Leave Taking: a sense of belonging
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' understanding of identity, belongiing, the Windrush generation and stagecraft from 'Small Island'. Pupils start to learn more about how context influences a text, and how a writer uses form to respond to the world they inhabit. They also deepen their analytical skills so they can write with more complexity and nuance about the themes of identity and belonging. This unit gives them a strong grounding in the play's plot, themes and characters, which prepares them for their three 'Leave Taking' deep dive units on education, intersectionality and stagecraft.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils can make clear inferences about texts.
- Pupils can comment on the language choices of an author.
- Pupils can comment on character development as part of structural analysis.
- Pupils understand that the social and historical context of text impact our interpretation of it.
- Pupils can write clear topic sentences.
- Pupils can select evidence from a text to support their analysis.
- Pupils can structure their arguments using Single Paragraph Outlines.
- Pupils have an understanding that power corrupts.
- Pupils can use noun appositives to give greater detail about characters.
- Pupils can use conjunctions to explain their inferences.
Threads
Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' understanding of identity, belongiing, the Windrush generation and stagecraft from 'Small Island'. Pupils start to learn more about how context influences a text, and how a writer uses form to respond to the world they inhabit. They also deepen their analytical skills so they can write with more complexity and nuance about the themes of identity and belonging. This unit gives them a strong grounding in the play's plot, themes and characters, which prepares them for their three 'Leave Taking' deep dive units on education, intersectionality and stagecraft.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils can make clear inferences about texts.
- Pupils can comment on the language choices of an author.
- Pupils can comment on character development as part of structural analysis.
- Pupils understand that the social and historical context of text impact our interpretation of it.
- Pupils can write clear topic sentences.
- Pupils can select evidence from a text to support their analysis.
- Pupils can structure their arguments using Single Paragraph Outlines.
- Pupils have an understanding that power corrupts.
- Pupils can use noun appositives to give greater detail about characters.
- Pupils can use conjunctions to explain their inferences.
Literature
Leave Taking: a sense of belonging
In this unit, pupils start their exploration of Winsome Pinnock's play, 'Leave Taking'. They first learn about the play's context of 1980s Britain and the Windrush generation before then reading and exploring the full play. They finally explore themes and characters before working on essay writing.
29 lessons in unit
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