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Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone

by J.K. Rowling


Diana Anderson
English 378, 2000.

Time Allotment for and Strategies for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling

Teacher Strategies:
Attitude/Interest Survey–10 minutes (To be used before reading the novel or at the beginning of the school year to determine students' attitudes about reading.)
Story Grammar
Raygor Readability Estimate
Assessment/Comprehension Strategies:
Assignment Menu–Students will complete this throughout the unit.
Cloze Procedure–25-40 minutes
Problematic Situation–40-50 minutes
Bloom's Taxonomy of Thinking Processes–20 minutes

Pre-Reading Strategies:
Anticipation Guide–25-30 minutes
K-W-H-L--40-50 minutes originally, but ongoing throughout the unit.
Directed Reading Thinking Activity–40-50 minutes

Post-Reading Strategy:
Circle Poems–20minutes

Vocabulary Strategy:
Vocabulary Bingo–40-50 minutes

Writing Strategy:
Guided Imagery–30-35 minutes

 

Diana Anderson, Brigham Young University 2000

 


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