Story openers & letters ('Philosopher's Stone' chapters 1-4)

With TA/Tutor

TA/Tutor materials are not being prepared for this unit.

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
Word classes, sentence types and their punctuation and syntax of a sentence (subject, verb, object, parts of a clause) are all covered in this introductory presentation. It also encompasses features of letters.

5-minute SPAG Revision
Revise word classes, using seven different slides. Then revise sentence syntax and punctuation, and finally, revise features of letters.

Essential Texts
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling (any editions)

Optional Texts
Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling (any edition)

Audiobook
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone – 7 CD set read by Stephen Fry

Films (all rated PG) – or use weblinks below
Ron receives a howler in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (00:34:02-00:35:10)
Optional: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Websites
Dictionary from Oxford Dictionaries
Harry Potter Glossary (mainly nouns) from Bloomsbury
Ron receives a howler YouTube clip [pre-watch to decide whether to avoid expletive by missing first seconds]