Introduction
Everybody has heard about Harry Potter. If you have read any of his adventures or seen any of his films then you will enjoy finding out more about them.
There are lots of interesting things related to the stories, the characters, the world of magic and the author, of course.
Task
Find out more about:
The characters.
The stories.
Hogwarts school.
Quidditch.
The author.
"Mugglers" do not understand Potter's magic world and they do not know the peculiar words used in the stories. We will help them to understand:
Create a wiki of Harry Potter's magic words.
Display all the information found in a big mural on the wall.
Process
To find out more about Harry Potter's world it is important to be organized. You will work individually or in pairs.
1º Register in Hogwarts' School. Open Mauderer's Map and see what things you need for the school year in Hogwarts. Then print a copy of this worksheet. Stick it in your notebook and fill the blanks with the information you find. All the students must have it done before going on with the second step. Visit the following website to get to Mauderer's Map: http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/
2º Work in pairs. The information you find is very important for your classmates too. There is a lot of information in the net. Select the best to display on the mural. Remember that the topics for the mural are: Characters, stories, Hogwarts' School, Quidditch and the author J.K. Rowling.
There is some useful information on the following websites:
http://www.harrypotterspain.com/
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter
http://www.jkrowling.com/es
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling
http://www.storiesfromtheweb.org/stories/rowling/interview.htm
3º Work in pairs. Create one or more documents to be displayed ( you can use Open Office writer or impress). Ask the teacher to print the document.
4º Add the "fantastic words" you have found to our wiki in the blog.
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