J.K. RowlingLiterature Focus Unit

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Literature Selection

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Quidditch Through the Ages The Tales of Beedle the Bard

Theme Study

Students will take part in exploring their imagination and creativity. This unit will integrate reading, and writing with social studies, science, math, art and physical education.

Students will develop an understanding of what it means to make believe and have fun while reading a book.

Language Arts: Reading Activities

Students will read various non-fiction books about the Wizarding world through silent reading, partner reading, guided reading, and pop corn read aloud.

Students will read their poems and adventure stories aloud to the class.

Students will share their dialogue journals during a readers circle

Teacher will read aloud The Tales of Beetle the Bard and the first book of the series

Language Arts: Writing Activities

Students will write entries in a simulated journal of their choice while reading a Harry Potter book of their choice and choose a character they would most like to be and what their life would be like in the Wizarding world.

Students will write a short story about a crazy adventure they had while living in the Wizarding world as a Muggle

Students will write “I wish”, Concrete and Acrostic poems

Students will add words to the word wall Students will write letters to J.K. Rowling

Language Arts: Speaking Activities

Students will converse in a large group about what book they are reading

Students will read out loud a poem of their choice

Students will read out loud the letter they are sending to J.K. Rowling

Students will read out loud a selection from the first book

Students will participate in small group discussion circles

Language Arts: Listening Activities

Students will have a chance to listen to different chapters of the book they chose on audio tape

Students will listen as the teacher reads each book out loud as well as when she is describing plots of each book

Students will listen as their peers read out loud a poem, journal entries and letter they wrote

Students will listen to their peers while in big group conversation as well as in small group readers circles

Language Arts: Viewing Activities

Students will view pictures from Scenes of Harry Potter to get a clearer picture of what each character and scenery looks like.

Students will watch the first movie Students will view the Hogwarts word

wall Students will visit the following website

jkrowling.com, and Harrypotter.scolastic.com

Language Arts: Visually Representing Activities

Students will view a painting of their favorite scene of the book and write about it in journal

Students will go online to find pictures of their favorite character to add to journal

Students will view art work done by other students of a their patronus animal

Students will create a Hogwarts word wall

Science Activities:

Students will make “magic clay” and make observations on why it is considered to be both a solid and a liquid

Since Harry and his friends fly through the clouds have the children explore what a cloud is made up of

Do the “Pop Rocks Potion” and let children observe what happens

Have children pick a plant that effects us just like plants would effect Harry and his friends

Hagrid the game keeper has a huge pet tarantula, do a KWL on tarantulas

Mathematics Activities:

Play bingo with Bertie Bott’s every flavored jelly beans

Students will measure many different objects from the book

Do math problems involving the average flight of an owl during a day

Students will take a survey on which character they like best and graph the results

Social Studies Activities:

Write about the idea of being strange in the eye’s of a wizard

Talk about the economics in the Wizarding world and how each person is effected

Complete a timeline of Harry’s life Make a Venn diagram comparing two

main characters

Music and Art Activities:

Students will draw their animal that comes out of the Patronus charm

Students will make a collage of their favorite character

Students will make their own wands using sticks from outside

Students will create sounds such as the werewolf and other mystical creatures

Students will listen to music from the sound track of the movies

Students will paint a picture of their favorite scene in the book and frame it

Physical Education Activities:

Students will play muggle version of Quidditch

Students will fly around the gym Students will transform into different

animals Students will use a parachute to learn

about the planets Learn how to make a potion

Technology:

Harrypotter.scholastic.com First Harry potter movie Jkrowling.com Audiotapes of all books pecentral.org/lessonideas Ehow.com Teachersandfamilies.com Socialstudiesforkids.com

Language Arts Strategies

Activating background knowledge: students will think what they have heard about wizards, witches and magic

Evaluating: students will reflect on, judge about and value what they have experienced from this lesson

Identify big ideas: students will determine the most important ideas from the books

Playing with Language: students will use language creatively in their stories, journals, poems, and letters

Revising: students will make changes to written activities

Visualizing: students will draw pictures in their minds

Language Art Skills:

Print: students will recognize words on the Hogwart’s word wall

Comprehension: students will compare and contrast similarities of two main characters. Students will recognize literary genres of fiction, non-fiction and poetry

Language: students will apply various skills in their writing activities: stories, letters, poems and journals

Reference: Students will make graphs, time lines, and Venn diagrams

Grouping Patterns:

Large Group: class discussion, watching video, word wall, KWL chart, viewing art work and giving feedback, listening to reading of books, muggle Quidditch, parachute, listening to music, creating sounds, time line of Harry, economics, jelly bean bingo, survey of favorites, what clouds are made up of, pop rocks potion, Hogwart’s word wall, students will share letter, poems, journal and summary of book they are reading

Small Group: Small group discussion circles, flying around the gym, making a potion, making magic clay, transform into different animals, measure different objects, view pictures depending on which book they read, listen to audio tapes, students will read a book they choose,

Individual: draw their favorite animal, create collage, make a wand, paint their favorite scene, write about being strange, math problems involving the flights of owls, research a plant, go online to find pictures, go to websites, students will write poems, letters, in their journal and stories, students will read the book they chose as a group, and do a Venn diagram

Assessments:

Journal entries, letters and Venn Diagram: Rubric Participate in grand conversations, survey of favorite

character and KWL chart Informal observation: small group, science experiments,

talking about economics and listening activities Active Participation: Physical education activities,

creating sounds and time line Spelling test with words from the Hogwart’s word wall Analytical writing traits rubrics and peer conferences for

stories and poems. Checklist: Research on plant, magic clay, math problems Portfolio of art work: Collage, making wand, painting

scene, drawing animal