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Glenn, Jason, Nick, Steven**
 * **Group 8

//Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone By J.K. Rowling//

My group wants to read the first Harry potter book because everyone says it was great. We have heard from so many people how great it was. J.K. Rowling is the author and had written many Harry Potter books. It looks really interesting. According to Gregory Maguire of the New York Times it is “the heartiest and best of children’s literature.”

Harry Potter and the sorcerer’s stone is about an orphan going to a wizard school. It is about his experiences before and at the new school. He learns to control his power and beat off a bad person. Harry has a scar on his forehead and we will find out the reasoning of it.


 * Week 1 (Characters)

A-Jason B-Nick C-Steven D-Glenn

Discussion Week 1 (Glenn): Today we talked about a few main characters in the book Harry Potter. We talked about Harry, Mr. and Mrs. Dursley's and their son, Dudley. We explained how harsh Harry's life is living under the stairs and how much Dudley is spoiled. We also examined how Harry's life is going to get a lot better due to that he is strangely flying on an old witch's broom stick on the front cover. However, we hope that the story will get more interesting and hope there are more unique, deep-thought characters.

Questions: 1. Who is Harry Potter? Harry Potter is a young boy living in London, England with his cousins. He has a mysterious scar on his forehead and is abused by his cousins, who told him that his scar is from a car accident that his parents died in. 2. What is the term for "normal people"? Muggles 3. What is his cousin's name? His cousin's name is Dudley, and he is a spoiled brat who picks on Harry. 4. Where does he sleep? He sleeps under the stairs in a closet. 5. What was the excuse for his scar? They said it was caused in a car accident 6. What "happened" to his parents? His cousins said they died in the car accident**

Summary: Today we talked about why Harry Potter has a scar and how he is becoming similar to Voldemort. We are questioning the meaning of the scar and his forehead and wondering if there is symbolism behind it. We had to explain the sorting hat to Glenn, and its purpose. He was chosen for Gyfindor, which is a noble class. Also, our group is doing a good job in understanding and relating to the book.
 * Week 2: Language

Questions:

Why do you think Hagrid really wants Harry to come to Hogwarts? He is a wizard and he doesn't want him to turn into voldermort.

Harry’s wand is the identical one to whose and why do you think J.K. Rowling picked him to share one with? Voldermort.

What do you think the scar is supposed to represent?

Why do you think Harry’s uncle doesn’t want him to go to Hogwarts?

Why do you think Harry’s aunt didn’t want to tell him he’s a wizard?**

Week 3: Mood/Tone

A: Steve B: Jason C: Glenn D: Nick

Summary: Today we discussed the questions that Glenn wrote down because that was his job for the day. The questions were really good and about mood becasue that s what we had to discuss about. After we did the questions we just discussed our book and had a good discussion about it. I feel like we made a lot of progress today on our book.

Questions: (Glenn)

1) Describe what type of writing J.K. Rowling uses and does she do it for a specific reason?

2) As you read the book, do you fell any emotions being used? If so explain.

3) How do you think J.K. Rowling wanted to intend readers to think of Harry?

4) Is there any mood or tone you can think of to possibly make the story better?

5) How do you think Harry will succeed in Hogwarts? Is there any foreshadowing that would make your answer more accurate?

6) Why do you think Dumbledore isn't letting Harry ever go back to the Mirror of Erised?

Week 4: A. Glenn B: Steve C: Jason D: Nick

Questions: 1. What do you think Harry’s scar has to do with him? 2. Why do you think Harry Potter so good at magic? 3. Why did Vuldamore kill Harry’s parents? 4. Why did Dumbledore leave Harry with the Dudleys? 5. How does everyone know Harry?

Summary: Our group started off by going through the questions. We went over many of the things going on right now. Then, we went over some of the themes and images. We came up with many themes and a few images that we thought they were trying to portray in the book. Finally, we just had a long conversation about what we really thought they were trying to show with Harry's scar.


 * Week 5:

A-Jason B-Nick C-Steven D- Glenn

Questions: (Glenn)

1)** Why didn't Dumbledore try to get the stone? Do you think he had an idea that Harry was going to save the day anyway?

2) Can you think of any of your own possessions that remind you of the stone?

3) Do you believe there is another story about the stone?

4) Can you think of any words that describe Harry?

5) Do you think Dumbledore treats Harry differently compared to other students at Hogwarts?

6) Do you think the book would be more interesting if Harry was a Slytherin?

7) Are you considering reading //Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets?// ||