Recounts ('Prisoner of Azkaban' & 'Order of the Phoenix')

With TA/Tutor

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Back to Lockdown?

If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.

SPAG Revision
Revise the vocabulary and punctuation of questions. Look at cohesion between paragraphs using adverbials and topic sentences. Revise verbs and tense, including simple and progressive past and present and the perfect form. Finally, look at formal and informal language, the concept of register and the use of subjunctive mood.

5-minute SPAG Revision
Revise adverbials and word classes, then verbs and tense: simple past/present, progressive past/present and perfect form. Also revise informal and formal language, including subjunctive form.

Essential Texts

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling (any edition)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling (any edition)

Films (all rated PG) – or use weblinks below
Knight bus in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (00:07:48-00:12:35)
Weasley twins leave school in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (01:34:23-01:37:36)

Weblinks to YouTube clips
Knight bus scene
Introducing Umbridge
Umbridge arrives and gives a speech
Umbridge's first lesson (stop at 2:23 to avoid spoiler about Cedric Diggory)
Umbridge 'raises' standards and issues decrees