Starter quiz
- What does setting refer to in literature?
- People and places.
- Time and place. ✓
- Adjectives and adverbs.
- Front cover and blurb.
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- In what year did WWII finish?
- 1943
- 1944
- 1945 ✓
- 1946
- 1947
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- What word is given to texts that are based in truth and not invented?
- 'Non-fiction' ✓
- Complete this sentence: Social and historical ______ can help us have a better understanding of the texts we are reading.
- 'context' ✓
- Which term describes the movement of individuals or groups from one place to another, often in search of better living conditions, employment opportunities, or safety?
- Industrialisation
- Urbanisation
- Migration ✓
- Colonisation
- Integration
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- When considering a writer's purpose, we want to try and understand why they were compelled to write. What does the verb compel mean?
- to feel driven by a strong motivation ✓
- to write for fun and leisure
- to write without any goal in mind
- to write with hesitation and doubt
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Exit quiz
- In what Carribean country were Levy's parents born?
- Cuba
- Haiti
- Jamaica ✓
- Puerto Rico
- Trinidad
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- What is the name give to those who arrived in Britain from Caribbean countries between 1948 and 1973?
- 'Windrush generation' ✓
- In her essay "Back to My Own Country", how does Andrea Levy describe her parents' experiences as migrants?
- They found immediate success and acceptance in Britain.
- They faced challenges and disparity between expectations and reality. ✓
- They regretted leaving their homeland.
- They were treated as equals upon arrival in Britain.
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- What word beginning with 'A' describes the process of becoming part of a group, country, society or culture.
- 'assimilation ' ✓
- In her essay 'Back to My Own Country", what word does Andrea Levy use to describe the 'Mother Country'?
- Fabled ✓
- Forgotten
- Mythical
- Magical
- Important
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- Levy's novel 'Small Island' spans different years and settings. Why did she make this choice?
- She wanted to create a historically accurate account of Carribean history.
- She wanted to foreground the voices of those absent from historical narratives. ✓
- She wanted to create historical fiction based in Jamaica.
- She wanted to reveal the interconnected history between Britain and Jamaica. ✓
- She wanted to make an engaging and dramatic narrative.
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Key learning points
- Levy describes her parents experiences of migration and the disparity between expectations and reality.
- The term "Small Island" refers not just to the geographical space but also to the mindset of people living there.
- The term ‘Mother Country’ is a powerful concept.
- Levy wants to foreground the voices of those absent from history like the Caribbean soldiers who fought in WWII.
- Levy has pride in her ancestry and believes that the Caribbean should be recognised, as part of Britain's history.
Common misconception
That only people born in Britain were part of the British Army that fought in WWII.
The British Army contained a huge number of soldiers from different countries. For example, over two and a half million men from the Indian subcontinent volunteered for service, producing the largest volunteer army in history.
Keywords
Empire - a group of states or countries ruled over by one leader e.g. a monarch
Disparity - a lack of equality or devoid of similarities
Assimilate - to become part of a group, country, society or culture
Colonial - referring to colonialism, where a country establishes control over another country
Ancestry - the origins of your family
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