Harry Potter and the sorcerers stone

Chapter 1

Lets find out about the person who wrote this book. Do you know who she is?

Activity 1: Using the alphabet key discover the name of the Harry Potters book author, and
learn more about her life. Also, change the verbs to the correct past tense.

jk rowling
She (is)_______ born in July of 1964 in england. She (start)_______
(write)_______ the Harry Potters series during a delayed Manchester to
london Kings Cross train journey.
HP books have (sell)_______ more than 400 million copies around the
world.
Alphabet Key
a
a

b
b

c
c

d
d

e
e

f
f

g
g

h
h

i
i

j
j

k
k

l
l

m
m

n
n

o
o

p
p

q
q

r
r

s
s

t
t

u
u

Activity 2: Find in the text and translate the sentence into Spanish, than make your own
example:

v
v

w
w

(p.1) He was a big, beefy man with hardly any neck:

__________________________________________________________________
(p.1) He did have a very large mustache:
__________________________________________________________________
(p.1) She was thin and blonde:
__________________________________________________________________
(p.1) She spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on the
neighbors:
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
(p.1) they had a small son called Dudley:
______________________________________________________________________

x
x

y
y

z
z

Activity 4: Draw a picture about Dursleys family

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KosalrWi7Is