1 quick quiz

Which of these words are connected with magic? Write them into the cauldron.
spell

professor

wizard

magical

tropical

bewitched

prince

potions

school

witchcraft

marriage

Hogwarts

2 What does it mean?

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Write the key words into the gaps. The paragraph number is given to help you.

marriage proposal

treated

weird

role model

to cast a spell

huge

look up to

bewitched

1. words or actions that are intended to make magic things happen _______________________ (para 1)
2. to use magic to make someone interested in you _______________________ (past tense verb, para 1)
3. to behave toward someone in a particular way _______________________ (past tense verb, para 3)
4. another word for strange and unusual _______________________ (para 5)
5. a request you make to someone when you want them to marry you _______________________ (para 5)
6. extremely successful and well known or very, very big _______________________ (para 6)
7. When you _______________________ you admire and respect them. (para 7)
8. someone whose behaviour is considered to be a good example for other people to copy
_______________________ (para 7)

evil forces

based on

enthusiastic

public

potion

failure
incomprehensible

9. Your _______________________ life is the part of your life that people know about, for example your work,
rather than your life at home. (para 8)
10. Something that is _______________________ is impossible to understand. (para 9)
11. _______________________ is a lack of success in doing something. (para 10)
12. When you are _______________________ about something, you are very interested in something or excited by it
(para 11)
13. When somthing is used as a model for a film, the film is _______________________ it.. (All about Harry)
14. A _______________________ is a magic drink. (All about Harry)
15. things or people that are influenced or controlled by the devil or very bad powers _______________________

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Birthday: 23 July 1989
dont know how to grow up.

Why are people so interested in you?

Im in the
Really, I have no idea at all. I think its because
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middle of this incredible Harry Potter world.
huge thing.
look up to
Do you worry that too many young people
you?
model,
I dont want people to think of me as a role
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Home: south-west London

Money: has more than 20
million
Hobbies: acting, writing poems
What you didnt know: Daniel
has a disease called dyspraxia,
s or do
which makes it hard for him to tie his shoe
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1-20
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(200
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Boys (2007), My Boy Jack (200
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because
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Youve just got to remember that theyre
they love Harry.

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Film: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prin
, Rupert Grint
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson
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3 Find the information: true or false?

Underline the correct answer according to the text.
1. How many books are there in the Harry Potter series 6. How much money has Daniel Radcliffe got?
by J.K. Rowling?
less than 20 million / 20 million /
6/7/8
more than 20 million

4. When was the first Harry Potter film made?

2001 / 2002 / 2003
5. How many years will there be between the first and
last films?
8 / 9 / 10
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What is the complete name of the school

Harry attends?
Hogwarts / Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry / Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches

8. What are Harrys best friends surnames?

Weasley and Granger / Granger and Dumbledore /
Weasley and Dumbledore

3. How old is Daniel Radcliffe?

19 / 20 / 21

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2. How many films will there be?

6/7/8

4 teen talk: get a kick (out of ...)

Look back at the article and complete the sentence.
Daniel Radcliffe says that he gets a big kick out of being on the set and filming.

To get a kick out of something means...

a. ...that it can hurt you.
b. ...that it thrills and excites you.
c. ...that you hate it.

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What do you get a kick out of?

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5 Writing: All about me
Look again at the file, All about Daniel and then complete the file below for yourself.

All about _______________

Birthday:
Home:
Money:
Hobbies:

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What you didnt know:

Webquest

Choose either Emma Watson or Rupert Grint and do research on the internet so that you can
complete the file. Half the class should complete the file for Emma, and the other half for Rupert.

All about Emma / Rupert

(choose one and cross out the other name)

Birthday:
Home:

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Money:
Hobbies:
What you didnt know:

Role-play: Interviews

Put the words in the correct order to make the questions.

is When birthday your ?

_____________________________________________________________

Where live you do ?

_____________________________________________________________

much How have you money got ?

_____________________________________________________________

are hobbies What your ?

_____________________________________________________________

you we know What about dont ?

_____________________________________________________________

If you wrote about Emma in task 6, use the questions to interview someone who wrote about Rupert
(and then swap roles). Write down the answers.
You can continue this task by preparing more files for the main characters from the books: Harry
Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, and then taking turns to be the characters and the
interviewer. Use your imagination and invent any information you do not know.

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And dont forget to interview each other too!