LitPlan Novel Study Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (LitPlan Novel Study Units)

LitPlan Novel Study Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (LitPlan Novel Study Units)

This LitPlan Novel Study for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling is a comprehensive foundation of ready-to-use materials that will ensure your students get the most out of their Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone novel study. Practical, flexible , and standards-based with step-by-step plans for the whole novel unit, this LitPlan Novel Study is especially helpful to new teachers or veteran teachers teaching Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone for the first time. 25 Step-by-Step Daily Lessons guide you and your students through this novel study. Assignments and Activities are planned for each day of the novel unit. Vocabulary Worksheets that focus on meaning in context and dictionary definitions go with each reading assignment. Comprehension Questions and Quizzes follow the reading assignments, so you know if your students are keeping up with their reading and if they are understanding what they are reading. Writing Assignments are sprinkled throughout this novel study for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone , too! Detailed writing assignment sheets guide students' writing. Two lessons are also devoted to Leveled Critical Thinking Questions : Interpretive Questions require students to simply interpret facts that are given. - Critical Questions require students to think deeply to develop answers that go beyond what is in the text. - Personal Response Questions have no right or wrong answer; students formulate and give their own opinions. A Nonfiction Reading Assignment is incorporated into this novel study unit for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone . Students are required to read at least one nonfiction article and view at least one nonfiction video related to the story and complete a short report form analyzing their sources. A Variety of Additional Activities are woven into this Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone novel study: Oral Reading Evaluation - Writing Conferences - Oral Reports - Activity - Fantasy Literature - Activity - Role-playing Exercise - Activity - Several of the lessons provide time for class discussions and writing exercises. These include belonging, family and community dynamics, theme, and characters. There is an optional class project (Project Modern Magic) through which students gain some additional knowledge of modern magic and magicians. Vocabulary and Whole-Unit Review puzzles, games, and worksheets are provided. Five Different Unit Tests are provided on different levels and to use for make-up tests or tests for different classes if you're teaching the book to more than one class at a time. Evaluation Rubrics, Bulletin Board Ideas, Extension Activities, and Answer Keys are also included. FLEXIBILITY is a key property of this novel study unit for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone . It is formatted so that you can skip an activity I have planned and plug-in one of your own favorites if you want to. - You can use all or just parts of this LitPlan. - Written for whole-class use, but easily adaptable for: independent study - small groups or lit circles - Homeschooling - tutoring A teacher-favorite for years , hundreds of thousands of LitPlans (and Puzzle Packs!) have been used by tens of thousands of teachers in the USA, Canada, and overseas schools, providing reliable, high-quality, standards-based resources for teaching literature. If you want a solid foundation for teaching a work of literature, LitPlans have proved themselves worthy over years of use worldwide.