animals.

So Enid hears saying that she did not want to be thought of an animal whose purpose was just to create offspring, just have children.

But she had plans and she did not want to let her husband get in the way of those plans, those ambitions that she had for the type of life that she wanted in England.

Five, "What does Enid give Viv?" "Enid gives Viv a cheque so that she can afford everything she needs when she goes to university.

And Viv realises that her mother musta bin saving ages." So, earlier in this scene, Enid says that she didn't want to let her husband breed her up because she had plans.

We can see that Enid is a character who's able to look into the future to plan, to strategize.

And one of the things that she has done is made sure that Viv will be able to go to university with enough money, that she can have the books and clothes that she needs.

And six, "What does Viv say about her schoolbooks?" "Viv says that the books 'have nothing to do with me.

'" And here, Pinnock is maybe exploring the idea of the Eurocentric education system, and the fact that Viv doesn't see herself, her own identity, her own cultural identity, reflected in any of the texts that she reads.

And it's interesting that this moment comes right after the moment that Enid gives her the cheque so that she can continue her education.

Perhaps suggesting that Viv has some doubts about keeping going with her education, or the connection that she has with her education despite the fact, you know, she's incredibly academic.

Well done for reading through that scene and looking at these questions in such detail and starting to understand at this point in the play, Scene Four, the kind of impact that this devastating news, the death of Enid's mother, has had on the character of Enid.

We're gonna move on to our second learning cycle now.

We're gonna explore Scene Four and think about how we interpret this scene.

Now, Aisha and Sam evaluate Scene Four.

Aisha says, "I think Scene Four is all about the past.

Enid finally opens up about some of her childhood memories, not just the practicalities of life in Jamaica, but also her feelings when she left it.

More specifically, she reflects on two vital relationships, one with her mother and one with her husband.

These people are now no longer in her life, and we see how destabilising this has been for Enid because she describes herself as 'a cat chasing him own tail,' and significantly the scene ends with her wanting to go home." So, a really lovely exploration of Scene Four there, noting some specific textual details and coming to a really nice conclusion, thinking about how the end of the scene supports the idea that Aisha believes Scene Four is all about, the past.

Now, Sam disagrees, saying, "I think Scene Four is all about the future.

Whilst Enid reflects on her childhood and her married life, what Pinnock reveals is Enid's drive to look forwards.

More specifically, Enid's reflection on her mother shows that even in the face of great emotional pain, she made the decision to leave Jamaica and focus on her future with her husband.

When she arrived in England, she continued this thinking about the future, avoiding being 'bred up' because she 'had plans.

' Significantly, the scene ends with her giving Viv a check, so that her daughter can look towards a brighter future." So Sam has a completely different idea, a valid idea, but it is completely different from Aisha.

Again, relying on textual evidence to support their idea and coming to a really, really nice conclusion, thinking about the ending of the scene.

And the ends of scenes in plays are often really significant, a rich source of analysis.

So it's nice that both students, they're looking at the end of the scene and saying how this supports their particular interpretation.

Now I'd like you to discuss who do you agree with more and why? Do you agree with Aisha saying, "I think Scene Four is all about the past." Or do you agree with Sam saying, "I think Scene Four is all about the future." Pause the video and discuss this question now.

Lovely debate there about who you agree with more and why.

Some people thinking, "I agree more with Aisha, it's all about the past.

We're getting these huge revelations about Enid's past, which we have not had before, because Enid has been so unforthcoming about bringing up her past.

Bringing it up now is obviously incredibly significant, and Pinnock wants us to think, 'Okay, we need to think all about what has happened before and how that has impacted our characters' lives.

'" But others saying, "No, I agree with Sam.

It is all about the future because Viv is so present in the scene.

It's conversation between Viv and Enid, and Enid pushing Viv towards a university.

Not only that, but the reflections on the past are still about Enid's future.

So Enid, when she was younger, was always thinking about the future, thinking about migrating, thinking about what she wanted, what plans she had." So therefore, supporting Sam's idea that Scene Four is all about the future.

So no correct answers here.

Again, literature is all about interpretation.

