Hello, my name is Ms. Grant.

I'm so glad you decided to learn with me today we're looking at our modern text and our modern text is "Leave Taking." We're in the first deep dive.

So we're looking at the power of education.

Today we're gonna focus on Pinnock's intentions.

What is she trying to say about education? Now, the idea of writer's intentions, it can often be quite complicated, quite scary.

The idea of including that in an essay, what does that actually mean? So today we're gonna get into nitty gritty of what it actually looks like in an analytical essay.

I cannot wait to hear all of your fantastic ideas.

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

Let's get started.

So by the end of today's lesson, you're going to be able to suggest why Pinnock wrote "Leave Taking," and the ideas she wants us to reflect on.

We're gonna have a really close focus on writer's intentions and how to weave writer's intentions into a written response and a longer analytical essay.

There's some key words which are gonna help us unlock our learning today and achieve our objective.

And they are Eurocentric, informal education, formal education, hierarchy and indoctrinate.

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

Informal education, this is the learning that occurs outside formal settings, a lifelong education in which you learn about yourself and the world.

And Pinnock explores the importance of informal education.

Balancing it with the idea of formal education and formal education is the teaching and learning that happens in institutions and follows a particular curriculum.

So for example, we see Viv has some issues with her formal education and the particular curriculum that it follows.

Hierarchy, we've got a system in which items are ranked according to their worth or value.

And indoctrinate, which is when you make people believe something, a less formal synonym is to brainwash.

So these are gonna be referenced throughout today's lesson and they're going to help us achieve our objectives.

So to really understand Pinnock's intentions when she wrote "Leave Taking,".

Our learning outline for today, we're gonna start off by thinking about the power of education.

And then we're gonna finish off by looking at Pinnock's intentions with a focus on how to weave Pinnock's intentions into our written responses.

So let's start off with the power of education.

So Pinnock explores the value of education via, her presentation of formal education in 1980s Britain.

We see Enid's faith in it for example, Viv's questioning of it, and Dell's experiences in formal education, which were often mainly negative.

The value she attaches to informal education.

We see this primarily through Dell, who through her informal education with may achieve some kind of resolution at the end of the play.

The resolution for Viv and Dell at the end of the play, one in an informal setting that is Dell and one through a formal setting.

So we know that Viv goes to study black studies at university.

And finally, Pinnock in her introduction to the play says, "My parents' generation had been indoctrinated by a colonialist education that lionised celebrated all things British." So she shows the power here of education to oppress people.

Jamaica was a British colony until its independence in 1962.

And we can see the impact that education has in exploiting that country and exploiting its citizens and in oppressing its citizens.

Now, Jun selects one of these ideas.

He wants to explore the power of education via the resolution for Viv and Dell at the end of the play.

And he develops this idea, arguing when Dell becomes an obeah woman in scene eight, Pinnock suggests the importance of formal education and knowledge of yourself, your identity and heritage is just as important as more traditional forms of education.

Now this is a really powerful idea because, it references a specific moment in the play.

So Jun is talking about when Dell becomes an obeah woman in scene eight.

So he selects a specific character, a specific plot point and a specific moment in the play.

And then he develops that idea because he explores Pinnock's intentions.

So when Dell becomes an obeah a woman in scene eight, Pinnock suggests the importance of formal education and knowledge, et cetera, et cetera.

So he's really developing his exploration of Pinnock intentions.

He's using Dell becoming an obeah a woman in scene eight as a jumping off point in order to think about Pinnock's intentions in the play as a whole.

So really, really powerful idea there.

Now quick check for understanding before we like Jun, select an idea and then develop it.

Thinking about Pinnock's intentions.

So true or false, Pinnock uses "Leave Taking," to examine how education's power is only ever harnessed to indoctrinate and suppress.

I'd like you to pause the video and select whether you think this is true or false.

Pause the video now.

Well done If you selected false.

Now I'd like you to justify your answer.

