高中英语第一册上unit 12 Art and literature Reading 2 ppt

Skimming
Para. 1 The world of JK Rowling is full of magic and wonders. Para. 2 Harry seems like a normal boy, but his life is miserable. Para.3 Hogwarts is an unusual school. Para. 4 Harry has to fight against bad wizards and do the right thing.
• unusual…/magic • For Harry,… • important lesson… • makes friends… • …brave… • …truth/ a dark secret… • …power of love/ the real world
Discussion
Why is Harry Potter’s life miserable before he goes to Hogwarts? What does Harry learn about himself at Hogwarts? Why does Rowling use strange creatures in her books? Do you think that we can learn about the real world by reading novels?
At Hogwarts, Harry learns the truth about his past, a dark secret that will make his life and his choices more difficult.
Why does Rowling use strange creatures in her boes
Wizards learn and use wizardry
Witches learn and use witchcraft
JK Rowing’s signature↓
J K Rowling said: 'When Goblet of Fire was published I was desperate to go into a bookshop at midnight and see children's reactions, so this time I'm really pleased I could. Much of the pleasure of being published for me is meeting the children who are reading the books.'
The Harry Potter books have sold over 200 million copies world wide. In the UK alone, they have won numerous prizes, including three Smarties Gold Awards, two Children's Book Awards, two British Book Awards for Children's Book of the Year in 1997 and 1998, the Young Telegraph Paperback of the Year Award in 1998, and the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year in 1999 .
4. Harry goes to an ordinary school. F
5. Harry learns a lot about the real world at Hogwarts.
6. Harry discovers that it is easy to do
the right thing. F
What can you learn
from Harry Potter?
Discussion
Scanning
1. Harry Potter is a world-famous
writer.
F
2. Harry Potter was born in a rich
family and grew up with his F
mother and father.
3. Harry Potter is a boy with a scar on his forehead.
Harry Potter is a wizard who is eleven years old when our story begins. Long before the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, begins, Harry's parents are killed in a battle with the evil Lord Voldemort. We first meet Harry when he is living with his repulsive and non-magical (or Muggle) Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon Dursley, and their even more revolting son, Dudley.
Yes. Reading novels can help us learn about the real world because novels are based on real life and reflect our society.
Choose one of the following situations and work in groups to make a short play, then act it out.
Why is Harry Potter’s life miserable
before he goes to Hogwarts?
Because his parents are dead and the family which he is living with treats him badly.
What does Harry learn about himself at Hogwarts?
Pre-reading Questions
• 1. Have you read the book or watched the film? Do you like it? Why?
• 2. Have you ever tried doing a magic trick?
• 3.Do you know of any other heroes who have strange powers?
Describe “Harry” or “Hogwarts” in your own words.
Harry
Hogwarts
Harry Potter
Scar on forehead
Normal… miserable…treats… …unhappy…
…changes/when…
Hogwarts
Rowling uses strange creatures in her books to add to the magic effect of the story.
What magical powers do you want to have? Why?
Do you think that we can learn about the real world by reading novels?
Following a bizarre but hilarious chain of events, Harry finds himself at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, with an outrageous cast of characters, which includes super-smart Hermione Granger, vile Draco Malfoy, sinister Professor Snape and the wise Headmaster Albus Dumbledore.
Situation 1: Harry at uncle’s home, being treated badly.
Situation 2: Harry getting the news about Hogwarts
Situation 3: Harry on the way to Hogwarts
Situation 4: One of the adventures he experienced at Hogwarts