Create
a Hogwarts Floor Plan- Students will learn about the concept of scale
and other mapping skills as they create a floor plan of Hogwarts School.
Creating
Mental Models for Harry Potter- Using a laserdisc (with specific scenes
already chosen), the students will write adjectives that describe the
pictures that they see and how they may or may not relate to Harry Potter
if The Sorcerer’s Stone could happen in real life.
Harry
Potter Brings Magic into the Classroom- "Is your class entranced
by the magic of Harry Potter? The excitement can carry you into many skill-building
classroom activities."
Harry
Potter Character Posters- "Students will complete an analysis
of one character from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Students will
learn to support their character analysis with specific information from
the text."
International
Cover Art for Harry Potter-"Students will enhance their reading
comprehension by comparing and contrasting book covers with the text of
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."
Intro
+ Pythagoras - Create a familiar environment by introducing ourselves
to the class and getting to know them.
Make
a Harry Potter Board Game- "Students will improve their reading
comprehension through creating and playing a board game."
Pythagoras
Theorem - Harry Potter wants to give Hermione the golden snitch (that
has a diameter of 6 centimeters) as a present for her birthday.
What's
All the Fuss About Harry Potter?- "Students discuss what makes
the Harry Potter books popular and/or controversial, create a questionnaire
to learn why Harry Potter fans find the books fascinating, practice online
writing skills by sending e-mail messages to friends who are Harry Potter
fans, and write a screenplay based on a selected chapter of a Harry Potter
book."
Write
a Harry Potter Script- "Students will practice their reading
comprehension skills by learning how to summarize."