1. An Inspector Calls Conflict poetry Themes Responsibility Social ClassQ1
A written response to a text.
45 minutes
5 paragraphs: one paragraph for each bullet point and an introduction and short conclusion.
Aim to use at least 4-5 details from the text in response to each bullet point.
Develop these details with opinions and reflections.
Write in the correct form – remember your purpose and audience. Q2
Language
30 minutes
8 words / phrases chosen
Copy these out exactly as they appear in the text
Offer the definition of the word
2-3 connotations / inferences / effect
Writer's Style
Setting (atmosphere)
Dialogue (colloquial)
Description (people/
places)
Viewpoint
Imagery
Symbolism
Context
1930s America
Wall St Crash
Dustbowl
The American Dream
Racism
Role of Women
Themes
Friendship
Loneliness/isolation
Prejudice/Injustice
Dreams
Fate/Destiny
The working man
Themes
Responsibility
Social Class
Young and Old
Men and Women
Writer's Style
The set and staging
Creation of tension
Entrances and exits
Beginnings and end of each Act
Context
Britain in 1912 and 1945
Family Life
Social class
Flag
At the Border, 1979
Belfast Confetti
Bayonet Charge
Come on, come back
Hawk Roosting
Futility
The Right Word
Out of the Blue
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Mametz Wood
The Yellow Palm
Poppies

2. An Inspector Calls Conflict War and effects of Patriotism Nature
Prejudice
Terrorism
Language
Alliteration, assonance, simile, metaphor, personification, adjectives, verbs, nouns, adverbs, rhetorical questions
Structure
Stanza, rhyme, rhythm, enjambment, punctuation (.,?!:;””)
Comparison connectives
Similarly
Likewise
In the same way
Equally
Contrastive connectives
However
Whereas
Although
On the other hand
Plot
Section 1: Introduction to G + L and their dream
Section 2: G+L arrive at the barn + we are introduced to the other characters
Section 3: Candy wants to join in on the dream. Curley fights Lennie.
Section 4: Crooks and Lennie talk. Curley’s wife attacks Crooks.
Section 5: Lennie kills Curley’s wife. The men hunt for Lennie.
Section 6: George shoots Lennie.
Characters
George
Lennie
Candy (cripple)
Crooks
Carlson
Slim
Curley
Curley's wife
Setting
Salinas River
The bunk House
The barn
Crook's room Q3
Summary
45 minutes
Make sure you list 15 points.
Copy these points exactly as they appear in the text
Do not repeat the same points
Look at what the summary asks you to summarise. Highlight answers from your list for part (a) of the summary and part (b) of the summary in two different colours
Group points rather than list them.
If you are running out of time, literally copy your list into paragraph form.
Plot:
Act 1: Celebration of Sheila and Gerald’s engagement. Birling’s speeches. Inspector arrives. Birling and Sheila are interrogated. The affair is revealed.
Act 2: Gerald is interrogated and Sheila calls off the engagement. Mrs Birling is interrogated.
Act 3: Eric is the father. Gerald returns and the Inspector leaves. The Birlings think they are in the clear. The phone rings.
Setting
The Birling’s dining room
Characters
Arthur Birling
Sybil Birling
Sheila Birling
Eric Birling
Gerald Croft
The Inspector
Eva Smith /
Daisy Renton