Exploring model responses to an essay about Viv and belonging in ‘Leave Taking’
I can understand what makes an excellent analytical paragraph about ‘Leave Taking’, and develop my own excellent analytical paragraphs.
Exploring model responses to an essay about Viv and belonging in ‘Leave Taking’
I can understand what makes an excellent analytical paragraph about ‘Leave Taking’, and develop my own excellent analytical paragraphs.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Topic sentences should link to the question.
- References to the text should link to your topic sentence, come from across the play, and be rich in methods.
- Writer’s methods should be explored without always relying on single word analysis.
- Context should be woven into analysis, not bolted on to the end of a paragraph.
Keywords
Belonging - The feeling that you are accepted in a group, community or society.
Eurocentric - When there is a focus on European culture or history, ignoring or excluding cultures and history from the wider world.
Dramatic methods - The tools a playwright uses to create drama. Examples are setting, stage directions, dialogue and language choices.
Weave - In relation to context, when you embed it into paragraphs rather than including it as a series of isolated facts.
Colonialism - When a country establishes control over another country, exploiting it for economic gain.
Common misconception
Context can't be included in a topic sentence or analysis. It must be confined to its own sentences.
Context can be woven into any moment in a paragraph; you must decide where it will be most purposeful.
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The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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Equipment
You need access to a copy of Winsome Pinnock's 'Leave Taking' published by Nick Hern Books.
Content guidance
- Contains strong language
- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Starter quiz
6 Questions
What was happening when the text was written
The text's style, genre and publication history
Attitudes and values of the time period(s)
Details from the writer's life