CONTEXT LINKS - An Inspector Calls What can you tell me?

1. Literature Paper 2 GCSE Literature Paper 2 Fri 26th May 5 – clear understanding6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration CONTEXT LINKS - An Inspector Calls What can you tell me?

2. Literature Paper 2 GCSE Literature Paper 2 Fri 26th May AO1 – Read, understand and respond to texts (12 marks) AO2 – Analyse language, structure and form (12 marks) AO3– Relationship between text and context (6 marks) AO4 – Vocabulary and sentence structure, spelling and punctuation (4 marks) Inspector Calls only 5 – clear understanding6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration

3. Literature Paper 2 GCSE Literature Paper 2 Fri 26th May Mark scheme descriptors: • Band 4 – level 5 – clear understanding • Band 5 – Level 6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration • Band 6 – level 8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration 5 – clear understanding6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration

4. Literature Paper 2 GCSE Literature Paper 2 Fri 26th May 5 – clear understanding6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration

5. Literature Paper 2 GCSE Literature Paper 2 Fri 26th May 5 – clear understanding6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration • Section A: An Inspector Calls • 45 mins • You will be given a choice of two questions to pick from • There is no extract: you need to know a range of quotes to back up your ideas • The question could focus on character or theme • Remember that the text is a play: talk about staging and directions as well as dialogue • Analyse the methods used by Priestley • Link to context: social, political, historical…. Priestley’s social views/opinions ‘through the Inspector we see…’ • Spend 45 mins on this – 5 mins to plan, 35 to write and 5 to check and edit

6. Literature Paper 2 GCSE Literature Paper 2 Fri 26th May QUICK CONTEXT – add quotes where appropriate • J B Priestley wrote An Inspector Calls after the First 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 WW2 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.

7. Literature Paper 2 GCSE Literature Paper 2 Fri 26th May 5 – clear understanding6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration QUICK CONTEXT – add quotes where appropriate

8. Literature Paper 2 GCSE Literature Paper 2 Fri 26th May QUICK CONTEXT – add quotes where appropriate Priestley deliberately set his play in 1912because 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.

9. Literature Paper 2 GCSE Literature Paper 2 Fri 26th May 5 – clear understanding6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration • Section B: Cluster Poetry • 45 mins • All 15 poems will be listed • One poem will be named, you pick which will be the best to compare to - cross out all the poems that would not work • Use the named poem for AO2 in particular, you can just mention ideas / paraphrase from the other poem • Lots of quotes get in the way! Pick only ones you can squeeeeze everything from • AO3 – think about the genre of the poem, ideas in relation to the theme – e.g. War/PTSD/conditions/relation to conflict today • Use the correct terminology but do not technique spot! IMPACT/EFFECT/INFLUENCE on reader (modern/contemporary) • Spend 45 mins on this – 5 mins to plan, 35 to write and 5 to check and edit

10. Literature Paper 2 GCSE Literature Paper 2 Fri 26th May 5 – clear understanding6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration • Ozymandias • London • The Prelude • My Last Duchess • Charge of the light brigade • Exposure • Storm on the Island • Bayonet Charge • Remains • Poppies • War Photographer • Tissue • The Emigree • Kamikaze • Checking out me history • Section B: Cluster Poetry • 45 mins • Power of Humans • Power of Nature • Effects of Conflict • Reality of Conflict • Loss and Absence • Memory • Negative Emotions • Identity • Individual Experiences

11. Literature Paper 2 GCSE Literature Paper 2 Fri 26th May 5 – clear understanding6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration • Only marked on AO1 and AO2 – no context • Read the blurb carefully as it will give you a clue about the poem • You are not expected to know and understand the poem – so don’t panic! • Do not technique spot, focus instead on why the methods are used • Effect/impact/influence on the reader is key – think reader reaction! • Spend around 35 mins on this – 5 mins to read and annotate before you write • Part A: Analysing an unseen poem • 35 mins

12. Literature Paper 2 GCSE Literature Paper 2 Fri 26th May 5 – clear understanding6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration • This part is only worth 8 marks, so only spend 10 minutes on it • Another poem – you compare it to the first unseen poem – no comparison, no marks • Comparison of language/method only (AO2) • 2 paragraphs: • Both poems …. X1 (or 2 if you have time) • However…. X1 • You MUST include effect/impact/influence on reader • You will already have been given a hint on what the poem is about • Part B: Compare to unseen poem • 10 mins

13. Literature Paper 2 GCSE Literature Paper 2 Fri 26th May 5 – clear understanding6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration • How does Priestley present ________________: • In the extract • In the play as a whole What references/lines would you use to answer the question if it were on: How and why Sheila changes? Attitudes to helping the lower class • Section A: An Inspector Calls • 45 mins

14. Literature Paper 2 GCSE Literature Paper 2 Fri 26th May 5 – clear understanding6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration Compare the ways poets present conflict in ‘_________’ and one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. • Section B: Cluster Poetry • 45 mins • Bayonet Charge Which poem would you pick if this was the given poem? Write a brief plan with references/lines you would analyse.

15. Literature Paper 2 GCSE Literature Paper 2 Fri 26th May 5 – clear understanding6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration Compare the ways poets present ideas about power of man in ‘_________’ and one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. • Section B: Cluster Poetry • 45 mins • My Last Duchess Which poem would you pick if this was the given poem? Write a brief plan with references/lines you would analyse.

16. Literature Paper 2 GCSE Literature Paper 2 Fri 26th May 5 – clear understanding6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration And finally... 2 hours 15 min – split your time equally Only answer one ‘An Inspector Calls’ question Highlight the key quotes Plan to help you structure your answer Remember to breathe! Have breakfast before you get to school Have a bottle of water with you … you really know everything there is to know about this exam. You have totally got this: be confident! • Part B: Compare to unseen poem • 10 mins

17. Literature Paper 2 GCSE Literature Paper 2 Fri 26th May 5 – clear understanding6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration What do you need to focus on? Read through past mocks/essays/feedback and recap what you need to do to improve. Use this time for any last minute revision! You know everything you need for this exam and have been such a brilliant class. Whatever happens, I am proud of you!