Lesson 1 - Chapter 7 (Part 1) Focus on: Reading between the lines, thinking about characters thoughts and feelings.

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Inference- Use evidence to support your answers

1. What was Harry’s first impression of Professor Mcgonagall?

2. Why did the professor’s eyes linger?

3. Find three examples that show the reader that Harry was nervous about the ceremony. 4. If you could ask the sorting hat a question, what would it be?

5. How do you feel about the sorting hat’s attempt at persuading Harry to join Slytherin?

Answers Inference- Use evidence to support your answers

1. He may think she is strict because of her ‘stern look’.

2. She lingered because she was directing her comment about smartening up towards Neville and Ron as they did not look presentable.

3. Harry swallowed hard, his heart gave a horrible jolt, he looked around anxiously, 4. There’s no right or wrong answer here as long as you ask the sorting hat something relevant about chapter 7Example- What about Harry makes you think Harry should join Slytherin?

5. Again there’s no right or wrong answer as long as it is relevant.

Lesson 2 - Chapter 7 (Part 2) Focus on: Find and retrieve information using skim and scan technique.

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Music, ghosts and dormitories. There’s so much going on in chapter 7 and it’s all a bit overwhelming for young Harry. I hope you’ve paid attention whilst reading because there are some find and retrieve style questions below. Try and use the key words in the question to help you find the answer faster!

1. What did Harry not put on his dinner plate?2. How did Sir Nicholas prove he was nearly headless?3. How many cups have Slytherin won?4. When will the Quidditch trials be held?5. What does Dumbledore think is more magical than Hogwarts?6. What was the name of the prefect that Harry met?

Retrieval- Skim and scan for keywords

Music, ghosts and dormitories. There’s so much going on in chapter 7 and it’s all a bit overwhelming for young Harry. I hope you’ve paid attention whilst reading because there are some find and retrieve style questions below. Try and use the key words in the question to help you find the answer faster!

1. Humbugs2. He seized his left ear and pulled.3. 64. Second week of term.5. Music.6. Percy.

ANSWERS Retrieval- Skim and scan for key words

Lesson 3 - Chapter 8 (Part 1) Focus on: Give and explain the meaning of words in context.

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Harry is adjusting to his new life at Hogwarts with ghosts, caretakers and sneaky stares. How do you think he is feeling?

Today we are going to look at some of the vocabulary that JK Rowling has used and check that we understand it and know the meaning. Some you will be able to work out from reading around it in the text. By this, we mean that you will

probably be able to understand the meaning and probably think of an alternative that could be used. If not, use a dictionary or an adult to help.

Look at each of these 6 words where they feature in the text and make sure that you know

what they mean. Write your own definition if you can. Challenge:

use them in sentences where they make sense.

Rickety p1 Solid p1

Poltergeist p1

Patrolled p1

Scrawny p1

Dumpy p2

Lesson 4 - Chapter 8 (Part 2) Focus: To summarise main ideas and seqeunce them on a flow map.

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A Lot has happened in chapter 8, part 2. It is an important skill to try and summarise the main events. This means focussing on major details and not small things such as the colour of Harry’s hair. Can you identify the main events and the order in which they happened? Use a flow map to organise the events.

Harry receives an invitation for tea from Hagrid.

___________ ___________

_________ ___________ ___________

Harry receives an invitation for tea from Hagrid.

Professor Snape takes the register.

Hermione gets told to sit down by Professor Snape.

Neville melts Seamus’s cauldron.

Harry and Ron arrive at Hagrid’s for tea.

Harry reads the newspaper about the Gringotts bank robbery.

EXAMPLE

Lesson 5 - Chapter 9Focus: Today we want you to record yourself reading and write 3 things you loved and one thing you could improve.

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