Is it A, Pinnock doesn't shy away from criticising the Eurocentric education system in 1980s Britain, but she also shows its capacity to adapt and change via the resolution to Viv's character arc.

Or B, Pinnock anger at the indoctrination of Jamaican citizens via their education is balanced by the fact that Dell's formal educational experiences are profound and positive.

Select your response, select your justification now.

Well done if you selected A.

So if we look at B, Pinnock does have some anger at the indoctrination of Jamaican citizens via their education.

But Del's formal educational experiences, while they are profound, they do impact her throughout the rest of her life.

They're not positive, they're mainly negative.

She does not have have a good time in school.

She has dyslexia or Pinnock suggests that she has dyslexia and that this is not noticed by her teachers.

She's not given the support she needed and said she's just labelled.

And this is a quote from the play as slow.

So let's return to these ideas about the ways in which Pinnock is exploring the power of education in "Leave Taking." We've got all four bullet points that we looked at earlier in this learning cycle.

And I would like you to develop each bullet point.

So each one, you're gonna have four developed bullet points in total by referencing a moment in the play when Pinnock explores the idea.

And you can use Jun's sentence structure to guide you.

So Jun, you remember said when, and he referenced scene eight Dell's becoming in a obeah Woman.

And then he explored Pinnock's intention.

So when dot, dot, dot, comma and then Pinnock.

And you can have the verb explores or illustrates or examines what you think she's actually doing with that moment in the play.

So pause the video and you're gonna go through each bullet point.

Jun just selected one, but you are going to do it for all four.

You're gonna show off your fantastic knowledge of the play and your deep understanding of Pinnock's intentions.

So pause the video and complete this task now.

Welcome back after some really deep exploration of the play and Pinnock's intentions as she explores the power of education.

I saw that most people, the first thing they did when they started off with that task was reach for their copy of "Leave Taking," which is of course exactly what a great student of English does.

When you are thinking about a play, you always want to have it next to you so that you can make sure your references are precise and accurate.

Now Jun self-assess another one of his ideas using the checklist.

So just like you, he went through all four bullet points and here is one of his ideas here.

We've got when Brod criticises Viv's Eurocentric formal education in scene two, Pinnock explores the idea that some knowledge is prized more highly than others.

So I really like this idea where Jun is exploring the kind of hierarchy of knowledge, hierarchy being one of our key words today.

And he's thinking that Pinnock is exploring the idea that some knowledge is prized more highly than others.

So Jun then self-assess this idea using the checklist, he can see that he's referenced a specific moment in the play when Brod criticises Viv's Eurocentric formal education in scene two.

That's a specific moment in the play.

And then has he explored Pinnock's intentions? Yes he has.

He's got Pinnock explores the idea that some knowledge is prized more highly than others.

So I'd now like you to return to your exploration, your development of each of those bullet points and self-assess your own ideas using the checklist.

So pause the video, go through each of your developed ideas and just assess them using the checklist.

Pause the video now.

Some excellent, really reflective self-assessment there.

I liked how people were making sure that they had specific moments referenced in the text.

So not just saying Pinnock explores this particular idea, but anchoring it to a moment in the text, using the text as the jumping off point to explore Pinnock's ideas.

So we've looked at the power of education in learning cycle one, and now we're going to develop our understanding of Pinnock's intentions.

I'm gonna think, well if we weren't just writing bullet points, if we weren't just developing bullet points, if we were looking at a main body paragraph in an essay, how would we explore Pinnock's intentions? So Jun wants to answer this question, how does Pinnock explore ideas about education? So really exciting, interesting question where he'll be able to develop all his critical ideas about the text in an essay format.

Now I'd like you to read this section of Jun's plan.

You can see that he's got a topic sentence which says, Pinnock accuses the character of Brod to challenge Enid's blind faith in the formal British education system.

He's written his topic sentence out in full and absolutely it links to the question about Pinnock's exploration about education.

