Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone pages 87-100

Harry is now on his way to Diagon Alley!  One of my favorite things that you can buy there is the moon globe.  I actually had one when I was a child.  It had the landing places of the Apollo landings!

Pronunciation
instruments  inst ra ments
towered - very tall
swarthy - dark skin
stool oo
marble mar bl
wide  long I
plunged  plun ged
eagerly - very excited
crime long I
kind long I
hopped one syllable
quiet  kwi et
wrote  long o

Questions
Why did Dumbledore engineer that Harry grow up in the Muggle world?
Why can't the people in the Leaky Cauldron let Harry go?
Who is Professor Qurrel?
Why does he always tremble?
How do you get into Diagon Alley?
Why does Harry need 8 more eyes?
What does the poem mean at the entrance of Gringotts?
Why does Hagrid have all the stuff in his pockets?
What is surprising about the tunnels under Gringotts?
What is the difference between stalactites and stalagmites.
for a beautiful picture:
 http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/stalactite.html

Why doesn't vault 713 have a keyhole?


Homework:
Harry goes to a new place that has never seen before?  Tell about at time that you went to a new place that you have never seen before.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Book #1, Chapter 5 pages 76 -87

Diagon Alley is Harry's introduction  to the magical world. Harry is filled with wonder and so are we
Owls were the means of communication, but in the modern world during WWI and WWII carrier pigeons were used:

Carrier Pigeons
https://www.reference.com/pets-animals/carrier-pigeons-extinct-eb4694c26dd6437b


Key terms

 collasped - broken down  

his heart sinking- he is very disappointed

 rapping - knocking

delivery - brought to the door

 high-security - very important, need to keep safe  

 while - at the same time

Bungler - someone who messes everything up 

 pelts - throws something at someone  

 Blimey - slang for oh my God! 

 stared - to look intently 

sense of humor - knowing when something is funny

grubby - wet dirty 

record shop - a place where 33rpm recordings were sold 

 shabby - needs repair  

Pronunciation
delivery - de li ver ri
Bungler bun gler
Blimey -  long i
complained com play ned
piles long i


What does Harry get as a birthday present from Hagrid?
What does he usually get for his birthday?
What date is Harry's birthday?
How does Hagrid use magic? Why does he do that?
Why doesn't Harry want to open his eyes the next morning?
Who does he think is tapping at the window?
How does Harry pay the owl?
Where do wizards keep their money?
How do Hagrid and Harry get to the shore?
Why is it difficult for Harry to keep quiet while Hagrid reads the newspaper?
What does the Ministry of Magic do? Why?
Why is Hagrid amazed at parking meters?
Why doesn't Hagrid understand Muggle money?
What is funny about the list of books and authors on Harry's book list?
Describe the problems that Hagid has when he is traveling on the train?
Why can't the passerby see the Leaky Cauldron?

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Chapter 4 pages 57-75

Questions
How does Harry find out about Hogwarts?
Who is the man who comes into the hut?
What is the reaction of Vernon Dursely?
What does the giant do first?
How does he react when he finds out that Harry doesn't know about wizards?
What does Aunt Petuna react to the news?
How did they explain how Harry's parents died?
What was the truth?
How does Harry react to Hagrid's news?

Harry Potter #1 pages 40-48

This is a Whelk. Seafood that Aunt Marge gets sick on!  Well I would get sick eating one too!

Pronunciation
usual u zh al
written wri ten
wildly wild li
Marge - hard g
shelves  say l clearly

Vocabulary

emerald green ink
letter bomb - a bomb that would fit inside a letter.
promptly - on time
whelk - sea snail
Marge -Uncle Vernon's sister
swapped - to exchange one thing for another
bawling - crying  very loudly
spying - to have someone under surveillance
darkly - frowning at each other
wrestle - a fight on the ground

Questions:
What doe Harry feel about his school uniform?
Who finally gets the mail?
What does Harry find?
How does he feel about it?
What happens when Harry tries to gets his letter?
What is Uncle Vernon's reaction?
Why won't Uncle Vernon and Petunia let Harry read his letter?
 What did Uncle Vernon do that was unusual?
What did he do with the letter?
What was painful about Uncle Vernon?
What falls into his hair?
What is the condition of Harry's new room?
What wasn't touched?
How does Harry feel about the new room?
Why does Dudley want the letter?
Why did a second letter come?


