tension between younger and older people, often in a family, for example a parent and child

a person who was born in one country, but moves to live and establish their life in another country

people who have grown up in a country that at least one of their parents was not born in

when you are willing to do what other people want because you feel you are less important than them

when you embed context into paragraphs rather than including it as a series of isolated facts

Using context in a 'Leave Taking' essay about intergenerational conflict

English

In 'Leave Taking: The Power of Education', pupils explored how alack of Black representation in education and literature impacts sense of identity. In 'Leave Taking: An Intersectional Analysis', pupils focus on the specific experiences of Black Women in the play.

Modern text: second deep dive

Expressions that are regarded as coarse or otherwise unacceptable, including swear words and rude words.

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

You can weave context into your topic sentences.

You only need to weave context into your thesis.

You can weave context when looking at writer's intentions.

You can weave context into your language analysis.

You must weave context into the final sentence of every paragraph.

A pupil asks: "At what moments in my essay can I weave in context?" How could you reply?

Which word or phrase best completes this sentence: 'In a 'Leave Taking' essay, you should weave context __________ your essay.'

Which different types of contexts can we think about including in a 'Leave Taking' essay?

presenting it as a series of isolated facts

embedding it into a range of different moments in an essay

having a table of different types of context

including all four types of context into each paragraph

writing a sentence about context at the end of each paragraph

A pupil defines what it means to weave context into a 'Leave Taking' essay. Which is the correct definition?

Tension or disagreement between a parent and child is often known as {{ }}. Pinnock is very interested in exploring this type of conflict in 'Leave Taking'.

In Scene Two of 'Leave Taking', Del accuses Enid of feeling {{ }} to Britain, willing to do anything that is asked for her in England because she feels less worthy than its other citizens.

A {{ }} generation migrant is a person who was born in one country, but moves to live and establish their life in another country. 

A {{ }} generation migrant is a person who has grown up in a country that at least one of their parents was not born in.

the text's genre, style and publication history

the dominant attitudes and values when the text was written

what was happening when the text was written

When writing an essay on 'Leave Taking', you should include context. We can think of context in four different ways. Match the type of context to its meaning.

a silent conflict about the choice to migrate

argue about what it means to feel at home

In 'Leave Taking', Pinnock presents a number of different conflicts between characters. Match the conflict to the set of characters,.

Enid and Del have conflict about the value of obeah.

Enid and Brod have conflict about their treatment by the British government.

Enid and Viv have conflict over the idea of taking a gap year.

Del and Viv have conflict after Viv skips an A Level exam.

Mai and Del have conflict about how Del treats Enid.

Del and Brod have conflict when he tells her that her father abused her mother.

Starting with the first, order the conflicts Pinnock presents in 'Leave Taking' into chronological order.

In Scene Two of 'Leave Taking', Enid and Del have their most intense conflict. Del is angry at her mother's attitude towards Britain, accusing her of "bowing and scraping to your {{ }} England."

Content guidance

Contains strong language

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Adult supervision recommended

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