GCSE Literature: An Inspector Calls | Tension Graph
Tension graph for An Inspector Calls: students put 15 jumbled plot moments in order, then plot each one on a blank graph of dramatic tension across Acts One, Two and Three.
- Grades
- Grades 9–12, High School
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- ELA, Literature
- Topic
- graph, graphic organizer
- Resource types
- Teacher Tools, Graphic Organizers
- Preparation
- Print ready
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This worksheet pairs with An Inspector Calls.
Students will complete the tension graph by placing each of the jumbled up statements onto the chart where they think its most appropriate.
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Learning objectives
- Sequence key plot moments from An Inspector Calls in chronological order
- Judge how dramatic tension rises and falls across the play's three acts
Teaching tips
- Students need to have read the whole play, since the statements run from the Inspector's arrival to the discovery that no such Inspector exists.
Skills covered
- Plot sequencing — numbering statements such as the interrogation of Mrs Birling in the order they happen
- Analyzing dramatic structure — placing each moment on the graph by its level of tension
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Core concepts
Core concepts
- Dramatic tension
- Plot structure
- Pacing
- Three-act structure
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