We've got the supporting detail, he's got three references to the text, all from Brod.

The first quotation is, "Tell me what you know about Nanny a the Maroons." We've got, "An' why they poor because of colonialism, imperialism, vampirism." And, "You teaching these girls all wrong." So some specific references are all from scene two in order to explore or prove his topic sentence about the character of Brod challenging in his blind faith in the formal education system.

He's also written out his concluding sentence in full.

So topic sentences and concluding sentences should be written out in full where supporting detail can be written in note form.

And Jun's concluding sentence is in this way, Pinnock explores the idea that some knowledge is prized more highly than other knowledge.

Pinnock suggests we should question this hierarchy, a legacy of historical injustices, in particular Jamaica's colonisation.

So really like how Jun has used some of the ideas from learning cycle one, he's relied on those.

He's relied on that discussion and that writing that he did in order to complete his single paragraph outline in learning cycle two.

And a really, really nice concluding sentence there.

So we've got a single paragraph outline, which is gonna mean that you can write a fantastic main body paragraph in answer to the question, how does Pinnock explore ideas around education? Now let's look at this concluding sentence in a bit more detail.

'Cause this is where Pinnock's intentions come in.

And I'd like you to discuss what is the purpose of the concluding sentence? And see if you can really break it down into what Jun has done with that concluding sentence.

So pause the video and discuss what is the purpose of the concluding sentence.

Pause the video and discuss the question now.

A really careful reading of that concluding sentence, showing off your fantastic knowledge what it means to write analytical paragraphs and what the purpose of the final sentence or sentences in a main body paragraph, what they can actually do.

So here's some ideas you might have had.

So we've got this concluding sentence, In this way, Pinnock explores the idea that some knowledge is prized more highly than other knowledge.

Pinnock suggests we should question this hierarchy, a legacy of historical injustice in particular Jamaica's colonisation.

So in this way, well it makes clear the paragraph has reached its conclusion.

So we are getting the final sentence or sentences and we can see that from this clause at the beginning in this way, you don't need to use this one every single time, you might use ultimately or arguably, or any other clause that you think would show that you are bringing your paragraph to a close.

You're drawing all of the ideas that you've had to a close.

Then we've got Pinnock explores the idea that and Pinnock suggests we should.

And here we've got a really clear focus on writers intentions.

And I like how there are two times that Jun has referenced Pinnock's name to really show that he understands that we're thinking about what Pinnock wanted to do with her character, with her exploration of education.

The theme that is the focus of this essay question.

And finally, this concluding sentence links to the topic sentence, but it doesn't just repeat it.

So reminder that the topic sentence was about the character Brod challenging Enid's blind faith in the formal education system.

And the concluding sentence is looking at the idea that some knowledge is prized more highly than other knowledge and Brod challenges that idea and Pinnock suggests we should question this hierarchy.

She uses the character Brod to do that questioning a legacy of historical injustice in particular Jamaica's colonisation.

And you'll remember that Jun's references, one of those references was about the idea of Jamaica's poverty being a direct result of colonisation, imperialism, vampirism is what Brod says.

So we've got the idea that the topic sentence is repeated or developed, expanded on in this concluding sentence.

There's a link between the two of them.

Well done for looking at that concluding sentence so, so carefully, they can often be quite challenging to write, quite difficult to write.

You're having to kind of come to a mini conclusion about all the ideas in your paragraph and think about writer's intention.

So if we really unpick what a good concluding sentence does, you'll be set up for success when you write your own concluding sentences.

Now a check for understanding, just a really secure our understanding of those concluding sentences and how we marry in Pinnock's intentions in those concluding sentences.

So a pupil has written a paragraph exploring ideas about education and which of these would serve as the strongest concluding sentence.

Is it A, Pinnock therefore explores ideas about education in many different ways.

It can be a tool for good or for bad, and it's up to us to decide how we view it.

Is it B, initially Pinnock definitely wants Viv to reject her formal education, but then she ends the play going to university.

