Using context in a 'Leave Taking' essay about intergenerational conflict
I can use context to support my analysis of intergenerational conflict in Winsome Pinnock's 'Leave Taking'.
Using context in a 'Leave Taking' essay about intergenerational conflict
I can use context to support my analysis of intergenerational conflict in Winsome Pinnock's 'Leave Taking'.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Context refers to historical, social, literary and biographical information.
- Weaving context in your thesis can be a powerful way to start an essay.
- Context should be woven throughout your essay.
- Context can be used to add depth to your analysis.
Keywords
Intergenerational conflict - tension between younger and older people, often in a family, for example a parent and child
First generation migrant - a person who was born in one country, but moves to live and establish their life in another country
Second generation migrant - people who have grown up in a country that at least one of their parents was not born in
Subservient - when you are willing to do what other people want because you feel you are less important than them
Weave - when you embed context into paragraphs rather than including it as a series of isolated facts
Common misconception
Context can't be used in a thesis statement. It must be saved for main body paragraphs.
Including context in a thesis statement is a powerful way to start an essay. It shows you understand the writer's intentions with their work.
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Equipment
You need access to Winsome Pinnock's 'Leave Taking' 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
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
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
information about the writer
argue about what life is like in Britain
argue about the importance of a gap year
a silent conflict about the choice to migrate
argue about what it means to feel at home