Recall Quiz 1 But these girls arent labour

Recall Quiz! 1. “But these girls aren’t ______ labour – they’re people. ” 2. “The Germans ______. ” 3. Sheila: “…about this girl – Eva Smith. Why shouldn’t they try for ______? ” 4. Gerald: “I don’t come into this ______ business. ” 5. “We ________ businessmen must say something sometime. ” S 1 – clear understanding S 2 – thoughtful, developed consideration S 3 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration

Literature Paper 2 AO 1 – Read, understand respond to texts (12 marks) AO 2 – Analyse language, structure and form (12 marks) AO 3 – Relationship between text and context (6 marks) AO 4 – Vocabulary and sentence structure, spelling and An Inspector Calls punctuation (4 marks) only S 1 – clear understanding S 2 – thoughtful, developed consideration S 3 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration

An Inspector Calls - QUICK CONTEXT – add quotes where appropriate • J B Priestley wrote An Inspector Calls after the First/second World War and like much of his work contains controversial, politically charged messages. • John Boynton Priestley - born in Yorkshire in 1894. He knew early on that he wanted to become a writer, but decided against going to university as he thought he would get a better feel for the world around him away from academia. Instead, he became a junior clerk with a local wool firm at the age of 16. • When WWI broke out, Priestley joined the infantry and only just escaped death on a number of occasions. After the war, he gained a degree from Cambridge University - wrote his first play in 1932 and went on to write 50 more. Much of his writing was ground-breaking and controversial. He included new ideas about possible parallel universes and strong political messages. • During WW 2 he broadcast a massively popular weekly radio programme which was attacked by the Conservatives as being too left-wing. The programme was eventually cancelled by the BBC for being too critical of the Government. • During the 1930's Priestley became very concerned about the consequences of social inequality in Britain, and in 1942 Priestley and others set up a new political party, the Common Wealth Party, which argued for public ownership of land, greater democracy, and a new 'morality' in politics. The party merged with the Labour Party in 1945, but Priestley was influential in developing the idea of the Welfare State which began to be put into place at the end of the war. • He believed that further world wars could only be avoided through cooperation and mutual respect between countries, and so became active in the early movement for a United Nations. S 1 – clear understanding S 2 – thoughtful, developed consideration S 3 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration

QUICK CONTEXT – add quotes where appropriate An Inspector Calls is set in 1912 An Inspector Calls was written in 1945. The First World War would start in two The Second World War ended in Europe on 8 years. Birling's optimistic view that there May 1945. People were recovering from nearly would not be a war is completely wrong. six years of warfare, danger and uncertainty. There were strong distinctions between Class distinctions had been greatly reduced as a the upper and lower classes. result of two world wars. Women were subservient to men. All a As a result of the wars, women had earned a well off women could do was get married; more valued place in society. a poor woman was seen as cheap labour. There was a great desire for social change. Immediately after The Second World War, The ruling classes saw no need to change Clement Attlee's Labour Party won a landslide the status quo. victory over Winston Churchill and the Conservatives. S 1 – clear understanding S 2 – thoughtful, developed consideration S 3 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration

QUICK CONTEXT – add quotes where appropriate Priestley deliberately set his play in 1912 because the date represented an era when all was very different from the time he was writing. In 1912, rigid class and gender boundaries seemed to ensure that nothing would change. Yet by 1945, most of those class and gender divisions had been breached. Priestley wanted to make the most of these changes. Through this play, he encourages people to seize the opportunity the end of the war had given them to build a better, more caring society. Watch ‘An Inspector Calls’ in context Part 1 and 2 and add to your notes S 1 – clear understanding S 2 – thoughtful, developed consideration S 3 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration

Quick quotes: “But these girls aren’t cheap labour – they’re people. ” “The Germans don’t want war. ” Sheila: “…about this girl – Eva Smith. Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages? ” Gerald: “I don’t come into this suicide business. ” “We hardheaded practical businessmen must say something sometime. ” “It’s my duty to ask questions” “Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable” Sheila - “we are all to blame” Sheila – “between us we killed her” Gerald - ‘We’re respectable citizens and not criminals’ Eric – “You're not the kind of father a chap could go to when he's in trouble" Eric – “the fact remains that I did what I did. And mother did what she did. And the rest of you did what you did to her. " • Inspector - ‘It’s better to ask for the earth than to take it. ’ • Inspector - “One Eva Smith has gone… but there are millions… of Eva Smiths… all intertwined with our lives… if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood anguish. ” • • • S 1 – clear understanding S 2 – thoughtful, developed consideration S 3 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration

Let’s plan an example question… Write the question down with space around to plan with annotations. Remember to add points, quotes and annotations, context links, author’s message, direct response to question… Answer one question: How does Priestley present the generation divide in An Inspector Calls? Write about: • How Mrs Birling is presented throughout An Inspector Calls • The methods Priestley uses to present Mrs Birling. [30 marks] AO 4 – [4 marks] S 1 – clear understanding S 2 – thoughtful, developed consideration S 3 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration

Let’s plan an example question… Write the question down with space around to plan with annotations. Remember to add points, quotes and annotations, context links, author’s message, direct response to question… How does Priestley present Edna in An Inspector Calls? Write about: • How responsibility is explored throughout in An Inspector Calls • How Priestley presents theme of responsibility to an audience. [30 marks] AO 4 – [4 marks] S 1 – clear understanding S 2 – thoughtful, developed consideration S 3 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration

Literature Paper 2 What do you need to focus your revision on? Paper 2: Modern texts and Poetry 2 hours 15 mins Section A: An Inspector Calls 45 mins Section B: Cluster Poetry 45 mins Part A: Analysing an unseen poem 35 mins Section C: Unseen Poetry 45 mins Part B: Compare to unseen poem 10 mins S 1 – clear understanding S 2 – thoughtful, developed consideration S 3 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration