An Inspector Calls GCSE Unit of Work

An Inspector Calls - GCSE Unit of Work

‘An Inspector Calls’ is a 22 lesson GCSE unit of work containing a 177-slide PowerPoint and 28 PDF worksheets. This scheme of work explores the play act by act and scene by scene, analysing its plot, characters, themes, language and historical context through a range of engaging learning activities.

Activities contained in the lessons include:
- Exploring the historical, social and literary context of An Inspector Calls
- Engaging scene by scene activities to consolidate understanding as pupils read through the play
- Comprehension questions to assess students’ knowledge of plot, character, language, context and themes
- Detailed analysis of the characters of Mr Birling, Mrs Birling, Sheila, Gerald, Eric and Inspector Goole
- Exploration of the key themes of class, social responsibility, socialism and capitalism
- Developing key reading skills - inference and deduction
- Using P.E.T.E.R. Point/Evidence/Technique/Explain/Reader to write an effective GCSE exam response
- Close analysis of Priestley’s language, key quotes and the play’s key soliloquies and monologues
- The use of dramatic irony and tension and suspense in An Inspector Calls
- Role play - hot-seating activities to aid understating of characters
- Developing understanding of key characters through empathy writing activities
- Video links to help the teaching and learning of key scenes and themes