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Monday, 24 September 2012

Catherine- Post 9 Harry Potter


                                                                    Blog Posting 9- Harry Potter

 

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K Rowling is the first book in the Harry Potter series. This book starts of the story of Harry’s life and him settling down and making friends in his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry soon learns who to trust and who not to and about obeying the school rules. The author has done a great job of creating a life-like representation of the main characters in their descriptions. Harry is

 

I think this book would be a great resource as it a great chapter book, winning a number of honourable awards and has been translated into different languages. The book itself follows a great narrative structure and for those students interested in this topic would be a challenging text and keeps the reader thinking. The teacher would be able to use this book as a class text to deconstruct and teach students about different language features and techniques shown throughout.

 

Catherine

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