The Story of J.K. Rowling

and Harry Potter

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The Story of J.K. Rowling

and Harry Potter

1) Three adjectives and A brief introduction to J.K. Rowling

J.K. Rowling is a gifted fantasy literature writer . At the beginning, she was very poor, but she was stubborn and overcame all the difficulties . Finally, she made a big success.

2)the structure of the text

Part I ( ) important places for J.K. Rowling

Part II ( ) anecdotes and experiences in the development of the Harry Potter series

Part III( ) effects of the Harry Potter series

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Paragraphs 2、 3、4

Paragraphs 5、 6

Best choice: 1)When J.K. Rowling added flesh to the bones of the Harry Potter story, she ______. A sold the story for food B gave more details to the main ideas C created the other characters D finished writing the story

2)Looking after a baby and writing a book at the same time______.A is extremely hard work B is impossible in EdinburghC means you haven’t got much moneyD made J.K.Rowling give up

3)As soon as the first book was a success,_______. A J.K. Rowling finished the series more quickly than planned B the publishers asked to finish one book a year C she wrote The Order of the Phoenix D it was clear that the others would be successful too

4)Harry Potter stories are so appealing that they____. A must be included in the school curriculun B encourage children to read more C are shown on television in other countries D have been criticised for bad style

5)The Harry Potter stories _____. A can now read in only 50 languages B have made J.K. Rowling very rich C are easy to translate D are distributed in 55 countries

Part 11) Fill in the blanks

important places What happened

Southwest of England 1.

2. where the idea for Harry Potter came to her

3

Edinburgh

4

She grew up there

a delayed train betweenManchester and London

Portugal

where she developed the format of the Harry Potter series

where she worked as an English teacher and added flesh and the bones to the format

in Part 2

1) True or False She wrote the first novel by typewriter while looking

after her baby in a warm cafeteria.

2) The publishers asked J.K. Rowling to adjust the name of her 1st novel to Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

3) It took J.K. Rowling about 10 years to complete the whole seven Harry Potter series.

F

F

T

hand

Sorcerer’s

Discussion in Part 3

What’s the effects of the Harry Potter series?

on society:

on J.K. Rowling:

1.create a special literary bond between parents and children.2. make children interested in reading 3. not only affect the English-speaking countries, but many other countries

1.poor --------- rich2.a common English teacher ---------- an elder stateswoman

Vocabulary

1 an outstanding woman in some field (paragraph 1)

stateswoman

2 talented; or having a natural ability to do something well (paragraph1)

gifted

3 the place you come from (paragraph1)

root

4 the basic plan (paragraph1)

format

5 a small story, it is often amusing and abased on sb’s personal experience (paragraph2)

anecdote6 not prepared to change your ideas (paragraph 3)

stubborn

7 a small change (paragraph 3)

adjustment8 the amount of work produced ( paragraph4)

output

9 to collect ,get more and more money (paragraph6)accumulate

10 to reach or to gain or achieve something often after a lot of efforts (paragraph6) attain

Fill in the blanks

Rowling’s first idea for Harry Potter was written on the back of an ________. At the very beginning, she was too poor to own a _________and she wrote it _____In cold winter, she had to spend many hours over a cup of coffee in a warm_______ because she can’t afford the_______ at home. She had intended that her _____ would be one book every year.

envelope

typewriter by hand

cafeteria

heating

output

Fill in the blanks The stories of Harry Potter is written not only to the pleasure of the school children, but also________ to readers of all ages. They created a special __________bond between parents and children. Until 2005 more than250 million copies have been __________ all over the world. And her ________ in her bank has __________ more than one million dollars ,so she _______the status of being the first writer to become a billionaire.

appeal

literary

distributed

deposit

attained

accumulated

J.K. Rowling is signing her books for Harry Potter fans

J.K. Rowling and reporters

Writing

Read the start of a fantasy story:

Continue writing the fantasy story after class.

A young man was walking through a wood when he saw a ring lying on the ground. He discovered that when he put the ring on his finger, he disappeared . When he took the ring off , you could see him again….…

The Harry Potter series