The children arrive at Hogwarts and file into the Great Hall for the welcome feast and sorting ceremony for first year students. The Sorting Hat surprises the children by singing a song that warns of an impending threat to the school. It wisely calls for unity among the different houses. Nearly Headless Nick, the Gryffindor house's resident ghost, confides to the children that the hat has given warnings in the past, always when a major threat to the school was coming. The first years are sorted into their houses and the entire school feasts heartily.
After dinner, Dumbledore goes over some rules and announces two staffing changes. Professor Grubbly-Plank will take over Hagrid's job teaching Care of Magical Creatures and Professor Dolores Umbridge, who voted against Harry at his.....
This is a free excerpt of 135 words. This section contains 460 words. This
study guide contains 40,629 words (approx. 135 pages at 300
words per page).
Read the rest of this Literature Guide with our Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Access Pass.