Or C, ultimately Pinnock wants us to reflect on education's power to celebrate your identity, but also its power to suppress or ignore it.

Pause the video and select which you think is the strongest concluding sentence outta these three.

Pause the video now.

Well done if you selected C, let's have a look at A and B.

Why are they not the strongest examples? Well, A doesn't really say anything.

It says that education can be a tool for good or for bad.

And it's up to us to decide how we view it.

That may be true in a live context.

We can decide what we think about education, but we're thinking about what Pinnock wants us to explore in her play "Leave Taking," we need to suggest a clear idea.

We need to show a clear understanding of Pinnock's intentions.

And B, initially, initially is not a good way to start a concluding sentence because it doesn't suggest that a paragraph is coming towards a conclusion but is in fact beginning.

And Pinnock definitely wants Viv to reject her formal education, but then she ends the play going to university is not an accurate reading of what happens over the course of the play.

It's not about Pinnock wanting Viv to reject her formal education.

It's about how she crafts this character to explore ideas about formal education.

So I'd now like you to create your own single paragraph outline.

Answering the question, how does Pinnock explore ideas around education in "Leave Taking?" We saw Jun's excellent example earlier in this learning cycle where he had a topic sentence written out in full fantastic supporting detail and then a concluding sentence, which, and we've got the success criteria here, makes clear the paragraph has reached its conclusion, focuses on writer's intentions and links, but doesn't repeat your topic sentence.

So you've got all the tools you need in order to create a fantastic single paragraph outline, which answers the question, how does Pinnock explore ideas around education in "Leave Taking?" I can already see some people reaching for their copies of "Leave Taking," exactly the right first step to do so that you can get some fantastic references.

So get your pen, paper, your laptop, whatever it is you're writing on, and you are going to pause the video and you're going to create your single paragraph outline answering the question, how does Pinnock explore ideas around education in "Leave Taking." Pause the video and I'll meet you back here shortly.

Pause the video now.

Welcome back after some really hard thinking about "Leave Taking," and how does Pinnock explore ideas around education? It was really nice to see all the ideas from learning cycle one and learning cycle two really inform this final practise task.

So you've got fantastically strong topic sentence, some really interesting references text, and of course that close focus on a concluding sentence so that you are including Pinnock's intentions in your single paragraph outline.

Now before we celebrate the success of your plan, I'd like you to self-assess using these questions.

So just your topic sentence, state your main idea for your paragraph.

What did you decide to focus on in your paragraph in terms of Pinnock's exploration of education? Do you have three to four pieces of evidence to support your topic sentence? So Jun had three quotations from Brod in scene two because that was his focus for his paragraph.

Whatever your focus was for your paragraph, you need to have three to four pieces of evidence to support that topic sentence.

Does your concluding sentence make clear the paragraph has reached its conclusion focused on writer's intentions and linked but not repeated your topic sentence.

So that was our focus for learning cycle two, really, really understanding the power and purpose of a concluding sentence.

So hold yourself to account with that concluding sentence when you do your self-assessment.

So pause the video and read through your single paragraph outline and self-assess using the questions to guide you.

Pause the video now.

Well done for completing that self-assessment.

So thoroughly and carefully, I saw some people just making sure that their topic sentence was written in a full sentence and then a few corrections to those concluding sentence, adding Pinnock's name here or there, and just making sure that that link to your topic sentence is crystal clear.

In conclusion, the power of education is a central theme in "Leave Taking," Pinnock examines the idea that there's a hierarchy of knowledge in a formal education system.

Pinnock challenges her audiences to widen their view of what is valued in education.

When writing an essay on "Leave Taking," you should identify and explore Pinnock's intentions.

It's been such a pleasure to have such a close focus on exploring writer's intentions and how to get that into your writing, your extended writing, analytical writing when you are writing a formal essay on "Leave Taking." I look forward to seeing you next time.