Harry Potter

Harry Potter
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1. Read the text below and find out where the words below should go:

parents               young            Rowling            Stone      wizard          Potter             friends

Harry ...1... and the Philosopher's ...2... is the first film based on a novel with the same title in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. ...3...  featuring Harry Potter, a ...4... wizard. It describes how Harry discovers that he is a ...5... , makes close friends and a few enemies at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and with the help of his ...6.... prevents an attempted comeback by the evil wizard Voldemort, who killed Harry's ...7.... when Harry was one year old.


2. Do you know any of the characters from the picture below?. Do you know their names? Can you describe any of them? Can you name any of the actors? Do you know anything about them?

3. Watch the trailer of the film and answer the questions below?
Think of some more questions about it.

1.      What kind of animals did you see?

2.      How many boats could you see?

3.      How many children were standing on the moving stairs?

4.      Which hand did they have to catch the broom with?

5.      Who held the lamp in the dark forest at night?

6.      What colour were Longbottom’s pyjamas?

7.      How many long tables were there in the dining room?

4. Read the description of a character and find out who it is. Read the description of the actor who plays that character in the film and take notes.

..... ...... is a slim, pale boy who speaks in a bored drawl. He is arrogant about his skill in Quidditch, and despises anyone who is not a pure blood wizard – and wizards who do not share his views. His parents had supported Voldemort, but changed sides after the dark wizard's disappearance. He avoids direct confrontations, and tries to get Harry and his friends into trouble.

Thomas Andrew "Tom" Felton^] (born 22 September 1987)^[ is a British actor and musician. He is best known for playing the role of ..... ........in the Harry Potter film series, the movie adaptations of the best-selling Harry Potter fantasy novels by author J. K. Rowling, for which he auditioned at age twelve.

Felton is the youngest of four brothers, and lives in Surrey with his family. He was in four choirs throughout his childhood, starting with his church choir at age seven.

Felton started filming in commercials when he was eight years old and in films at the age of ten, appearing in The Borrowers and Anna and the King After being cast as .......... ........... he has subsequently appeared in all eight Harry Potter films, from 2001 to 2011, and finished filming the last two. Felton's portrayal of  ........... .............. in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince won him the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain in 2010.

Felton's favourite hobby is fishing and he plans to pursue some qualification in fishery management at Sparsholt College in Winchester, where his brother had gone years before. Apart from fishing, Felton also enjoys other sports, such as cricket, basketball, football, roller skating, golf, horseback riding and tennis. He said during an interview, "I am generally more and more in my comfort zone in the wild. The only time I can really relax is up a tree or somewhere outside. I love being outside." His ideal place for a holiday is the United States. More specifically, in an interview, he said he liked to go to the St. Lawrence River in New York. His favourite villain in movies is Alan Rickman in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, who stars in the Harry Potter film series as Severus Snape. He said during an interview that his favourite characters in Harry Potter are Gilderoy Lockhart and Lucius Malfoy, Draco's father. Felton said that if he could play another character in the film, he would play Lucius Malfoy, or even Voldemort. When asked which house in Hogwarts he would like to stay in, Felton said it would probably be Slytherin.

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5. Find out which HP character you are by answering the question of a quiz on the link below
http://www.brainfall.com/quizzes/which-harry-potter-character-are-you/