Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s StoneNearly ten years had passed since the Dursleys had woken up to find their nephewon the front step, but Privet Drive had hardly changed at all. The sun rose on thesame tidy front gardens and lit up the brass number four on the Dursleys' frontdoor; it crept into their living room, which was almost exactly the same as it hadbeen on the night when Mr. Dursley had seen that fateful news report about theowls. Only the photographs on the mantelpiece really showed how much time hadpassed. Ten years ago, there had been lots of pictures of what looked like a largepink beach ball wearing different-colored bonnets - but Dudley Dursley was nolonger a baby, and now the photographs showed a large blonde boy riding his firstbicycle, on a carousel at the fair, playing a computer game with his father, beinghugged and kissed by his mother. The room held no sign at all that another boylived in the house, too.Yet Harry Potter was still there, asleep at the moment, but not for long. His AuntPetunia was awake and it was her shrill voice that made the first noise of theday."Up! Get up! Now!"Harry woke with a start. His aunt rapped on the door again."Up!" she screeched. Harry heard her walking toward the kitchen and then thesound of the frying pan being put on the stove. He rolled onto his back and triedto remember the dream he had been having. It had been a good one. There hadbeen a flying motorcycle in it. He had a funny feeling he'd had the same dreambefore.His aunt was back outside the door."Are you up yet?" she demanded."Nearly," said Harry."Well, get a move on, I want you to look after the bacon. And don't you dare letit burn, I want everything perfect on Duddy's birthday."Harry groaned."What did you say?" his aunt snapped through the door."Nothing, nothing . . ."Dudley's birthday - how could he have forgotten? Harry got slowly out of bed andstarted looking for socks. He found a pair under his bed and, after pulling a

spider off one of them, put them on. Harry was used to spiders, because thecupboard under the stairs was full of them, and that was where he slept.When he was dressed he went down the hall into the kitchen. The table wasalmost hidden beneath all Dudley's birthday presents. It looked as though Dudleyhad gotten the new computer he wanted, not to mention the second television andthe racing bike. Exactly why Dudley wanted a racing bike was a mystery to Harry,as Dudley was very fat and hated exercise - unless of course it involved punchingsomebody. Dudley's favorite punching bag was Harry, but he couldn't often catchhim. Harry didn't look it, but he was very fast.Perhaps it had something to do with living in a dark cupboard, but Harry hadalways been small and skinny for his age. He looked even smaller and skinnier thanhe really was because all he had to wear were old clothes of Dudley's, and Dudleywas about four times bigger than he was. Harry had a thin face, knobbly knees,black hair, and bright green eyes. He wore round glasses held together with a lotof Scotch tape because of all the times Dudley had punched him on the nose. Theonly thing Harry liked about his own appearance was a very thin scar on hisforehead that was shaped like a bolt of lightning. He had had it as long as hecould remember, and the first question he could ever remember asking his AuntPetunia was how he had gotten it.

READING VIPERS – MAGIC AND MAYHEMExtract we areHarry Potter and the Philosophers Stone- extract.using:Vocabulary The people who live in Privet Drive are rich. Explain how youknow. [1]Explain why the author chooses to use the adjective‘fateful’ to describe the news report. [1]The author says Aunt Petunia’s voice is shrill? What impact doesthis have on how Harry felt?Write a synonym for shrill. [2]Find and copy the word closest in meaning to knocked. [1]What type of person is Dudley? Justify your response usingexamples from the text. [2]What impression do you get of Aunt Petunia? What makes youthink this? Use evidence from the text to support your answer. [2]Why was it a mystery to Harry that Dudley wanted a bike for hisbirthday? [1]Why were Harry’s glasses broken? [1]

READING VIPERS – MAGIC AND MAYHEM- ANSWERSHarry Potter and the Philosophers Stone- extract.BRONZESILVERGOLDFateful [adj]having far-reaching andoften disastrousconsequences orimplications.Mantelpiece [noun]a structure of wood,marble, or stone aboveand around a fireplaceShrill [verb](of a voice or sound) highpitched and piercingThey have ‘tidy front gardens’, they have ‘brass numbers’ on their doors.The news report had disastrous consequences for Mr Dursley- it meant hisnephew was coming to live with him.One mark for any explanation that it would awake Harry with a start.Her voice is high-pitched which would wake him suddenly. He would wake upsuddenly and be shocked and maybe even scared about what is happening!One mark for a synonym: piercing, harsh, sharp, jarring, trill, penetrating.rappedGreedy- he is fat and always has been- large pink beach ball, large blonde boyriding his first bikeSpoilt- goes to the fair, has bikes, plays computer games, he has so many presentsthe table is hidden,Mean/a bully- he uses Harry like a punching bag,

She doesn’t like Harry- when she speaks to him she is shrill, screeches, demandsand snaps at him. She is rude- ‘Up! Get up! Now!’ she also doesn’t answer hisquestion about the scarShe wants everything to be perfect for Dudley- ‘I want you to look after the bacon’‘I want everything perfect’Dudley was very fat and hated exercisebecause of all the times Dudley had punched him on the nose.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Nearly ten years had passed since the Dursleys had woken up to find their nephew on the front step, but Privet Drive had hardly changed at all. The sun rose on the same tidy front gardens and lit up the brass number four on the Dursleys' front