Creating Characters: Joss Merlyn

Using an extract from Daphne Du Maurier’s eternally fascinating novel “Jamaica Inn”, teach students how master writers create characters. The lesson includes:

1. Background information on the novel and writer.
2. Extract from novel describing Joss.
3. Worksheet on language analysis.
4. Prediction exercise for how extract continues.
5. Character Profile Proforma for students to create their own characters with quirky questions to provoke thoughts.
   Your students will be so fascinated by this rough villain that they will be desperate to read the book or watch the BBC adaptation at least!