Fakroun Shahir Sunday 16th of May 2010

English H.W

J.K Rowling p.112 - 113

- Overall comprehension

1. This passage is situated at the beginning of the novel. We can confirm this by reading the passage; the passage explains the arrival of Harry Potter at Hogwarts.

In General the passage explains how things worked at the school and the character of a supervisor.

2. The statement that best sums up the description of the school is:

b. Hogwarts is full of surprises for new students.

- Detailed comprehension

1. The building

a. There are one hundred and forty-two staircases; they aren’t all the same; on Fridays some staircases led to somewhere different.

. Some staircases with a vanishing step halfway up those students had to remember to jump.

b. To open the doors I may have to ask them politely or tickled them.

c. Some walls pretended to be doors.

d. The people in the portraits kept going visiting each other and Harry was sure the coats of armor could walk.

e. Everything in the building has a life of its own.

2. The inhabitants

a.

Nearly Headless Nick: A ghost that is nearly headless, he could detach his head when he wanted, He is helpful, He usually glided suddenly through a door you were trying to open and he was always happy to point new Gryffindors in the right direction.

Peeves: he was the poltergeist , He is tricky and liked to bother new students, If you were late for class he would drop waste-paper baskets on your head, pull rugs from under your feet, pelt you with bits of chalk or sneak up behind you, invisible, grab your nose and screech, ‘’ GOT YOUR CONK ! ’’

They have weird names in common!

- Mrs. Norris is a woman. (False) Mrs. Norris is Filch’s cat.

- Argus filch was the caretaker. (True)

- Harry and Ron managed to be friends with Filch. (False) They managed to get on the wrong side of him on their very first morning.

- Argus Filch sounds relaxed