What does each paragraph mainly talk about?

1. What does each paragraph mainly talk about? P1: J.K.Rowling and her books. P2. Harry Potter , the main character of the books. P3: Hogwarts, the place where the story happens. P4. Harry’s feeling, which readers share.

2. Word search *Unreal or strange P1 *One following another P1 *The front part of one’s head P1 *Very unhappy P2 *To meet or to find P3 *Trust P4 magic A series of forehead miserable Come across Believe in

3. Questions 1.What does Rowling’s books about? 2. Why is Harry’s life miserable before he goes to Hogwarts? 3. What does Harry learn about himself at Hogwarts? 4. “where someone is born and what a person looks like is not as important as what he or she grows up to be.” what does the sentence mean?

4. Questions & Answers 1.What does Rowling’s books about? They are about magic and strange creatures, but they still tell us something about the real world. 2. Why is Harry’s life miserable before he goes to Hogwarts? It is miserable because his parents are dead and the family he is living with treats him badly.

5. 3. What does Harry learn about himself at Hogwarts? he needs to be strong; make friends to be brave the truth about his past about the power of love and goodness

6. fight against 4.Harry has to ______ _____ bad wizards and do the right thing. He learns that it is not always easy to do what is right. You must ________ what you do and who you are if you want to _________ the world----the _______ world of Hogwarts and the real one. where someone is born and what a person looks like is not as important as what he or she ________to be. Two people may come from different worlds, but they can still be good friends if they ____ the same hopes, ____ and drams. We must trust ourselves and help others if we want to be happy and ____ a good life. believe in succeed in magical grows up share goals live

7. T or F F • Harry Potter is a world-famous writer. • Harry Potter was born in a rich family and grew up with his mother and father. • Harry Potter is a boy with a scar on his forehead. • Harry goes to an ordinary school. • Harry learns a lot about the real world at Hogwarts. • Harry discovers that it is easy to do the right thing. F T F T F

8. Discussion • Is Harry Potter a good novel?why? • Do you think that we can learn about the real world by reading novels?

9. Full name: Joanne Kathleen Rowling She was born in England.her career started at the age of six when she wrote a story called Rabbit. The idea for Harry Potter occurred to J.K.Rowling on the train to London. The Harry Potter series has won lots of awards and become a tremendous success around the world. J.K.Rowling

10. His parents died, and he lived with his uncle, aunt and his brother, who treated him badly.On his 11 birthday, a bird told him to go to Hogwarts. He learnt a lot there, such as love, friendship, hard working and so on.

11. Hogwarts An unusual school . There are long tables and lots of candles inside. The hall is very big. It is one of the most famous school of witchcraft and wizardry in Europe. All the students need to live in the school. The motto of the school is “Don’t offend the dragon”.