Leave Taking: The power of education
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' understanding of the plot, characters and themes of 'Leave Taking' from the unit 'Leave Taking: a sense of belonging'. Pupils now deepen their understanding of the play and develop more nuanced interpretations of it by looking at the play through the lens of education. As part of this, they also start to write more detailed and complex essays. This builds towards the next 'Leave Taking' deep dive in the unit 'Leave Taking: an intersectional analysis', where pupils develop more nuanced interpretations of the play.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know the plot of the play.
- Pupils know the main characters in the play and their role in the plot.
- Pupils have an understanding of the main themes of the play.
- Pupils can structure arguments clearly, using thesis statements, topic sentences and single paragraph outlines.
- Pupils have memorised a number of key quotations from the play.
- Pupils use the historical context of Windrush to support their analysis.
- Pupils use the historical context of the Brixton Riots to support their analysis.
- Pupils can select a variety of quotations as evidence to support their analysis.
- Pupils use comparative language to compare characters' actions.
- Pupils can use phrases such as 'more specifically' and 'more precisely' to add detail to their inferences.
Threads
Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' understanding of the plot, characters and themes of 'Leave Taking' from the unit 'Leave Taking: a sense of belonging'. Pupils now deepen their understanding of the play and develop more nuanced interpretations of it by looking at the play through the lens of education. As part of this, they also start to write more detailed and complex essays. This builds towards the next 'Leave Taking' deep dive in the unit 'Leave Taking: an intersectional analysis', where pupils develop more nuanced interpretations of the play.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know the plot of the play.
- Pupils know the main characters in the play and their role in the plot.
- Pupils have an understanding of the main themes of the play.
- Pupils can structure arguments clearly, using thesis statements, topic sentences and single paragraph outlines.
- Pupils have memorised a number of key quotations from the play.
- Pupils use the historical context of Windrush to support their analysis.
- Pupils use the historical context of the Brixton Riots to support their analysis.
- Pupils can select a variety of quotations as evidence to support their analysis.
- Pupils use comparative language to compare characters' actions.
- Pupils can use phrases such as 'more specifically' and 'more precisely' to add detail to their inferences.
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Leave Taking: The power of education
In this unit, pupils do a deep dive into the role of education in 'Leave Taking'. They first look at how education is presented, and how Viv and Del experience it differently. They then think about what Pinnock might be communicating about education, before preparing and writing an essay about it.
7 lessons in unit
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