An Inspector Calls: power and responsibility
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' understanding of power dynamics and responsibility in 'Lord of the Flies'. In this unit, pupils develop a deeper understanding of how writers' responded to some of the key challenges in the mid twentieth century, and what ideas and questions this raised. This unit builds towards the first 'An Inspector Calls' deep dive, 'societal expectations of gender and class', where pupils will start to think more deeply about the play's ideas and themes.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils can make clear inferences about texts.
- Pupils can comment on the language choices of an author.
- Pupils can comment on character development as part of structural analysis.
- Pupils understand that the social and historical context of text impact our interpretation of it.
- Pupils can write clear topic sentences.
- Pupils can select evidence from a text to support their analysis.
- Pupils can structure their arguments using Single Paragraph Outlines.
- Pupils have an understanding that power corrupts.
- Pupils can use noun appositives to give greater detail about characters.
- Pupils can use conjunctions to explain their inferences.
Threads
Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' understanding of power dynamics and responsibility in 'Lord of the Flies'. In this unit, pupils develop a deeper understanding of how writers' responded to some of the key challenges in the mid twentieth century, and what ideas and questions this raised. This unit builds towards the first 'An Inspector Calls' deep dive, 'societal expectations of gender and class', where pupils will start to think more deeply about the play's ideas and themes.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils can make clear inferences about texts.
- Pupils can comment on the language choices of an author.
- Pupils can comment on character development as part of structural analysis.
- Pupils understand that the social and historical context of text impact our interpretation of it.
- Pupils can write clear topic sentences.
- Pupils can select evidence from a text to support their analysis.
- Pupils can structure their arguments using Single Paragraph Outlines.
- Pupils have an understanding that power corrupts.
- Pupils can use noun appositives to give greater detail about characters.
- Pupils can use conjunctions to explain their inferences.
Literature
An Inspector Calls: power and responsibility
In this unit, pupils start their exploration of the characters, themes and ideas in 'An Inspector Calls'. They first look at the key context behind the play, before exploring each of the main characters and themes. They finally plan and write an essay about the role of responsibility in the play.
16 lessons in unit
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