J' K' Rowling

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J. K. Rowling

• Harry Potter Series(click on newest book to
  proceed)
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone(c 1997)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets(c 1998)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(c 1999)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(c 2000)

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Growing up

• In school, J. K. was not a very good student, one
  teacher put her in the stupid row.
• When she graduated from college she went to work
  for Amnesty International which is a human rights
  organization that helps people in many countries
  who have been put in jail because of their
  political beliefs .
• After this she went to
• Portugal to teach English.

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Tough Times

• After teaching in Portugal J.K. returned to
  England.
• She could not afford daycare so she had to go on
  Welfare.
• She never gave up on the idea
  of writing her Harry
  Potter stories.

HARRY POTTER
HARRY POTTER
HARRY POTTER
HARRY POTTER
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone

• Rowlings first big hit.
• Introduces Harry(main character) who is left
  orphaned because of the evil Voldemort.
• He is left as a baby to live with an aunt and
  uncle and a cousin who are mean to him.
• He doesnt know it, but he is a wizard, and can
  make strange things happen--unconsciously at
  first and later at age 11 he goes to hogwarts
  School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and the
  adventure begins

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

• Harry Potters second year of Hogwarts.
• Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark
  power that has once more been released on the
  school.
• This time it is in the form of a monster that has
  escaped from the chamber of secrets and is
  turning students to stone.
• Harry must confront the monster and evil
  Voldemort yet again.

Quidditch
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Harry Potter and the Prixoner of Azkaban

• Harrys 3rd year at Hogwarts.
• New character Sirus Black a buddy of Voldemort
  has escaped from Azkaban, a prison for bad
  wizards and is stalking Harry.
• In this story Harry learns more about his parents
  and then more about himself.

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Harry Potter and the goblet of fire

• Harry Potter, a fourth-year student at Hogwarts
  School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, longs to
  escape his hateful relatives, the Dursleys, and
  live as a normal fourteen-year-old wizard, but
  what Harry does not yet realize is that he is not
  a normal wizard, and in his case, different can
  be deadly.

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The future of Harry Potter...

• Rowling plans to write 7 Harry Potter
  volumes(books).
• In Future stories, Harrys enemies are going to
  get stronger.
• A movie for The Sorcerers Stone has already been
  released and a movie is going to be produced for
  Chamber of Secrets.
• J. K. Rowling lives in Edinburg, Scotland with
  her daughter.

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About J. K. Rowling

• J. K Rowling was always a really good student,
  her hard work in school paid off and eventually
  she became the awesome writer she is today.
• Click on the correct answer
• True or False

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After working for Amnesty International Rowling

• After teaching in Portugal J.K. Rowling returned
  to England, she had some tough times and could
  not afford daycare for her daughter so she had to
  go on Welfare
• True or False

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WHICH OF THESE IS NOT TRUE

• 1. Rowling plans to write 7 Harry Potter
  volumes(books)
• 2. In Future stories, Harrys enemies are going
  to get stronger
• 3. A movie for The Sorcerers Stone has already
  been released and a movie is going to be produced
  for Chamber of Secrets.
• 4. J. K. Rowling lives in Duluth, Minnesota with
  her 14 year old son.

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