Creating Characters: Captain Hardcastle

Teach students how great writers like Roald Dahl create their characters. This powerpoint introduces four lessons on Dahl’s iconic teacher, Captain Hardcastle, from his memoir “Boy”.
The folder includes:

1. Lesson 1 - analysis grid on how Dahl “shows, not tells” and exercise for students to do the same.
2. Lesson 2 - analysis grid on how Dahl uses similes and metaphors and exercise for students to create simile.s
3. Lesson 3 - analysis grid on how Dahl uses colour in his description and exercises for students to come up with more interesting colour adjectives and to use them.
4. Lesson 4 - write an essay on how Dahl creates this unpleasant character with 3 WAGOLL PEE paragraphs and further support.
   You’ll end up despising this character, just as Dahl intended!