An Inspector Calls
Resources for KS4 and upper secondary
Explore key themes from J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls in your English classroom with our range of ready-to-use resources from character guides, to full lessons and knowledge organisers. We've brought together the tools that your students will need to investigate the play and provide an informed personal response.
Lessons and activities
Identify dramatic devices, unpick key themes and examine contrasting characters in J.B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls with these schemes of work, lessons and activities.
An Inspector Calls GCSE Context Posters
A collection of detailed and visually appealing posters exploring the context of An Inspector Calls *in relation to when the play was set.* These are great to have as a classroom display in your room. Similarly, these can be used as part of a marketplace activity whereby students learn about various...
An Inspector Calls: The Trial
A sequence of lessons based on the premise that the Birlings and Gerald are on trial for Eva Smith's manslaughter that encourages engagement with the play on a close textual level and improve students' analytical skills. The structured PPT guides students through the entire process in an emersive ...
An Inspector Calls - Context - LAP & EAL - 2024 ( 26 page lesson, booklet + quiz)
Unlock the intriguing world of J.B. Priestley's "An Inspector Calls" with our comprehensive context resource, tailored specifically for KS3 and KS4 students, including those with lower English proficiency and EAL learners. This engaging and accessible resource ensures all students can gra...
An Inspector Calls Low Ability SOW
Adapted my An Inspector Calls scheme for a low ability group I'm teaching this year. Also includes the online text, broken down into character interrogations.
Women in 'An Inspector Calls'
This is a super clear powerpoint consisting of 16 slides that guides the class through the presentation of women in An Inspector Calls . There are activities for the students with answers on separate slides. Additionally, there are also some ideas for exploring the text in different ways which ...
Key learning and revision
From knowledge organisers to help your students condense and consolidate knowledge to revision booklets, character maps and practice questions, explore this selection of resources below from teachers in the Tes community.
An Inspector Calls Essay Plans
This useful resource gives points, quotes, and perceptive contextual analysis for a range of character and theme-based essay questions. It is arranged in an easy-to-read table with brief notation, summarising the main points for each question. This resource includes plans for all the characters (inc...
An Inspector Calls Revision
An Inspector Calls - A fully differentiated revision guide for KS4 students to prepare for Section A of the new specification AQA Literature Paper 2, which includes differentiated activities and resources to support students as they revise for J B Priestley's An Inspector Calls. UPDATED AND REVAM...
An Inspector Calls Revision Worksheets
FREE resource, An Inspector Calls revision worksheets, including: - guided annotation activities - prompts to encourage students to make links and revise quotations.
Extract Worksheets for An Inspector Calls
Extract worksheets on: * Act 1, Mr Birling's speech * Act 1, Mr Birling and Eva Smith * Act 2, Gerald and Daisy * Act 2, Mrs Birling and Eva * Act 3, The Inspector's speech * Act 3, Sheila stands up to Mr Birling
An Inspector Calls Quotation Retrieval Quizzes
Print off a class set at the start of the year (different levels of difficulty on different colours of paper, perhaps) and laminate. Then these sheets can be quickly put on desks at the start of a lesson, or students can collect them on their way in, to be used for stress-free knowledge retrieval p...
An Inspector Calls essay plans
Two structured essay plans on 'An Inspector Calls' - could be cut up and offered to the students to organise and/or add quotations to... Then there's a third essay question scaffold for them to fill in themselves. Again, could be adapted and used in lots of creative ways.
An Inspector Calls - Context
Document containing social and historical context for J.B Prietsley's An Inspector Calls (text for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2) Includes: * Priestley and his political views * Society in 1912 * Society in 1945 * Socialism vs Capitalism * Class Division * Gender * The Titanic * ...
GCSE: An Inspector Calls Revision Booklet
A complete GCSE revision booklet for An Inspector Calls. Revise quotes, characters, symbolism, and context. This makes for a thorough series of revision lessons or an excellent resource to support your own revision at home.
An Inspector Calls Knowledge Organiser
A knowledge organiser I made for my GCSE class on An Inspector Calls. It is designed under the master principle, with a focus on providing key knowledge that students need to target top grades.
An Inspector Calls AQA GCSE English Lit - Grade 9 Sample Essays/Model Answers (x2)
Sample paragraph: Eva Smith is one of the most complex characters presented by Priestley in An Inspector Calls. Used as a tool to highlight several strands of Priestley s social and moral ideals, he never gives her the agency to appear on stage or even a voice to narrate her own story. Despite ...
An Inspector Calls: Character Map
A character map of the relationships and interactions between characters in J. B. Priestley's play An Inspector Calls. Can be used for in class instruction or as a poster display Connect with me at my website or on Social Media
GCSE revision resources
Support your students in the run-up to May with this bumper collection of GCSE revision English language and English literature revision resources.
Teacher essentials
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