GCSE Literature: An Inspector Calls | Activities for Act 1
Reading and analysis activities for Act 1 of An Inspector Calls: a plot and character summary, seven questions on staging, gender roles and power, a character quotation table and a Priestley context task.
- Grades
- Grades 9–12, High School
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- ELA, Literature
- Topic
- literature, themes
- Resource types
- Activities
- Preparation
- Print ready
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This worksheet pairs with Act 1 of An Inspector Calls.
Students will read the text to analyze the plot, characters and themes within it.
Students will analyze quotations from the texts and make implications about characters' personality traits.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Analyze staging, character behavior and power in Act 1
- Select a quotation that defines each of six characters
- Connect Priestley's beliefs to the events of the play
Teaching tips
- Students need their own copy of Act 1 to answer the questions and find quotations.
Skills covered
- Textual evidence — choosing one defining quotation per character
- Concise summary — reducing Priestley's beliefs to 50 words or fewer
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Core concepts
Core concepts
- J.B. Priestley
- Class divide
- Responsibility
- Gender roles
- Socialism and capitalism
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