AN INSPECTOR CALLS

LO: To understand Mrs. Birling’s character and her register

To write a empathetic diary entry as Mrs. Birling

HOMEWORK

• Terminology list• Swap with the person next to you• Peer assessment

READ PAGES 29 – 30

•What has just happened?•When reading, think about how might Mrs. Birling might be feeling/her tone

GROUP TASK

• Using the terminology table• Identify the different examples in the extract• Annotate it – what does it show about Mrs. Birling’s

character?

• In groups of 4 or 5• Carousel• In your groups, you have 2 minutes to annotate as

many stylistic features of Mrs. Birling’s speech• Once the 2 minutes is up, one person passes it

around to the next group

FEEDBACK - MINDMAP

•When groups are giving feedback, write down some utterances or words in a mindmap that you think are really important to show Mrs. Birling’s personality• If you think of other words, add it to your mindmap!

INDEPENDENT WRITING TASK

• Mrs. Birling is recollecting her interrogation by the Inspector. Write a diary entry focusing on her first interaction with the Inspector• Use words and utterances that you think

Mrs. Birling would use

10 minutes

Challenge – include

contextual information

from the previous pages

IF YOU WANT HELP…

How dare he? This poorly educated man coming into my delightful house and accusing me of such a disgusting crime...

What an absolute imbecile. He needs to learn a few manners...brainwashing my daughter and accusing me of such a crime.

I knew this man was bad news when I saw him. He was similar to my husband...dominant, feisty, but seemed to care about others. What is the world coming to?

PEER ASSESSMENT

1. Have they established an appropriate tone for Mrs. Birling?

2. Have they used appropriate words as if they were Mrs. Birling?

3. Have they used appropriate utterances as if they were Mrs. Birling?

4. SPaG errors

Write a WWW and EBI for the student

PLENARY

• On a post-it note, write down ONE original word, phrase or utterance that you think Mrs. Birling would use in her speech or written work• Stick it onto the A3 paper at the front