My Harry Potter Years by Carolyn MacLean

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1. "When I was a child, I went to a private, girls 2. "My two years in boarding school shaped me. I
boarding school in _____________." was the __________ American child in the
 London preparatory division of a Church of England
 England school, named Truro High School for Girls, in
 Brittan Cornwall, England. _____________ different from
my home and school in Los Angeles."
 only / It was very
 lonely / It was

3. "The school was cold and dark, ________________ 4. "Besides standard classes, we studied French,
granite, with narrow windy staircases of creaky, __________, English History, and Divinity."
well-worn wooden steps."  Latin
 built of  Italian
 built by

5. "Gym was field hockey on the cold, sometimes
snowy, hockey pitch ____________ the school, where
we also picked wildflowers from the meadow for
our botany reports."
 beside
 behind
6. "I remember one teacher in particular. As our
teacher entered the classroom we
_________________ to greet her with a chorus of
"Good morning, Ms. Dunstead." She would return
our greeting, "Good morning, girls. You may sit
down."
 always stood
 understood

8. "She was Australian, and taught us words such 9. "The boarding house was behind the school.
as kookaburra and corroborate, because they had We slept in drafty ___________ of ten girls each."
_______________ origins."  dorms
 Australian  rooms
 Austrian

10. "The women who worked in the kitchen were
__________________ to me. They spoke an odd
dialect called Cornish. It, it was pirate speak. It was
very rough and guttural. For example, they would
say, "Aarrgh. Good morning to ya."
 fascinating
 fascinated
11. "Everyday we wore drab brown uniforms;
brown oxford shoes, brown socks, brown skirt,
brown blazer, a cream-colored shirt with a yellow
and brown striped tie, and a funny little brown felt
________ that looked like an upside-down soup
bowl."
 hat
 cap
12. "I learned a lot of lessons ______ boarding 13. "The Harry Potter magic of my years in this
school. I learned to be self-reliant, adaptable, and classic English boarding school was in the
discreet." shaping of my personality as I learned to
 at ____________ as a foreigner in a very different
 with English-speaking land."
 in  sit in
 fit in

14. Question: Where was Carolyn from? 15. Question: How many American girls went to
 Australia this school?
 England  several
 America  only Carolyn

16. Question: The school was ________________. 17. Question: Did Carolyn study French at
 old, big and bright school?
 cold and dark  No, she didn't.
 Yes, she did.

18. Question: What did Carolyn and her friends do 19. Question: Who would say, "Aarrgh. Good
in the meadow? morning to ya?"
 They played soccer.  Her teacher, Mr. Dunstead.
 They picked wildflowers.  The gardener.
 They played in the snow.  The women who worked in the kitchen.

20. Question: All of the girls wore the same color 21. Question: What changed while Carolyn was at
uniform. What color was it? this school?
 brown  her education
 yellow  her personality
 white
My Harry Potter Years by Carolyn MacLeanTranscript
My Harry Potter Years by Carolyn MacLeanTranscript
ESLVIDEO.COM Quiz#: 32851

"My Harry Potter Years"

by Carolyn MacLean

When I was a child, I went to a private, girls boarding school in England.

My two years in boarding school shaped me. I was the only American child in the preparatory division of a
Church of England school, Truro High School for Girls, in Cornwall, England.

It was very different from my home and school in Los Angeles.

The school was cold and dark, built of granite, with narrow windy staircases of creaky, well-worn wooden
steps.

Besides standard classes, we studied French, Latin, English, History, and Divinity.

Gym was field hockey on the cold, sometimes snowy, hockey pitch behind the school, where we also
picked wildflowers from the meadow for our botany reports.

I remember one teacher in particular, as our teacher entered the classroom we ________ stood to greet her
with a chorus of "Good morning, Ms. Dunstead." She would return our greeting, "Good morning, girls. You
may sit down."

She was Australian, and taught us words such as kookaburra and corroborate, because they had Australian
origins.

The boarding house was behind the school. We slept in drafty dorms of ten girls each.

The women who worked in the kitchen were fascinating to me. They spoke an odd dialect called Cornish. It,
it was pirate speak. It was very rough and guttural. For example, they would say, "Aarrgh. Good morning to
ya."

Everyday we wore drab brown uniforms; brown oxford shoes, brown socks, brown skirt, brown blazer, a
cream-colored shirt with a yellow and brown striped tie, and a funny little brown felt cap that looked like an
upside-down soup bowl.

I learned a lot of lessons in boarding school. I learned to be self-reliant, adaptable, and discreet.

The Harry Potter magic of my years in this classic English boarding school was in the shaping of my
personality as I learned to fit in as a foreigner in a very different English-speaking land.