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' - Dramatic Devices
A detailed 19 slide PowerPoint lesson on dramatic devices employed by J.B. Priestley within 'An Inspector Calls. Includes a list of dramatic devices within the play as well as tasks for students to identify and analyse devices independently. Lesson ends in questions for students to respond to using ...
An Inspector Calls themes
Mindmap explaining why and how different themes are presented in An Inspector Calls: \- Social Respnsibility \- Learning About Life \- Judgement \- Men and Women \- Young and Old \- Social Class \- Family Life \- Britain 1912/1945
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 Task Cards
These 24 An Inspector Calls task cards are perfect for your English lesson plans and topic. They are suitable for secondary Students. They feature different activities including knowledge retrieval practice, multiple choice and spot the grammar mistakes amongst other English related activities. **...
An Inspector Calls Men and Women Theme
A fully differentiated and focused lesson on the theme of men and women in the play 'An Inspector Calls.' The lesson includes, bell task, interactive starter, main and plenary.
An Inspector Calls: quotations to colour in
A gentle end of term revision activity for An Inspector Calls. Students colour in the visual representation of 15 key quotations before going on to complete the differentiated extension activity which involves exploring the importance of the quotations in conveying Priestley s message. I have lot...
Key learning and revision
From knowledge organisers to help your students condense and consolidate knowledge to exam planning tools and practice questions, explore this selection of resources below from teachers in the Tes community.
An Inspector Calls Character Notes
Revision aid for students containing key quotes, key language features and Priestley's ideas.
Mrs Birling An Inspector Calls Model Answer
A Grade 8+ Model answer for the character of Mrs Birling. To achieve a high mark in the exam, students need to create a convincing, perceptive argument about the character where they can thread a critical stance through their response. The thread through this response is - could we pity Mrs Birl...
An Inspector Calls: essay planning tool
This document is a summary sheet aimed at a high-ability year 10 class, but can be adapted for other sets. It takes them step-by-step through the process of planning a conceptualised essay with deep analysis. Each stage of the essay process is modelled.
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 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 ...
Analyse Stage Directions in An Inspector Calls 2 worksheets
2 A3 worksheets revising stage directions in the play. Sheet 1: A list of key stage directions for each character split into before, during and after the interrogation combined with questions to help students understand the subtle changes in the characters' behaviour at each stage of the play. Sh...
An Inspector Calls Escape Room
Revise An Inspector Calls by J B Priestley through an engaging escape room lesson! It is filled with codes, puzzles and activities to get students to revise characters, themes and contexts as they work in groups or escape crews to get out of the locked dining room! Includes answers for e...
An Inspector Calls Character Revision Worksheets
A set of six well organised and visually appealing A4 worksheets coving all of the key characters in the play 'An Inspector Calls'. Includes meaningful revision tasks and challenge questions. Perfect for revision / independent learning / home study. **Check out my [shop](http://www.tes.com/teachin...
An Inspector Calls - Themes
A lesson exploring the themes of the text and the questions which may arise in relation to themes in the GCSE exam. This resource includes: 1x PPT 1x Themes Sheet
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 * ...
An Inspector Calls Key Quotes
A table that narrows down all the key quotes in An Inspector Calls to just 21. Students can be very overwhelmed when trying to learn lots and lots of quotes to suit different questions. The 21 quotes I have chosen here should suit any question that comes up on character or theme, so encouraging stud...
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