Harry Potter Unit12 Art and Literature

Hero: Harry Potter

J. K. Rowling Who writes the story?

The Sorcerer’s Stone

The chamber of secrets

The Prisoner of Azkaban

The Goblet of Fire

The Order of Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince year6

Harry Potter’s good friends Ron Weasley Hermione Granger

Read fast and find out the topic of each paragraph: The world of JK Rowling Something about Harry before he knows anything about magic. Harry’s most important lesson. Harry has to fight against bad wizards and do the right thing. Paragraph 1 : Paragraph 2: Paragraph 3: Paragraph 4:

1. Why is Harry’s life miserable before he goes to Hogwarts? 2. What does Harry learn about at Hogwarts? Read carefully and answer the following questions:

Sample answer 1: Harry’s life before he goes to Hogwars is miserable because his parents are dead and the family he is living with treats him badly. Read carefully and answer the following questions:

Sample answer 2: He learns how to face the real world and how to be happy and successful: that he needs to be strong and brave that he needs friends that it is difficult to do the right thing that life is more complicated than he thought the power of love and goodness the importance of one’s life Read carefully and answer the following questions:

True or fault 1.Harry Potter is a world-famous writer. 2.Harry Potter was born in a family and grew up with his mother and father. 3. Harry Potter is a boy with a scar on his forehead. 4. Harry goes to an ordinary school. 5. Harry learns a lot about the real world at Hogwarts. 6. Harry discovers that it is easy to do the right thing. Rowling Harry Potter was the son of a wizard and grew up with his aunt and uncle. Harry goes to a special school called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. not easy

Language Points Fill the blanks and analyse the clauses: Together with his friends, Harry learns (1) it is not always easy to do (2) is right. You must believe in (3) you do and (4) you are (5) you want to succeed in the world – the magical world of Hogwarts and the real one. (6) someone is born and (7) a person looks like are not as important as (8) he or she grows up to be. that what who if Where what

Language Points Words and expressions: 1.welcome adj./n./v. 1 ） a welcome change / rest / sight / visitor 可喜的变化、巴不得的休息、悦目的景象、受欢迎 的访客 welcome to sth./to do sth. 欢迎到我们学校来！ Welcome to our school! Wrong: Welcome you to our school. 欢迎你借用我的自行车。 You are welcome to borrow my bicycle.

Language Points 1 ） A: Thank you. B: You are welcome 2 ） a hearty, a warm, a cold etc. welcome 衷心的、热烈的、冷淡的 … 欢迎 让我们热烈欢迎杰克逊先生。 Let’s give Mr Jackson a warm welcome.. 3 ）我们欢迎朋友们到家来。 We welcome friends to our home. 我们一到门口，开支们就都来欢迎我们。 We were welcomed at the door by the children.

Language Points 2. Seem 1) seem (to be) +adj. 那个小女孩好像总是很开心。 The little girl always seems (to be) happy. 对某些人好像是容易的事情，可能对其他认识困难 的。 What seems easy to some people seems difficult to others. 2) seem like 自我上次见到他们好像已有好几年了。 It seems like years since I last saw them. 3) seem to do 我好像感冒了。 I seem to have caught a cold.

Language Points 2. Seem 4) It seems that / as if… 天好像要下雨了。 It seems as if it is going to rain. 他好像什么都已经知道了。 It seems that he has known everything. 3. used to 过去常常， be (get) used to 习惯于 我们的房子前原来有一棵大树。 There used to be a tall tree in front of you house. 我不习惯这里的生活，但我想，不久我就会习惯。 I am not used to the life here, but I think I will get used to it soon.

Discussion (group work): What magical powers do you want to have? Why? Encourage yourself !

If you think you can, then you can. If you can dream it, you can do it. No pains, no gains. “Faster, Higher, Stronger ”

Work hard to get what you want ! Don’t depend on daydreams. Wish you success !

Homework: Recite the last paragraph Find out more proverbs to encourage yourself and your classmates.