section a : ‘an inspector calls’ - north leamington school... · the drama unfolds in the...

Section A : ‘An Inspector Calls’

Section A: 20%- 45 minutes- students will explore familiar themes, issues and language in their prose or drama texts (short stories or ‘An Inspector Calls’)

Section B: 20%- 45 minutes- students will also explore aspects of the text specific to the ‘different’ culture (‘Of Mice and Men’ or ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’)

Think back to the work we have already completed on the poetry/ OMAM...

What can we use? –

‘PEE’ / ‘PETER’ Literary Devices Elements of STRIVE (Subject; Structure;

Themes; Imagery; Vocabulary (language); Empathy

We also need to be aware of FORM (drama – use of dramatic devices)`

Can you create questions for the following answers...?

1. Brumley, 1912 2. 1945 3. J.B. Priestley 4. Eva Smith 5. Gerald Croft 6. Sheila Birling 7. Eric Birling 8. The Inspector 9. Engagement 10. 3 Acts; 1 evening

What do we know?

Lighting Stage Directions/Descriptions Light Imagery Entrance/Exits Asides Dramatic Irony Characterisation Setting Dramatic Structure Action / Dialogue

Key Characters

Find 2-3 important quotations about each of the key characters

Be prepared to feedback

Key Themes

Find 2-3 important quotations about each of

the key themes

Be prepared to feedback

Act 1:

Act 2:

Act 3:

Order of events

Development of theme/character

When and where events take place – patterns/repetition?

Summarise Priestley’s use of structure in 1 paragraph

The drama unfolds in the Birlings’ dining room over the course of one evening.

The events take place within one evening and the action unfolds in real time.

The action is straightforward and the breaks between acts do not disturb the action of the play.

The action is realistic and convincing. Link ‘Classical Greek Drama’; keeping the

‘three unities’: place, action and time.

The play centres around the ‘suicide’ of Eva Smith

Everything that happens to her is reported or described by the other characters

It all happens ‘off-stage’ The Inspector acts like a Chorus in a Greek

play. He listens to what has happened and sums it up for the audience; he also explains the lessons to be learnt...

Key characters/ Character development

Key events/moments

Key themes

Development of relationships

Roles in society/treatment of others/ class

Attitudes and Ideas

Detailed response to question Original interpretations Textual detail to support comments being

made Reference to (understanding of!) structure

and language An understanding of the text’s social/

historical context and setting

Find a partner to have a go at attempting a response to an exam question...

Feedback

How is Eva Smith presented in ‘An Inspector Calls?’

How does Priestley present ideas about how we should treat other people in ‘An Inspector Calls’?

‘Inspector Goole merely functions as a mouthpiece for Priestley’s ideas.’ How does Priestley show the differences in attitudes between the generations in ‘An Inspector Calls’?