Starter quiz
- In 'Leave Taking', Viv and Del, Enid's children, are ______ generation immigrants.
- 'second' ✓
- In Scene One of 'Leave Taking', Viv says she wants to visit the West Indies. What reason does she give?
- She wants to escape Enid.
- She wants to visit Uncle Brod's family.
- She feels it will help her understand her identity. ✓
- Mai suggests she goes rather than attending university.
- She and Del have always talked about visiting.
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- What does Viv tell Del in Scene Five of 'Leave Taking'?
- That their father used to abuse their mother.
- That their grandmother is dead.
- That she has booked a ticket to Jamaica.
- That Enid has kicked her and Brod out.
- That she skipped one of her A-Level exams. ✓
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- When writing an essay on 'Leave Taking', you can include context to develop your ideas. There are four different types of context you could use. Match each to its definition.
- Historical⇔What was happening when the text was written ✓
- Literary⇔The text's style, genre and publication history ✓
- Social⇔Attitudes and values of the time period(s) ✓
- Biographical⇔Details from the writer's life ✓
- In Scene Two of 'Leave Taking', Viv quotes from two British writers: William Shakespeare and Rupert Brooke. How does Enid respond?
- She is angry that Viv is studying rather than helping her clean.
- She quotes these writers back to Viv as well.
- She asks her if she also knows who Nanny of the Maroons is.
- She is proud, but confused as she doesn't know these quotations herself. ✓
- She asks Mai if this is enough to ensure Viv passes her exams.
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- In her introduction to 'Leave Taking', Pinnock says her parents were "indoctrinated by a colonialist ______ that lionised [celebrated] all things British".
- 'education' ✓
Exit quiz
- Context can be used in essays on 'Leave Taking'. How should you incorporate it?
- In an individual paragraph at the end of the essay.
- At the end of each paragraph as a bolt on.
- Just in your introduction: context must be clear from the beginning.
- Weave it into your response where appropriate. ✓
- In the final sentence of your conclusion.
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- In Scene One of 'Leave Taking', how does Viv describe Mai's house once inside?
- as smelly
- as like a museum ✓
- as likely full of rats
- as a farmyard
- as probably full of stolen items
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- In Scene Two of 'Leave Taking', Brod asks Viv about Nanny of the Maroons. Why?
- He wants Viv to go and meet her when she visits Jamaica.
- He wants her to know about her cultural identity and history. ✓
- He thinks she is an historical figure that may come up in her exams.
- He and Enid have been talking about her recently so she is on his mind.
- He is angry about her Eurocentric education. ✓
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- In Scene Four of 'Leave Taking', Viv tells Enid that she is unhappy about spending her "life bent over ______ that have nothing to do with me."
- 'books' ✓
- In her introduction to 'Leave Taking', Pinnock says one reason she wrote the play was to explore the experiences of "this ______ breed of black British woman".
- 'new' ✓
- In Scene Five of 'Leave Taking', Viv tells Del she skipped an exam even though "pat me on the head and they [the answers] all come tumbling out, say exactly what the ______ want to hear."
- 'examiners' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Topic sentences should link to the question.
- References to the text should link to your topic sentence, come from across the play, and be rich in methods.
- Writer’s methods should be explored without always relying on single word analysis.
- Context should be woven into analysis, not bolted on to the end of a paragraph.
Common misconception
Context can't be included in a topic sentence or analysis. It must be confined to its own sentences.
Context can be woven into any moment in a paragraph; you must decide where it will be most purposeful.
Keywords
Belonging - The feeling that you are accepted in a group, community or society.
Eurocentric - When there is a focus on European culture or history, ignoring or excluding cultures and history from the wider world.
Dramatic methods - The tools a playwright uses to create drama. Examples are setting, stage directions, dialogue and language choices.
Weave - In relation to context, when you embed it into paragraphs rather than including it as a series of isolated facts.
Colonialism - When a country establishes control over another country, exploiting it for economic gain.
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