Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban example essay topic

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban By: J.K. Rowling Summary and Evaluation by Allison Summary: The book "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" is the third book in the series about Harry Potter. In this book, Harry is in his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. The Prisoner of Azkaban in this book is Sirius Black, who everyone believes is responsible for killing 13 muggles (non-wizards). They also believe he told Voldemort where Lilly and James Potter were hiding.

Azkaban is a prison where evil wizards are jailed. At the beginning of the book, Sirius escapes from Azkaban. At Hogwarts, there is a worry that Sirius will come after Harry. There are guards posted around the school. The guards are called Dementors, which are not human, and they feed off human souls and energy. The Dementors have a strange effect on Harry, which makes him blank out and hear his mother's dying words.

Professor Lupin helps Harry create a Patroness to help fight off the effects of the Dementors. While all this is happening, Harry is training for the Quiddich cup championship at school. Harry sees Crooks hanks, the cat, wandering around with a big black dog during the night. It turns out that Sirius is an animongous, disguised as the big black dog. After many twists and turns in the story, Sirius ends up meeting Harry.

Sirius is really not bad and it is Peter Pettigrew (the rat) that did all the bad things. Sirius and Harry become friends but Pettigrew gets away. Dumbledore, the head of the school, decides that Dementors will never be at the school again because they tried to attack two students. Of course, Harry's team also wins the Quiddich championship! ... 'The Worst Birthday' -- - Before you start reading the book (and if you " ve read the previous book!) get the children to make a list of all the important things that happened in the first book that they think the reader will need to know in order to understand and enjoy the second book.

Which information is the most important? Which information could the reader manage without? Make a checklist and tick off the information as you read through the second book and as J.K. Rowling mentions it. (GP) Get the children to write an ' Introduction to Harry Potter' - the intended audience is a person who hasn't read the first book and wants to understand what all the fuss is about before reading the second book. (GP) p. 7 - 11 Turn the Durley's breakfast conversation into a play script. (GP) p. 10 Write the invitation that the Dursleys sent to the Mason's inviting them to a dinner party.

You may like to include some of the details that the Dursleys mention on this page. (GP) -- - Chapter 1 is called 'The Worst Birthday'. Re-write the first chapter but instead of it being Harry's worst ever birthday turn it into his best ever birthday. What do you think he really wanted to happen on his birthday? What presents would he want? Who would he want to be there?

How would he want the Dursleys to behave? (GP) Chapter Two 'Dobby's Warning' p. 15 Extract the information on page 15 that describe what Dobby looks like. Use this information as the starting point for a more detailed description of Dobby. Use your imagination to 'fill in the blanks'. Then draw (and label) a picture of Dobby to go along with your description.

(GP) p. 21 (top) Write what you think is in the letter that Uncle Vernon has received. (GP) Chapter Three 'The Burrow' p. 29 '... our she'd full of Muggle stuff. He takes it apart, puts spells on it and puts it back together again. ' What other enchanted muggle items might Mr. Weasley have? What spells might he have put on them? Write descriptions of the items and how the magic has changed them. (e.g. a vacuum cleaner that cleans up on its own) or The page mentions what happened when a magical tea set was accidently sold to a Muggle family.

Write about what happened when another magical item was given to an unsuspecting non-wizard. (GP) p. 29 Using the description on this page (and additional details later) draw a picture of Ron's house. Use material from this and the previous book to draw the Dursley's house. Compare the two places. What are the differences between the two houses? What are the differences Harry finds between living in the two places?

Which one would you prefer to live in? (GP) p. 32 Write the page from 'Gilderoy Lockhart's Guide to Household Pests' that deals with gnomes. Include a description of what gnomes looks and acts like (and a picture). Set out exactly how to de-gnome a garden and include helpful little tips on how to hold the gnome etc. (GP) Create your own magical garden pest. Include a description (notes on how to spot it etc.) and instructions of how to get rid of it.

(GP) p. 35 Ron has a lot of comics in his room entitled 'The Adventures of Martin Miggs, the Mad Muggle'. Try and imagine what these comics could be about. Perhaps Martin Miggs is a Muggle who pretends he's a wizard. He might try and accomplish magical feats using everyday methods in order to fool his wizard friends.

Write your own story featuring Martin Miggs. (GP) Chapter Four 'At Flourish and Blotts' p. 37 Mr. Weasley keeps bombarding Harry with questions about how Muggle things work and Muggle life in general. Give your class a list of Mr. Weasley's questions (make up your own to go with the ones in the book) for them to answer. (GP) Additional Resource - Sample questions (PDF file) p. 38 The Hogwart's reading list this year features a lot of books by Gilderoy Lockhart. They all have titles that use alliteration.

Give your children a list of creatures and get them to make up alliterative titles. (GP) p. 39 Write Ron and Harry's reply to the letter that Hermione has sent them. You will probably want to mention about how Harry was rescued and about Dobby. (GP) p. 52 A reporter from the 'Daily Prophet' was in 'Flourish and Blotts' bookshop. He was there taking pictures of Lockhart (and interviewing him too, we presume) and he also witnessed the fight between Mr. Malfoy and Mr. Weasley. Create and write the front page of the 'Daily Prophet' that tells of these events.

(GP) -- - Harry is introduced to Floo powder (a wizard form of travel) in this chapter. If you had five pinches of Floo powder where would you go? Write reasons for why you'd go to each place (you may also want to leave a pinch of powder to return home with! ). (GP) Chapter Five 'The Whomping Willow' p. 55 Harry and Ron can't get through the barrier to get on the train to Hogwarts. How else could they get there?

Make a list of possible ways they could try. You may like to write a short story about their alternate journey. (GP) p. 64 Write the letter that Dumbledore sends to Ron and Harry's families telling them about the crashing of the car and the warning of expulsion. (You could also write the letters back from both families) (GP) Additional Resource - Worksheet - The worksheet includes a summary of the main story points and tasks that include the above and also writing from the family back to Harry / Ron. (GP).