Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

J.K. Rowling

J.K. Rowling

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.

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?

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 Harry’s 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?

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 Harry’s 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 Harry’s 11 birthday? Keep a chart of symbols.

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.

The Journey from Platform

Nine 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 Harry’s mistreatment by the Dursleys. What is the conflict of the story now?

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 Quirrell’s turban? Might it foreshadow something?–Add any new characters to your chart. Try to make connections between characters. Think like an author!

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?

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?

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?

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?

The Mirror ErisedChapter 12 pp194-214

Vocabulary

•provoked

•festoons

•disgruntled

•brandished

•bounded

•ornate

•transfixed

•Response:–What is Malfoy’s 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.

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 Sorcerer’s Stone if you had one?–Why do you think Dumbledore showed up at the Quidditch match?

Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback

Chapter 14 pp228-241

Vocabulary

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

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?

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?

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 Harry’s touch.–Under what circumstances do you think Harry’s father saved Professor Snape’s 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 hero’s adventure quest. What themes were revealed throughout the story? Which theme do you think is the most important and why?