Planning an essay about coming of age in Winsome Pinnock's 'Leave Taking'
I can plan an essay about ideas of coming of age in Winsome Pinnock's ‘Leave Taking’ by creating a thesis, topic sentences and selecting relevant evidence from the play.
Planning an essay about coming of age in Winsome Pinnock's 'Leave Taking'
I can plan an essay about ideas of coming of age in Winsome Pinnock's ‘Leave Taking’ by creating a thesis, topic sentences and selecting relevant evidence from the play.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- A thesis statement is a clear, overarching argument.
- Topic sentences give focus to individual paragraphs.
- Select main quotations and supporting quotations to include in an essay.
- Main quotations should be analysed; supporting quotations don’t need to be analysed.
- Concluding sentences can focus on a writer’s intention and draw your paragraph to a close.
Common misconception
Ideas for one essay question can't be used in any other essay on the same text.
By the end of exploring and writing about a text, you will realise that there are certain ideas and references which you can rely on over and over.
Keywords
Coming of age - when someone legally becomes an adult, but also used to describe when someone matures and develops
Intergenerational conflict - tension between younger and older people, often in a family, for example a parent and child
Internal conflict - struggle and difficulty that takes place in your own mind
Dislocation - a sense of being out of place, or in the wrong place
Intersect - connect, cross, meet
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
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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when someone legally becomes an adult, or when someone matures
tension between younger and older people, often in a family
struggle and difficulty that takes place in your own mind
a sense of being out of place, or in the wrong place
connect, cross, meet