A boy wizard grows up - elementary

1 quick quiz
Which of these words are connected with magic? Write them into the cauldron.
spell
professor
wizard
magical
tropical bewitched
prince
potions
school
witchcraft
marriage
Hogwarts
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2 What does it mean?
Write the key words into the gaps. The paragraph number is given to help you.
incredible
treated
role model
to cast a spell
look up to
bewitched
1. to use magic to make something happen to someone ____________________ (para 1)
2. to use magic to make someone interested in you ____________________ (past tense verb, para 1)
3. to behave towards someone in a particular way ____________________ (past tense verb, para 3)
4. surprising, or extremely good ____________________ (para 5)
5. When you ____________________ someone, you admire and respect them. (para 6)
6. someone whose behaviour is a good example for other people to copy ____________________ (para 6)
evil forces
enthusiastic
set
based on
public
potion
7. Your ____________________ life is the part of your life that people know about, for example your work, not your
life at home. (para 7)
8.
When you are ___________________ about something, you are very interested in something or excited by it
(para 8)
9. A film ____________________ is a stage or other place where a film is made. (para 8)
10. When something is used as a model for a film, the film is ____________________ it. (All about Harry)
11. A ____________________ is a magic drink. (All about Harry)
12. things or people that are controlled by the devil or very bad powers ____________________ (All about Harry)
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A boy wizard grows up
by Jehan Casinader
last nine
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years. Since we first saw the famous boy wiza in
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series. And we can’t wait to see wha
turned 20 in July 2009, will do next.
ert Grint
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2001. We spoke to Daniel to find
like to grow up in the spotlight.
What is it like to be a child actor?
ted as
In America, if you’re a child actor, you’re trea
, you’re
an actor first and a child second. In England
– which is
treated as a child first and an actor second
the right way to do it.
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Have you grown up too quickly?
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I don’t think I’ve grown up too fast, but I hav
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hav
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like
up faster than others. Suddenly, I feel
be an adult.
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5
6
Why are people so interested in you?
I’m in
Really, I have no idea at all. I think it’s because
ld.
the middle of this incredible Harry Potter wor
All about Daniel
Birthday: 23 July 1989
Home: south-west London
Money: has more than £20
million
Hobbies: acting, writing poems
What you didn’t know: Daniel
has a disease called dyspraxia,
es or do
which makes it hard for him to tie his sho
other things that need fine-motor skills.
r of
Films: David Copperfield (1999), TheTailo
December
11),
1-20
(200
er
Panama (2001), Harry Pott
is the
ney
Jour
The
7),
(200
Boys (2007), My Boy Jack
Destination (to come)
a boy who
Theatre: starred in Equus,a play about
has a strange relationship with horses
look
Do you worry that too many young people
up to you?
Radcliffe)
I don’t want people to think of me (Daniel
good
a
is
er
Pott
ry
as a role model. But I think Har
role model.
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Will you ever get tired of acting?
I get a
I’m still madly enthusiastic about what I do.
as
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ing.
film
and
big kick out of being on the set
t.
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all
be
I’ll
k
long as I don’t lose that feeling, I thin
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Do you keep your personal life separate
your public life?
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The most interesting parts about me are thin
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told
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don’t want to talk about in pub
ple
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that I wrote poems. A few months late
were asking, “When can we see some?” No,
not ever!
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A boy wizard grows up
by Jehan Casinader
All about Harry
ce
Film: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prin
, Rupert Grint
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson
Directed by: DavidYates
Opened: 16 July 2009
’s
based on the sixth book in J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is
the
to
d
nge
belo
e
a book of potions that onc
series of seven. In the film, Harry finds
mysterious Half-Blood Prince.
evil forces.
Harry on a journey to fight against the
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ster
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Professor Dumbled
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Meanwhile Harry’s
potion.
their own, against the powers of a love
s – Part I opens in November 2010
thly Hallows, will be made into two film
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and Part II in July 2011.
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3 Find the information: true or false?
Underline the correct answer according to the text.
1. How many books are there in the Harry Potter series 6. How much money has Daniel Radcliffe got?
by J.K. Rowling?
less than £20 million / £20 million /
6/7/8
more than £20 million
4. When was the first Harry Potter film made?
2001 / 2002 / 2003
5. How many years will there be between the first and
last films?
8 / 9 / 10
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What is the complete name of the school
Harry attends?
Hogwarts / Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry / Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches
8. What are Harry’s best friends’ surnames?
Weasley and Granger / Granger and Dumbledore / Weasley and Dumbledore
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3. How old is Daniel Radcliffe?
19 / 20 / 21
7.
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2. How many films will there be?
6/7/8
4 teen talk: get a kick (out of ...)
Look back at the article and complete the sentence.
Daniel Radcliffe says that he “gets a big kick out of being on the set and filming.”
To get a kick out of something means...:
a. ...that it can hurt you.
b. ...that it thrills and excites you.
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c. ...that you hate it.
What do you get a kick out of?
(e.g. going to parties / getting good marks in a school test / riding my bike)
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5 Writing: All about me
Look again at the file, “All about Daniel” and then complete a similar file with information
about you.
All about _______________
Birthday:
Home:
Money:
Hobbies:
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What you didn’t know:
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Webquest
Choose either Emma Watson or Rupert Grint and do research on the internet so that you can
complete the file. Half the class should complete the file for Emma, and the other half for Rupert.
All about Emma / Rupert
(choose one and cross out the other name)
Birthday:
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Home:
Money:
Hobbies:
What you didn’t know:
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Role-play: Interviews
Put the words in the correct order to make the questions.
is When birthday your ? _____________________________________________________________
Where live you do ? _____________________________________________________________
much How have you money got ?
_____________________________________________________________
are hobbies What your ?
_____________________________________________________________
you we know What about don’t ?
_____________________________________________________________
Use the questions to find out information about Emma or Rupert.
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Ask the other students in your class the same questions about them.
Key
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b. To get a kick out of something means that it thrills and excites you
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spell
bewitched
wizard
potions
Hogwarts
When is your birthday?
Where do you live?
How much money have you got?
What are your hobbies?
What don’t we know about you?
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1. to cast a spell
2. bewitched
3. treated
4. incredible
5. look up to
6. role model
7. public
8. enthusiastic
9. set
10. based on
11. potion
12. evil forces
3
1. 7
2. 8
3. 20
4. 2001
5. 10
6. more than £20 million
7. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
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8. Weasley and Granger