An Inspector Calls 2010 TES English Collection
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An Inspector Calls - by J.B. Priestley
Drama
An Inspector Calls - Print-based Teaching and Revision Resources
The TES English collection of print-based (Word and PDF) teaching resources, activities and worksheets on An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestly. Also included are a range of interactive whiteboard resources and twenty audio files on many aspects of the play.
An Inspector Calls Collection 1-10
- Priestley, pre-reading prediction tasks on book covers, character and stage directions.
An Inspector Calls Collection 11- 20
- Context, location and setting, entrances and exits, dramatic irony, character, themes and using quotes.
An Inspector Calls Collection 21-30
- Context, plot, tension, character and themes.
An Inspector Calls Collection 31-40
- Dramatic techniques, context, plot, tension, character and themes
An Inspector Calls - Audio MP3 Revision & Teaching Resources
Twenty MP3 revision files on J B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls. Included are summaries and commentary on many aspects of the play including: act summaries, character, context, theme, and dramatic style & technique.
An Inspector Calls Revision MP3s - Act Summaries
- Three MP3 audio files on J. B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls. Act summaries - One, Two & Three.
An Inspector Calls Revision MP3s - Character
- Seven MP3 audio files on J. B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls. Character summaries: Birling, Mrs Birling, Sheila, Eric, Gerald, Inspector Goole, Eva / Daisy.
An Inspector Calls Revision MP3s - Context & Themes
- Six MP3 audio files on J. B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls. Context and themes: Class, Gender, Generations, Historical Context, Responsibility & Social Context.
An Inspector Calls Revision MP3s - Dramatic Style & Technique
- Four MP3 audio files on J. B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls. Dramatic Style: Dramatic Irony, Exits & Entrances, Lighting and Stage Directions.
An Inspector Calls - Interactive Whiteboard Teaching Resources
To use the IWB resources and tools, click the .SWF link. When prompted, select ‘Open’ or ‘Open with’. From the menu, choose your Internet browser.
- Countdown timer for question time.
- Image analysis IWB tool created for further exploration of the text.
- Single spinner interactive whiteboard resource.
- Double spinner interactive whiteboard resource.
- Ranking, grouping and sorting activity.
- Revision quiz and quiz editor for identifying characters from the text.
- Interactive quiz activity.
- Identify characters from the text.
- Stop the clock quiz and quiz editor with three competency levels.
- Text analysis IWB tool for further exploration of the text.
- True or false quiz and quiz editor.

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Dear Colleagues,
I hope that you are finding our new collection of TES English resources on An Inspector Calls both useful and inspirational.
Re the same, and in order to help us plan future collections, we really need your feedback. So, please take a moment to rate the collection and / or individual resources within it. Also, please leave comments on how you have used (intend to use) the resources and / or how you have adapted (intend to adapt) them for use with your students and classes. At a later stage, we will issue formal surveys around these collections. In the meantime, your feedback will be extremely helpful as we will use it to inform further development and potential investment in new collections.
Regards,
Chantel Mathias
TES English
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15:42
4 October, 2010
TESEnglish
So grateful for such a resource. Pat
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12:40
19 November, 2010
PatMoore21
Dear Pat,
Thank you for your feedback. It is very much appreciated.
Yours sincerely,
Chantel
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12:01
22 November, 2010
TESEnglish
I am grateful too. Frantically cuttling pasting and juggling to create a personalised IWB. Certainly freshening up my approach,
Lou
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20:40
18 January, 2011
ltarring
They are brilliant. Thank you. However, despite looking and looking, I can only find the Act summaries in audio files. The others seem to be missing.
Thanks
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14:25
18 March, 2011
TraceyBall
Thank you for the kind feedback.
Apologies, Tracey. They'd gone AWOL! All twenty are now listed above.
Regards,
Chantel
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14:53
23 March, 2011
TESEnglish
Great resources! Can't wait to start teaching the text now.
Thanks,
Gem
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10:30
8 September, 2011
gem_stew
Awe inspiring. Thanks for the resources.
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22:48
21 September, 2011
nickyb123
A great resource and a real time saver! I can't wait to go through everything and personalise for my SOW.
Thanks!
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11 January, 2012
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