It's just about being able to support your interpretation with relevant textual evidence, which both of these students have done, and you have done in your discussion.

Now, Jacob disagrees with both Aisha and Sam.

He says, "I think Scene Four is all about love.

It's power and it's pain." So we've got an additional idea here.

Again, a valid idea about Scene Four.

Now I'd like you to discuss, not whether you agree or disagree with Jacob, but think about Scene Four as a whole.

What do you think Scene Four is all about? Pause the video and discuss this question now.

Some beautiful discussions there about what Scene Four is all about.

Some people did agree with Jacob looking at this idea of love, because of that evocation of the relationship between Enid and her mother, and between Enid and her husband, and now between Enid and Viv.

There is love in all of those relationships.

But as Enid says in the Scene Two, "Viv, love has teeth." So looking at this idea that love can be this very powerful positive emotion, but it also can bring pain.

But others saying, "I think this scene is all about generational conflict.

And we see this through Enid and Enid's mother, and now Enid and Viv.

So just as Enid had conflict with her mother about what she wanted to do with her future, so is Viv having conflict with her own mother about what she wants to do with her future.

And this kind of cycle of intergenerational conflict seems to continue." Really beautiful discussions there about what Scene Four is all about.

Particularly nice to hear people drawing on textual evidence in order to support their interpretation.

A check for understanding.

True or false, "It is significant that Scene Four ends with Enid wanting to go home." Pause the video and select your response now.

Well done if you selected True.

Now I'd like you to justify your answer.

Is it A, Pinnock reveals the effects of racial discrimination, the difficulties of migration have proved too much for Enid.

Or B, Pinnock reveals the power of Enid's grief, an emotion that is making her think about home and belonging.

Pause the video and select your justification now.

Well done if you selected B, Pinnock reveals the power of Enid's grief, an emotion that is making her think about home and belonging.

Now, I'd like you to use a three sentence starters below to answer this question.

"What is Scene Four all about?" You can use the student sentence starters if you wish.

So you can say, "I think Scene Four is all about the past, the future, or love." But you can also come up with your own interpretation.

The most important thing you have your own interpretation is to think how you are going to justify it, and the sentence starters are going to help you do that.

The second sentence starter is, "More specifically," and that's gonna direct you to select evidence from the text.

And then finally, the third sentence starters, "Significantly, the scene ends with.

." I really want you to look at how the scene ends and how that supports your interpretation of what Scene Four is all about.

Pause the video, using those three sentence starters, answer the question, "What is Scene Four all about?" Pause the video now.

Lovely to see people interpreting Scene Four, thinking what is it all about? What are the big ideas that Pinnock is exploring? So lovely to have such a range of ideas and selecting a range of textual evidence to support those ideas.

Before we celebrate your responses, I'd like you to self-assess using the questions below to guide you.

"Have you come up with a main idea that you believe is explored in Scene Four?" Just like the students did in their discussion, Aisha, Sam, and Jacob, all thought of a main idea that was explored.

Make sure you have a main idea as well.

"Have you selected textual evidence which supports your idea?" We read Scene Four so carefully in learning cycle one.

Make sure that you use those ideas, all those ideas that you had when you were reading that scene to support your response.

"Have you explained how the scene ends, and why this is significant in relation to your idea?" So we're not just looking at dialogue, at stage directions, but also thinking about the structure of the play and how the ending of the scene can help us come to a valid interpretation of that scene.

Pause the video and self-assess your response using the questions below to guide you now.

Beautiful to see people self-assessing their responses there and making sure that they're incredibly strong so that their interpretation of Scene Four really stands up to scrutiny.

In summary, Scene Four explores Enid's immediate reaction to her mother's death.

Enid tells Viv about her impoverished upbringing.

Enid explains how her uncle migrating had a huge effect on her.

Enid gives Viv a check so that she can be financially stable when she goes to university.

And the scene ends with Enid stating she wants to go home.

It's been such a pleasure to work through this lesson with you today, and to hear all of your fantastic ideas and interpretations of Scene Four.

I look forward to seeing you next time.