1. Year 11 An Inspector Calls

2. GCSE
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Paper 2 Modern texts and poetry

3. Assessment Objectives
AO1 Read, understand and respond to texts.
maintain a critical style and develop an informed personal response
• use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations. (12 marks)
AO2 Analyse the language, form and structure used by a writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate. (12 marks)
AO3 Show understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in which they were written. (6 marks)
AO4 Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation. (4 marks)

4. 3. Language (words and actions)
1. Idea/
Themes characters represent and Priestley’s political purpose and intended effect on audience.
AO1/AO3
ISLAC
5. How character behaves at the conclusion of the play and what this tells us about Priestley’s political message to an audience of AO1/AO3
2. Stagecraft:
The way characters are described, directed to speak , look, pause or hesitate.
The use of dramatic irony.
Priestley’s intended effect upon the audience.
AO1/AO2
Question on character
3. Language (words and actions)
imperatives, declarations, exclamations, questions
used by characters and how they represent Priestley’s intended effect on audience and his political purpose.
AO1/AO2
4. Attitude of Goole towards character/s. Attitude of Priestley as shown through Goole.
Audience awareness of social and historical context in 1946 and today. AO1/AO3

5. on a theme (Responsibility)
1. Idea/
Themes Priestley’s political purpose and intended effect upon the audience.
AO1/AO3
ISLAC for AIC
How theme is revealed in Conclusion of the play and Priestley’s political purpose.
AO1/AO3
2. Stagecraft
The way characters are described, directed to speak , look, pause or hesitate.
The use of dramatic irony.
Priestley’s intended effect upon the audience.
AO1/AO2
Question
on a theme (Responsibility)
3. Language
imperatives, declarations, exclamations, questions
used by characters and how they represent Priestley’s intended effect on audience.
AO1/AO2
4. Attitude of Goole towards theme. Attitude of Priestley as shown through Goole.
Audience awareness of social and historical context in 1946 and today. AO1/ AO3

6. Not Yet Because…Marking Code for AIC
Meaning
Ideas (AO1) (AO3)
Intro/Idea: Conceptualised Thesis Statement that explores the Priestley’s political purpose in relation to the question. What’s the big picture here? What’s the other story? Go beyond the obvious. Remember the key theme is RESPONSIBILITY.
Stagecraft
(AO 1)(AO2)
Stagecraft: The way characters are described, directed to speak , look, pause or hesitate.
The use of dramatic irony.
Priestley’s intended effect upon the audience.
Language (AO2)
Language (words and actions) imperatives, declarations, exclamations, questions used by characters and how they represent Priestley’s intended effect on audience.
Attitude (AO3)
Attitude of Goole towards character, or characters. Attitude of Priestley as shown through Goole. Attitude of characters towards Eva Smith/Daisy Rention.
Audience awareness of social and historical context in 1946 and today. AO3
Conclusion (AO1) (AO3)
How theme or character/s is revealed in Conclusion of the play and Priestley’s political purpose.
C/K
Connectives/Key words: On the one hand, whereas, however, alternatively, moreover, furthermore, in addition to, this reveals, this indicates, this signifies, this evokes, this creates, this conveys.
SPAG
Accuracy of Spelling, punctuation, grammar.

7. THEMES Social responsibility vs. individual greed
„We don‟t live alone. We are members of one body.‟ So states Inspector Goole in his final speech. His character can be seen as a device to voice Priestley’s views about social responsibility. To what extent do the other characters learn from their encounter with Goole, and how far do members of the audience agree with him?

8. Older vs. younger generations
Why are Mr and Mrs Birling so much more concerned about the potential for “public scandal” than the consequences of their behaviour? Sheila and Eric Birling represent the future: surely there is still time for them to change and adapt to the new order? Can their relationships with the other characters, more entrenched in their views and social positions, survive?

9. Status and power vs dispossessed
At first, the main characters are united in their desire for social status. The arrival of Inspector Goole undermines the natural paths of authority within the household, so how does power shift as the action progresses?

10. The place of women vs men
Represented by Sybil and Sheila Birling, the servant Edna and the invisible but omnipresent Eva/ Daisy, women are seen variously as innocents, social climbers, victims and suspects. How are issues of gender played out and do they enrich or detract from the moral and political messages?

11. Level 6
Convincing, critical analysis and exploration – worth 26–30 marks
AO1
• Critical, exploratory, conceptualised response to task and whole text
• Judicious use of precise references to support interpretation(s)
AO2
• Analysis of writer’s methods with subject terminology used judiciously
• Exploration of effects of writer’s methods on reader
AO3
• Exploration of ideas/perspectives/contextual factors shown by specific, detailed links between context/text/task