An Inspector Calls by JB Priestly - Drama Text Study
Explore J. B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls with this comprehensive drama text study. This EDITABLE resource takes students from an introduction to drama and contextual understanding through to close analysis, interpretation, and critical thinking.
Students explore the play’s characters and relationships, setting, structure, language, stagecraft, conflict, themes, symbolism, perspective, audience, and purpose. Activities guide students through supporting their ideas with evidence, considering alternative interpretations, making connections across the play, and exploring its ideas from different perspectives.
This resource is well suited to Phase 4 English through to Year 11 Cambridge. It includes opportunities for students to interpret and analyse a complex drama text, explore different perspectives, make connections, and develop critical responses. It also includes activities that invite students to consider ideas in the play through concepts from mātauranga Māori, including whanaungatanga, manaakitanga, kotahitanga, and mana.
Included in this resource:
⭐ One fully editable student activity booklet
⭐ One fully editable teacher answer booklet
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You/your students will enjoy:
❤️ Building confidence with drama and playscript conventions.
❤️ Researching the historical and social context of the play.
❤️ Investigating how language, structure, and stagecraft shape. meaning.
❤️ Exploring ideas through different perspectives, including concepts from mātauranga Māori.
❤️ Considering alternative interpretations and developing independent responses.
❤️ Developing critical thinking through discussion, debate, and literary lenses.
❤️ Connecting the play’s ideas with other texts and the modern world.
Formats:
🖥️ Microsoft PowerPoint, resized to an A4 page. This means your resource:
- Is completely editable.
- Will easily upload to your Google Drive if you prefer the Googley suite.
- Is printable 📃
🖥️ A PDF version of each document.
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Also helpful are these related products:
✅ Teacher Guide to Teaching Any Text
✅Literary Analysis Toolkit for Teachers - Planning and Teaching Any Text
✅ Literary Elements - Aspects - BUNDLE
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