Unidad Didáctica 8Didactic Unit 8Harry Potter

After reading Harry Potter´s first book, “Harry Potter and the philosophical stone” students are required to anwer some questions about it.

They have to answer the questions proposed and provide a different end to the story.

Contest part: Students are divided in groups of four students, so there

will be 6 groups. In each group there will be only one speaker, in charge of

answering correctly and aloud the given questions . If the group answer scorrectly, gets one point, if not misses

one turn. The group with more points is the winner.

. Individual work: Students will have to provide a different end in the format they prefer, a collage, a film, a power point, writing. It is up to them.

Answer the following questions:- 1. Who does Harry Potter live with at the

beginning of the story?- 2. What happened to Harry Potter´s

parents?- 3. What school does Harry Potter attend?- 4. How are called the “ordinary” people?- 5. How are called the magician´s children

without any magical skill?

- 6. What´s the most popular sport among magicians?

- 7. Who is Harry Potter´s best friend?- 8. From what platform does the train to

Howgarts leave?- 9. What is the name of the street where

Howgarts´ students can get magic items?

- 10. What do young wizards need to take with them for the first year in Howgarts?

- 11. How many languages has the book been translated into?

Each student will get two marks, one for the team work and another for the individual work.

TEAM WORK

BELOW STANDARD 0-4

PASS 5-6 VERY GOOD 7-8

EXCELLENT9-10

GROUP WORK Very little participation and collabora-tion.

Participation of all members but little collaboration.

Participation and helpful attitude.

Everyone participates and collaborates and all search for agreements.

CONTENT Not complete, elaborated or relevant information.

Relevant information but very little elaboration.

Relevant and elaborated information.

Relevant, elaborated, meaningful and significant information.

GRAMMAR 36 or more important mistakes in tenses and sentence sturcture.

35-21 mistakes in tenses or tense structure.

20-11 mistakes in tenses or sentence structure.

10 or less mistakes in tense or sentence structure.

VOCABULARY Poor, no use of specific vocabulary.

A lot of repetition and very little use of related vocabulary.

Good use of related vocabulary, synonyms to avoid repetition.

Good use of related vocabularay, synonyms and discourse makers.

PRESENTATION Incomplete. Just complete. Complete and tidy. Complete, tidy and attractive.

INDIVIDUAL WORK

Below standard 0-4.

Pass 5-6. Very good 7-8.

Excellent 9-10.

Less than three questions anwered. No optional end.

Ten questions answered. Optional end given, but with structural mistakes..

Questions answered. Optional end given, well structured, good vocabulary.

Questions answered. Optional end given, well structured, good vocabulary, good use of linkers.

By the end of the activity, students will have read one of the best sellers of teenagers´ books, developing their reading skills, fluency and accuracy on writing and their imagination providing an alternative ending.

http://www.xellosbooks1.tripod.com/ eBooks/HP1.PDF.

http: www.harrypotter.warnerbross.com.

. www.es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter.

http: bloghogwarts.com. http:www.jkrowling.com.