An Inspector Calls AQA English Literature KS4 SOW
A comprehensive KS4 teaching and revision bundle for J.B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls, containing 16+ detailed lessons, extensive additional teaching resources, revision materials, assessment activities and a revision quiz.
The main unit takes students through the play in sequence, developing their understanding of Priestley’s techniques, language, context, and more. Lessons are numbered in order, with recap activities that revisit and build on learning from previous lessons.
**Students develop their ability to:**
Explore characterisation and relationships
Analyse how Priestley presents characters and their development
Explore key themes and ideas
Analyse Priestley’s use of language
Explore dramatic techniques and structural choices
Analyse the significance of key scenes and moments
Explore how the play’s structure contributes to meaning
Use quotations effectively to support interpretations
Understand and apply relevant social and historical context
Explore Priestley’s ideas and messages
Develop analytical and evaluative responses
Make connections between characters, themes and context
Develop detailed essay plans and sustained arguments
Respond confidently to AQA Literature exam style questions
Apply their understanding of An Inspector Calls to creative writing
Develop effective revision strategies and exam preparation skills
**What’s included?**
16+ detailed, ready to teach lessons, with enough resources to extend the unit further
Lessons covering the play in chronological order
A range of activities for every lesson and scene
Comprehension questions for each scene
Recap and retrieval activities linked to previous lessons
Key structural information and analysis
Detailed contextual information
Context lessons and accompanying worksheets
Key vocabulary worksheets and activities
Analytical and discussion tasks
Creative activities
Character, theme, language and structure activities
Opportunities for exam preparation and assessment
A homework sheet of 24 homework tasks of varying difficulties. Pupils are to choose one task each week to complete that matches their confidence and ability.
AQA An Inspector Calls Revision Guide. 30 pages. Includes the following resources: How to Revise, Key Characters and Scenes to Focus on, An Inspector Calls Summary by Act and by Scene, Priestley’s Context, Context Revision Questions, Characters, Themes, Key Symbols and Motifs, Language and Structure Techniques (with examples), Revision Activities, Additional Revision Activities, 5 AQA Exam Style Questions and AQA Marksheet
Detailed Essay Plan in powerpoint and booklet form for an AQA exam question on the male characters as irresponsible.
An Inspector Calls Characters and Quotes resource.
An AQA English Language 2 Lessons on Language Paper 2 Question 5: The Consequences Of Selfishness from An Inspector Calls SOW. A range of activities, including planning resources, assessment objectives and questions to prompt planning, a planning sheet, an example, and more.
2 Assessments - Any of the questions in the powerpoint (or the AQA exam question lesson) can be used as an Assessment activity, in addition to using the AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 as a writing assessment.
An Inspector Calls Revision Quiz powerpoint with 84 questions (and answers), and an answer sheet for pupils to fill in. The quiz includes the following categories: 12 Multiple Choice Questions, 12 Open Ended Questions, 12 Who Is This Quote Describing?, 12 Context Multiple Choice Questions, 12 Which Character Said This?, 12 Anagrams, 12 Odd One Out (From a list of four, identify the odd one out.)
