English Scheme of Learning: Spring 2 Title: An Inspector Calls

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1 Aims: To gain an understanding of the key themes and ideas of Lesson Key Question Learning Objectives (develop skill, knowledge or understanding of...) BRICK Activities (include, AfL and Exit task ) Resources Homework 1 Do the needs of the many outweigh the needs of a few? develop an understanding of how ideas, experiences and values are portrayed Responsibility Questionnaire Individual or society? Text Revision booklet knowledge of and criteria Students to annotate the language used to describe the setting. Write a answering about what we learn about the Birling family from the stage directions at the beginning of the play Read Act 1 Discuss the hierarchy within the household. Rank the characters in term of their status. All students will have an awareness of the setting of the play and be starting to relate it to it social, historical context Most students will have an understanding of the setting of the play and the importance of the social and historical context. Some students will have begun to explore the social and historical context of the play

2 Aims: To gain an understanding of the key themes and ideas of 2 How do you define class? knowledge of and criteria of and theme Feedback from the class and discussion about which order they have placed them and why Look at the images showing the living conditions of the Edwardian Working class what do you learn from these images? Read to the end of the Inspector s questioning of Birling. Students select quotations that link Birling s actions to the information gathered about working and living conditions of the working classes in 1912 Discuss how Priestly presents Inspector Goole at this point in the play 3 Re- read the entrance of the Inspector from the lines before the doorbell rings to Edna s line Inspector Goole. What is dramatic and symbolic about this entrance? What is the inspector s role? Complete act 1

3 Aims: To gain an understanding of the key themes and ideas of 4 Is there a generation gap? knowledge of and criteria of and theme knowledge of and criteria Read Inspector s questioning of Sheila Birling. Discuss in pairs how a director would show Sheila s reaction/ response What role does the inspector play at this point? In what ways are the characters of Sheila and Eric important in the play? Ask students, on a scale of 1-10, to what extent they believe Gerald really cared for Eva Smith/ Daisy Renton. Explain the decisions. Read Act 2 Discuss the tension between Sheila and Gerald.

4 Aims: To gain an understanding of the key themes and ideas of of and theme Essay How does Priestly show the differences in attitudes between the older and younger generations? Self-assessment against the exam criteria 5 How does Priestly show his political views through his characters? knowledge of and criteria of and theme What themes are present so far? Students to look at the way she talks about Eva Smith, the differences between her and Sheila and her tone towards the inspector and the way she backs herself into a corner. Also, her dawning realisation of Eric s involvement. How is Mrs Birling presented in the second half of Act 2? Self-assessment against the exam criteria 6. How does Priestly explore different social classes in this play? Who said it?

5 Aims: To gain an understanding of the key themes and ideas of knowledge of and criteria Essay question: In what way is Eva s treatment symbolic of the way all workers re treated? Work in a pair to plan a response Timed essay of and theme Self-assess against the criteria 7. Prediction of outcome knowledge of and criteria Read act 3

6 Aims: To gain an understanding of the key themes and ideas of 8. How does Priestley show that tension is at the heart of the Birling family? of and theme knowledge of and criteria What is the message of the inspector s speech? Class discussion and then students to analyse it in terms of literary devices e.g. common address, repetition, sentence construction etc. What is the key message of the Inspector s speech? Put the themes in order of importance Look at Mr Birling s speech at the start of the play. How does the inspector s speech contrast with Mr Birlings? of and theme 9 What do you know about Eva?

7 Aims: To gain an understanding of the key themes and ideas of knowledge of and criteria Essay preparation An important person does not appear in the play How does the writer use Eva in the course of the play? Timed essay of and theme Peer asses against the criteria 10 Will the inspector bring about change? knowledge of and criteria Ask students to line themselves up in rank order as to who is most to blame for the death of Eva Smith. Read to the end of the play

8 Aims: To gain an understanding of the key themes and ideas of of and theme What effect has the inspector had on all of the characters? Who has changed and who hasn t. Choose one character who hasn t changed and one character who has. How have they changed? Give evidence to support your view Who has changed the most? 11 What dramatic devices can be used to highlight the messages? knowledge of and criteria Attach the drama techniques to key points in the play Priestley criticises the selfishness of people like the Birlings. What methods does he use to present this selfishness? Go through eachmetod and feedback What is each character symbolic of? of and theme What is the moral of the play? Which character shows it?

9 Aims: To gain an understanding of the key themes and ideas of 12 What exam question is yet to be asked? knowledge of and criteria Look at all previous exam questions Discuss in your groups which question is the most likely to appear in May? Students choose and plan their response 30 minutes timed essay of and theme Peer assess against the criteria.