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Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone

• J.K. Rowling

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J.K. Rowling
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The Boy Who LivedChapter 1 pp1-17

• Vocabulary
• chortled
• exasperated
• faltered
• astride
• gingerly

• Response
• Create a character chart of characters throughout
  the story. List both physical and personality
  traits. Also keep a chart of similes and
  metaphors.
• Why do you think J.K. Rowling made a point of
  saying how normal Number Four Privet Drive is and
  of how normal all of the people of that community
  are?
• What do you think Dumbledore meant when he said
  that scars can be useful? Do you agree or
  disagree? Explain.

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The Vanishing GlassChapter 2 pp18-30

• Vocabulary
• parcel
• sniggered

• Response
• What purpose does this chapter serve?
• What is the significance of the episode with the
  snake at the zoo? How are Harry and the snake
  similar?

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The Letter from No OneChapter 3 pp31-45

• Vocabulary
• ambling

• Response
• Why would Mr. Dursley go to such lengths to keep
  Harry from getting a letter?
• Describe how Dudley must have been feeling at
  being deprived of eberything he wanted as a
  result of Harry getting mail.
• What do you think must have been going through
  Harrys mind when he saw the first letter, and
  then the second and third and so on? How would
  you have felt if you were him?

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The Keeper of the KeysChapter 4 pp46-60

• Vocabulary
• trodden
• cowering
• quailed
• rubbish
• clouted
• ruefully

• Response
• Why do you think the author chose Halloween night
  for Voldemort to attack Harrys parents? Explain.
• Describe how Harry must be feeling at realizing
  that for his entire existence he has been lied to
  about who he is and what happened to his parents.
  How can a boy of 11 cope with all of that news in
  such a short period of time?
• Why do you think the author chose for there to be
  a storm on the eve of Harrys 11 birthday? Keep a
  chart of symbols.

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Diagon AlleyChapter 5 pp61-87

• Vocabulary
• clambered
• apothecary
• swarthy
• hurtled
• ravine
• infernal
• drawl
• minuscule
• pliable
• supple
• gawking
• laden

• Response
• When Harry leaves the Leaky Cauldron to enter
  Diagon Alley, he passes through a wall. Make
  connections to other stories where characters
  enter a different world by passing through an
  ordinary every day object.
• Do you think it will be easier or more difficult
  for Harry at Hogwarts because he is famous? Is
  being famous always a good thing? Make
  connections.

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The Journey from PlatformNine and
Three-quartersChapter 6 pp88-112

• Vocabulary
• gangling
• sidled
• thronging

• Response
• What does Harry learn about the wizarding world
  on his journey to Hogwarts?
• At the beginning of the story, the conflict dealt
  with Harrys mistreatment by the Dursleys. What
  is the conflict of the story now?

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The Sorting HatChapter 7 pp113-130

• Vocabulary
• toil
• chivalry
• cunning
• amid
• gales
• pompously
• sallow
• poltergeist

• Response
• Why was Harry so against being sorted into
  Slytherin? Why did the Sorting Hat think it would
  be a good fit?
• What do you think the significance was of the
  dream with Professor Quirrells turban? Might it
  foreshadow something?
• Add any new characters to your chart. Try to make
  connections between characters. Think like an
  author!

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The Potions MasterChapter 8 pp131-142

• Vocabulary
• ensnaring

• Response
• Why do you think Snape hates Harry so much? Try
  to find evidence from what you have read in the
  story and not from what you have seen in the
  movie.
• What do you think was in vault 713 at Gringotts
  Bank? Why would someone want to steal it and risk
  being captured?

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The Midnight DuelChapter 9 pp143-162

• Vocabulary
• bellowed

• Response
• Harry has finally discovered something he is good
  at doing, flying. Describe something you are good
  at doing.
• Would you have risked getting kicked out of the
  school to duel with Malfoy? Explain.
• Does Harry go looking for trouble, or does
  trouble just seem to find him?

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HalloweenChapter 10 pp163-179

• Vocabulary
• keen
• bludgeon
• askew
• berserk

• Response
• Do you think it was fair for Harry to receive a
  new broomstick when it is against the rules for
  first years to have one? Should there be
  exceptions to rules? Has anyone at our school
  ever been allowed an exception to a rule? How
  does that make you feel? How do you think Malfoy
  felt?
• Why do you think Hermione lied about the incident
  with the troll? Why do you think this event
  brought Hermione, Harry, and Ron together as
  friends? Have you ever experienced a time when
  you became friends with someone whom you never
  thought you would be friends with? What happened?

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QuidditchChapter 11 pp180-193

• Vocabulary
• conjured
• diversion
• wheedled
• gruffly
• rubbish

• Response
• What reasons do Harry, Ron, and Hermione have to
  suspect Snape of trying to kill Harry? Why do you
  think Hagrid disagrees with them?
• Where else have you heard the name Nicolas
  Flamel?
• What is the main conflict of the story now? Has
  it changed from the beginning of the story?

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The Mirror ErisedChapter 12 pp194-214

• Vocabulary
• provoked
• festoons
• disgruntled
• brandished
• bounded
• ornate
• transfixed

• Response
• What is Malfoys motivation for taunting Harry?
• Who do you think sent Harry the invisibility
  cloak? Explain.
• What do you think Dumbledore sees when he looks
  in the Mirror of Erised? Describe what you would
  see.

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Nicolas FlamelChapter 13 pp215-227

• Vocabulary
• sinister
• elixir

• Response
• Why do you think Snape would referee a Quidditch
  game?
• What would you do with a Sorcerers Stone if you
  had one?
• Why do you think Dumbledore showed up at the
  Quidditch match?

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Norbert the Norwegian RidgebackChapter 14
pp228-241

• Vocabulary

• Response
• Think like an author. Why is this chapter
  important?

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The Forbidden ForestChapter 15 pp242-261

• Vocabulary
• alibis
• resolution
• furor
• scudding
• livid
• cantered

• Response
• Why would the two centaurs in the forest keep
  telling Hagrid that Mars is bright tonight? What
  do you think Mars symbolizes?
• What do you think the planets have foretold? What
  is Firenze alluding to?
• Who do you think left Harry the invisibility
  cloak? Why?

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Through the TrapdoorChapter 16 pp262-287

• Vocabulary
• basking
• exasperation
• omen
• skulking
• tendrils
• vicious
• threshold

• Response
• The different enchantments and spells are
  difficult for fully trained wizards and witches.
  So how did Harry, Ron, and Hermione make it
  through them rather easily?
• What theme is represented in this chapter?
  Explain.
• Who is in the last chamber?

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The Man with Two FacesChapter 17 pp288-309

• Vocabulary
• treble
• idly
• loathed
• confiscated
• detest
• sidled
• din
• abysmal

• Response
• Make connections to other stories where evil,
  dark people have been hurt by good people, like
  Quirrell/Voldemort was hurt by Harrys touch.
• Under what circumstances do you think Harrys
  father saved Professor Snapes life?
• What do you think the saying . . .to the well
  organized mind, death is but an adventure means?
• Do you think that Dumbledore meant for Harry to
  go after the stone, as Ron implied? Explain.
• Look beyond the heros adventure quest. What
  themes were revealed throughout the story? Which
  theme do you think is the most important and why?