Homework: Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia are scared of the letter.  Explain why.

Harry Potter #1 pages 36-41

This part of the book shows us Harry's childhood. Where he sleeps, how he deals with Dudley and the highlight, the trip to the zoo.

Dudley's Smelting uniform 

UK educational system overview
 http://www.educationuk.org/global/articles/16-and-under-education-path/

Vocabulary
argue - to talk back

Questions:
: What are the most important facts about Harry's childhood?
What does he feel about the strangers in the street?
 What does he remember about his parents?
What is his first memory?
 At what age do you think children have a first memory?
What are the most important facts about Harry's childhood?
 What does he feel about the strangers in the street?
 What does he remember about his parents?
What is his first memory?
 At what age do you think children have a first memory?
What do you think about Dumbledore's decision to have Harry grow up with the Dureley's?
Why does Dudley get to go a different school?
What special things does Dudley get in his uniform?
 What does Harry think about Dudley's uniform?
What do Dudley's parents feel about it?

Do children have to wear uniforms to school?
What does your uniform look like?



Homework: Write a paragraph about how Harry's childhood will help shape his later life.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Lesson Plan pages 22-31

Hagrid's Hankerchief! 

Ten years have passed since we saw Harry dropped off at his Aunt's and Uncle's house. 

Lets read to find out what type of childhood Harry had. 

Key Terms 

shrill - very high and annoying

demanded  asking strongly

cupboard - a place for storing dishes

knobbly - knees bigger than they should be 

punched   hit

meanwhile  - at the same time

tantrum - starts to scream and yell a lot

 unwrap

wrap means to cover up with pretty paper

 un means the opposite

ruins - destroyed

wailed - scream loudly

spoil - something went bad

shrunk - gotten smaller because of too hot water

mustache - hair on the upper lip of a grown man

Pronunciation

  fateful  fate ful

  sign long I

demanded de man ded

hid den short I

wanted  want ted

involved say d clearly 

bacon long a  

hair  haire 

direction dir reck shun

cabbage cab je

 scrawny too thin

scissors  sis zors  

Questions:

Why do we fast forward 10 years? 

What were our expectations about Harry's childhood?  Were you surprised? 

Where does Harry sleep? 

What does his Aunt want him to do? 

What day is today? 

How many presents did Dudley get? 

Why is he still not satisfied?  How does his father react?

Explain how Harry finally gets to go to the zoo? 

What strange things always happen to Harry?  Why? 

Homework:

Make up what it must have been like for Harry living in the Dursley's household.   How does he explain the funny things that happen to him? What does he think about his parents?

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Lesson plan pages 11-16

 Harry has not yet arrived in Privet Drive.  There are strange happenings all around Great Britain!
What would you do?

Professor McGonagal after waiting all day in front of #4 Privet Drive

Key Terms
beady-eyed
rummaging
amused
chuckled
muttered
tabby
ruffled
precious little to celebrate
irritably
noble
pin pricks
irritably
exasperated
admire
piercing

Pronunciation
realize real i z
flicked  flict
noble nobl
glumly  glumli
distance dis tnece
ru mers
ad mire

Background links:
Surry Little Whinging
 https://www.hp-lexicon.org/2003/11/13/surrey-showing-the-location-of-little-whinging-on-the-scene-investigation-by-nik-the-hermit/

Owl behavior http://www.owlpages.com/owls/articles.php?a=2


Questions
What has happened in the story so far?
How is Mr Dursley taking the situation with the owls and strange people in the street?
Who has been waiting all day in front of #4 Privet Drive?
Who arrives suddenly?
What time is it?
How does the new arrival recognize the cat?
What are the rumors?  Are they true?
Where is Harry going to live?  Why?
How is everything going to be explained?


Homework:
Write the letter that the Dursleys are going to receive.  Tell Harry's Aunt and Uncle what happened in a way that they are going to understand.