Teaching Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Daily Lessons

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: The first chapter of Harry Potter introduces the reader to a minor character that does not appear to have a significant role in the text. Through a conversation with this minor character (the muggle Prime Minister), however, much is conveyed to the reader about the dangerous and tumultuous state of affairs that the wizarding community is in. The objective of this lesson is to examine the importance...
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