An Inspector Calls Eric Lesson Grade 9

This lesson include extensive analysis of key quotes, notes on context, thoughtful alternative interpretations, themes, grade 9 critical ideas, and a question for independent student work with a writing frame to support all students. Key vocabulary, terminology, and paragraph structuring is included, as are opportunities for students to mark and improve their own work.

Quotes included are:
“Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages?’
“You’re not the kind of father a chap could go to”
“I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty”
We helped to kill her
You killed her - and the child … my child
‘You’re beginning to pretend as if nothing’s really happened at all. And I can’t see it like that. The girl’s still dead, isn’t she?’

Working towards:
How does Priestley use language to present Eric in An Inspector Calls?