Using context effectively in 'Leave Taking' essays
I can understand what context is and how to weave it into my analytical essay responses on 'Leave Taking'.
Using context effectively in 'Leave Taking' essays
I can understand what context is and how to weave it into my analytical essay responses on 'Leave Taking'.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Context refers to historical, social, literary and biographical information.
- Context should not be presented as isolated facts.
- Context should be relevant to the analysis and woven in the response.
- Context should develop your ideas and give an insight into the writer’s purpose and intention.
Keywords
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.
Windrush scandal - When many citizens who had migrated to Britain between 1948 and 1973 were facing deportation under a discriminatory immigration system.
Weave - In relation to context, when you embed it into paragraphs rather than including it as a series of isolated facts.
Common misconception
Context must be included in every paragraph.
Context must be included in essays, but where it is relevant and develops your analysis - not as a tick box exercise for each paragraph.
To help you plan your year 10 english lesson on: Using context effectively in 'Leave Taking' essays, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 10 english lesson on: Using context effectively in 'Leave Taking' essays, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
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'.
Content guidance
- Contains strong language
- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
6 Questions
What was happening when the text was written.
What influenced the text's style or genre.
What were the shared values and ideas of the time period.
What are the life experiences of the author.