Working with Growing Up

In this section, we will give you some general advice about working with the theme of Growing Up. We will talk about what you typically need to look for in texts about this topic and we will mention some of the typical questions that you might encounter when working with this theme in cla…

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Overview of the theme

Growing Up may refer to the physical, mental or emotional changes involved when a person moves from childhood, through adolescence and into adulthood.

The term ‘growing up’ may also be used in a more general sense to refer to a person growing wiser abou…

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Reading fiction texts about Growing Up

Characterisation is almost always a central part of analysing fictional texts, such a poems and short stories. When you are working with texts about Growing Up, it is especially relevant to focus on describing the main characters of the story, as it is typically during your characterisation that you will find clues about the text’s perspective on the theme.

Specifically it makes sense to focus on character development. Think about how the main character(s) change throug…

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Reading non-fiction texts about Growing Up

If you are working with a non-fiction text about Growing Up, such as an article, an essay or a blog post, it is most likely focused on a particular connected theme. For example, it might be focused on the problem of bullying in schools, or on the way teenagers use social …