1.     Comment on the first sentence of the chapter/book, and what kind of story it indicates this would be.

 

2.     Describe the Dursley family: What kind of person is Vernon Dursley?

 

a.     What would it mean to be ’unDursleyish’?

3.     (You may use the illustration below here, for inspiration for your description.)

 

4.     What hints does Vernon Dursley notice during the day which tells us that something is going to happen (and which Mr Dursley thinks is just nonsense)?

 

5.     Comment on the way Albus Dumbledore is presented.

 

a.     What do Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall talk about?

 

6.     Why does Dumbledore leave Harry with the Dursleys?

 

7.     How do you think Harry would turn out, if he had been raised in the magical world, rather than with the Dursleys?

2.     Make a list of examples of how the Dursleys abuse Harry; is it physical or mental abuse?

a.     Why do they treat him like this?

 

3.     What kind of person has Harry grown up to be?

 

4.     What are the strange things that happen around Harry? Is there an explanation for these?

 

5.     Why does uncle Vernon react the way he does, to Harry’s dream about a flying motorbike?

 

6.     What do Harry and the boa constrictor have in common? 

 

1.     List three examples that show the different ways Harry and Dudley are treated. 

a.     What do these differences suggest about Harry and Dudley? 

 

2.     What does the difference in treatment suggest about Vernon and Petunia Dursley?

 

3.     What does the name of Dudley’s school imply – Smeltings?

 

4.     How do the settings (car, hotel, shack) influence the mood / emotions of the chapter?

 

 

1.    How is Hagrid different from the Dursleys in:

a.     Appearance

b.     personality

c.      treatment of Harry

2.     Comment on Hagrid’s way of speech as it written in the book? What does that say about him as a character?

 

3.     What information does Harry learn about himself in this chapter?

 

4.     What is Petunia Dursley’s motivation behind her dislike of her sister and Harry?

 

5.     Why do you think it was a pig’s tail Hagrid gave Dudley?

 

1.     How does the relationship between Harry and Hagrid develop?

 

2.     What is it that is curious about Harry’s wand?

 

1.     What elements of fantasy have we been introduced to so far in the story?

 

2.     What is Harry’s fear about going to Hogwarts? And why does he fear this?

 

1.     What information is hidden in the Sorting Hat’s song about the four different houses at Hogwarts?

 

2.     What kind of school is Hogwarts, based on first impressions from this chapter, magic aside?

 

1.     Comment on Snape’s way of teaching and his behaviour towards his students, and particularly Harry.

 

2.     How has the relationship between Harry and Ron developed? 

2.     What part of Harry’s personality is it that makes him want to retrieve the Remembrall from Malfoy, and thereby helping Neville?

3.     What information does Harry learn about his father?

4.     The three-headed dog can be found in old mythology, find what information you can about this and be able to retell it.
(This last question is to be saved for work in the class room, so you only have to answer the first 3 questions.)

 

1      What makes Harry & Ron go and save Hermione?

2      How did 2 friends become 3 friends?

 

 

1.     How has Hermione changed from being friends with Harry & Ron?

2.     What information does Harry learn about Snape?

3.     What important information is it that Hagrid inadvertently lets slip?

1.     What does Harry use his Christmas gift (the invisibility cloak) for?

2.     What does he discover about the mirror?

2.     Why would Snape referee a Quidditch match?

2. Who is Charlie, and what is his role in the story?

2.     What happens during their detention?

2.     Once they have gone through the trapdoor, there are 5 obstacles for Harry, Ron and Hermione to get past. Who of the teacher are responsible for what obstacle, and who of Harry, Ron or Hermine gets them past that obstacle?

2.     “There is no good and evil, only power and those too weak to seek it”. Discuss this quote from Voldemort.

3.     What information does Voldemort tell Harry?

4.     Harry is sent a lavatory seat from Fred and George Weasley, what is the joke in this?

5.     According to Dumbledore, what is the biggest kind of bravery/courage?