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An exploration of Scene Seven of Winsome Pinnock's 'Leave Taking'

Leave Taking: a sense of belonging

Unit Summary

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.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to explain what happens in Scene Seven of 'Leave Taking' including exploring its main themes.

Key Notes

  • Brod wakes up at Mai's house after a night of excessive drinking.
  • Enid has thrown Brod and Viv out of the house.
  • Brod tells Del that her father's attitude towards her mother changed after facing daily racial discrimination at work.
  • Brod tells Del that her mother left her father to protect her and Viv.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • vulnerable: If you are vulnerable, you are in a position where people can hurt you emotionally or physically.
  • Nanny of the Maroons: 18th century leader of the Jamaican Maroons; led formerly enslaved Africans against British colonialists.
  • domestic abuse: Behaviour by a person in a family unit that is threatening, controlling, violent, degrading, or manipulative.
  • migrate: When you relocate from one country to another.
  • discrimination: Unjust treatment of people based on certain characteristics. For example race, gender, age.

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Brod's drinking is appropriate and meant to be funny.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.

Brod wakes up at Mai's house after a night of excessive drinking. Enid has thrown Brod and Viv out of the house.

2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'vulnerable'

If you are vulnerable, you are in a position where people can hurt you emotionally or physically.

3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.

Mistake: Brod's drinking is appropriate and meant to be funny. Correction: Both Enid and Del challenge Brod's drinking, and his scenes expose his unhappiness, isolation and vulnerability.

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