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1  QUICK QUIZ

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

2 WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

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

words or actions that are intended to make magic things happen _______________________ (para 1)1.

to use magic to make someone interested in you _______________________ (past tense verb, para 1)2.

to behave toward someone in a particular way _______________________ (past tense verb, para 3)3.another word for4. strange and unusual  _______________________ (para 5)

a request you make to someone when you want them to marry you _______________________ (para 5)5.

extremely successful and well known6. or very, very big  _______________________ (para 6)

When you _______________________ you admire and respect them. (para 7)7.

someone whose behaviour is considered to be a good example for other people to copy8.

 _______________________ (para 7)

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witchcraft marriage Hogwarts

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based on public potion incomprehensible

Your _______________________ life is the part of your life that people know about, for example your work,9.

rather than your life at home. (para 8)

Something that is _______________________ is impossible to understand. (para 9)10.

 _______________________ is a lack of success in doing something. (para 10)11.

When you are _______________________ about something, you are very interested in something or excited by it12.

(para 11)

When somthing is used as a model for a lm, the lm is _______________________ it.. (All about Harry)13.

 A _______________________ is a magic drink. (All about Harry)14.

things or people that are inuenced or controlled by the devil or very bad powers _______________________15.

(All about Harry)

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A BOY  W IZARD GROW S UPby Jehan Casinader

Film: Har r  y  Potter  and the Hal f -Blood Prince

S tarring: Daniel Radcli e, Emma  Wa tson, Ruper t Grin t

Direc ted b y: Da vid  Ya tes

Opened: 16 Jul y 2009

Harr  y  Potter  and the Half -Blood Pr ince is based on the si x th book in J.K. Row

ling’s 

series o f se ven. In  the  lm, Harr y nds a book o f po tions  tha t once belonged

  to  the 

m ys terious Hal f-Blood Prince. Some o f  the po tions release e vil in to  the worl

d. 

And while Harr y mus t deal wi th li fe a t school, Pro fessor Dumbledore,  the sc

hool’s headmas ter, sends him on a 

 journe y  to  gh t agains t  the e vil  forces. Meanwhile Harr y’s bes t  friends Ron W

easle y (Ruper t Grin t) and Hermione 

Granger (Emma Wa tson) are in a  gh t o f  their own, agains t  the powers o f a

 lo ve po tion.

 The book series came  to an end in Jul y 2007.  The  nal book, Har r  y  Potter  and

 the Deathly  Hallow s, will be made in to 

 two lms  – Par t I opens in No vember 2010 and Par t II in Jul y 2011.

All abou tHarr y

How many books are there in the1. Harry Potter  series

by J.K. Rowling?6 / 7 / 8

How many lms will there be?2.

6 / 7 / 8

How old is Daniel Radcliffe?3.

19 / 20 / 21

When was the rst4. Harry Potter  lm made?

  2001 / 2002 / 2003

How many years will there be between the rst and5.

last lms?

  8 / 9 / 10

How much money has Daniel Radcliffe got?6.

less than £20 million / £20 million /more than £20 million

What is the complete name of the school7.

Harry attends?

  Hogwarts / Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and

Wizardry / Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches

What are Harry’s best friends’ surnames?8.

Weasley and Granger / Granger and Dumbledore /

Weasley and Dumbledore

3  FIND THE INFORMATION: TRUE OR FALSE?

Underline the correct answer according to the text.

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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 lming.”

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.

What do you get a kick out of?

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5  WRITING: ALL ABOUT ME

Look again at the le, “All about Daniel” and then complete the le below for yourself.

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Home: 

Mone y: 

Hobbies: 

 Wha t you didn’ t kno w: 

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6 

WEBQUEST 

Choose either Emma Watson or Rupert Grint and do research on the internet so that you can

complete the le. Half the class should complete the le for Emma, and the other half for Rupert.

7  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 don’t ? _____________________________________________________________ 

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 les 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.

And don’t forget to interview each other too!

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(choose one and cross ou t  the o ther name)