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Planning a response to ideas of belonging in the AQA Worlds and Lives anthology

I can effectively plan an extended response to consider ideas of belonging in the AQA Worlds and Lives anthology.

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Key learning points

  1. It's important to highlight the key theme within the question.
  2. It's important to understand how the poems you choose to compare link to the theme.
  3. Ideally, your analytical essay will have at least three analytical paragraphs.
  4. Each analytical paragraph needs a topic sentence and supporting detail.
  5. Single paragraph outlines can help you create effective plans.

Keywords

  • Belonging - a feeling of being happy or comfortable as part of a particular group

  • Analytical - of or relating to the careful study of something

  • Immersive - seeming to surround the reader, so that they feel completely involved.

  • Thesis - offers a concise summary of the main point or claim of the essay.

Common misconception

That planning is not an effective use of time.

Planning helps to to write a developed, detailed and cohesive response.


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It would be useful to recap Seneviratne's 'A Wider View' and Berry's 'Homing' before the lesson.
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You will need access to a copy of the AQA World and Lives anthology for this lesson.

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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the single paragraph outline component with the purpose.
Correct Answer:topic sentence,explains focus of the paragraph
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explains focus of the paragraph

Correct Answer:supporting detail,analysis of language, form, and structure
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analysis of language, form, and structure

Correct Answer:concluding sentence,summarises paragraph
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summarises paragraph

Q2.
'Offers a concise summary of the main point or claim of the essay' is the definition of the statement.
Correct Answer: thesis
Q3.
'Of or relating to the careful study of something' is the definition of being ...
evaluative
Correct answer: analytical
informative
Q4.
Which poems from the AQA Worlds and Lives anthology consider the theme of belonging?
Shelley's 'England in 1819'
Dharker's 'A Century Later'
Correct answer: Mundair's 'Name Journeys'
Correct answer: Berry's 'On an Afternoon Train...'
Q5.
Which of the following is an accurate summary of Seneviratne's 'A Wider View'?
The speaker resents the connection to her ancestor.
Correct answer: The speaker feels a shared sense of place to her ancestor.
The speaker feels disconnected to the places around her.
Q6.
Which of the following is an accurate summary of Berry's 'Homing'?
Correct answer: The speaker wants to connect to her ancestor through a sense of voice.
The speaker feels ashamed of her ancestor's accent.
The speaker feels that it's impossible to connect to her ancestor.

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6 Questions

Q1.
'​The feeling of being comfortable and happy within a place or group' is the definition of ...
Correct Answer: belonging
Q2.
The word "thunk" from Berry's 'Homing' and "din" from Seneviratne's 'A Wider View' both use the technique ...
Correct Answer: onomatopoeia
Q3.
'Seeming to surround the reader so that they feel completely involved' is the definition of ...
Correct answer: immersive
inclusive
interrogative
Q4.
What connection can we draw between how Berry's 'On an Afternoon Train...' and Mundair's 'Name Journeys' consider the theme of belonging?
Both poems consider the importance of heritage on the feeling of belonging.
Correct answer: Both poems consider the difficulties of belonging after migration.
Both poems use the voices of others to show acceptance and belonging.
Q5.
Which words from Nichols' 'Like an Heiress' and Khan's 'pot' suggest a sense of disconnection?
Correct answer: "shatter"
Correct answer: "tourist"
"heiress"
"fingernails"
Q6.
How does the sensory language in Parker's 'The Jewellery Maker' link to ideas of belonging?
It implies the jewellery maker desires an escape from their daily life.
Correct answer: It implies the jewellery maker feels alive in their workshop.
It implies the jewellery maker finds their daily life overwhelming.