Harry's world

New Harry Potter covers in animated gifs

After viewing and discussing the animated book covers, students could:

• explain how the illustrations were created
• describe a cover
• design a book cover and write about their design.

A handwritten plot outline J.K. Rowling made while writing Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

In 2015, Sarah Schnack shared this link with us. It could be used to:

• motivate students to plan their ideas
• show students how good authors develop a plot for their narratives
• provide students with an example of how to create and map out a narrative plot.

Daniel Radcliffe raps Blackalicious's 'Alphabet Aerobics'

Could your students write an alphabet rap? This could be a whole-class collaborative activity.

The sport they play on broomsticks

Here's an interesting Harry Potter-related sport. There are photos on this Facebook page and a link to the story.

Ideas for writing:

• Is this a real sport?
• Write a report (this could be a podcast).
• Write the rules.
• Write captions for the images.

Images by Aline Berry and Lara Hughes (Pixabay)