Talons and Tea Leaves and The Boggart in the Wardrobe

BOOK: The Prisoner of Azkaban
CHAPTER: 6 & 7
SYNOPSIS: The kids have their first lesson with Professor Lupin.

FOR TOMORROW: 8

POSSIBLE DISCUSSION TOPICS


* What would your boggart look like? How would you make it into something funny?

Eclipse Hiatus

Sorry I didn't post yesterday guys! This is why...note what I'm making while waiting in line...

Deathly Hallows Trailer

I thought you guys might like to see this. It just came out today.




Yeah...I cried a little.

The Dementor

BOOK: The Prisoner of Azkaban
CHAPTER: 5
SYNOPSIS: Harry spends some time with Professor Lupin while the other students go to Hogsmeade.

FOR TOMORROW: 6

POSSIBLE DISCUSSION TOPICS


* Why do you think chocolate counteracts the effects of the Dementors?

The Knight Bus & The Leaky Cauldron

BOOK: The Prisoner of Azkaban

CHAPTERS: 3 & 4

SYNOPSIS: Harry takes a ride in the Knight Bus. Harry gets to know Diagon Alley better & reunites with Ron and Hermione after not seeing them all summer.

FOR TOMORROW: 5


Sorry this one was late guys! Had to work aaaaaalll day

Owl Post & Aunt Marge's Big Mistake

BOOK: The Prisoner of Azkaban
CHAPTERS: 1 & 2
SYNOPSIS: Harry receives some unexpected birthdays gifts, and Aunt Marge feels a little bloated.

FOR TOMORROW: 3 & 4

POSSIBLE DISCUSSION TOPICS


* Right off the bat, does Book 3 feel different from the previous two?
* What was your first reaction to Sirius Black?

Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets

Watch the movie!

*In what was does it differ from the book and does those differences detract or enhance the story?*

For Tomorrow:
Prisoner of Azkaban
Chapters 1 & 2

Dobby's Reward

BOOK: The Chamber of Secrets
CHAPTERS: 18
SYNOPSIS: Dobby gets a sock.

FOR TOMORROW: Take a break and watch the Movie!

POSSIBLE DISCUSSION TOPICS


* What are your overall thoughts on the book? What was your favorite part? Least favorite part?

The Chamber of Secrets & The Heir of Slytherin

BOOK: The Chamber of Secrets
CHAPTERS: 16 & 17
SYNOPSIS: Ginny is taken into the Chamber & Harry & Ron set off to save her with the 'help' of Lockhart.
FOR TOMORROW: 18

Cornelius Fudge & Aragog

BOOK: The Chamber of Secrets
CHAPTERS: 14 & 15
SYNOPSIS: The diary is stolen, Harry starts hearing the voice again and there's another attack. Harry & Ron visit the Forbidden Forest & meet Aragog.
POSSIBLE DISCUSSION TOPICS


* Why is Hagrid so obsessed with monsters?
* What are your first impressions of Cornelius Fudge?

FOR TOMORROW: 16 & 17

The Very Secret Diary

BOOK: The Chamber of Secrets
CHAPTERS: 13
SYNOPSIS: Harry finds Tom Riddle's diary, goes on to discover who opened the Chamber of Secrets the first time. Lockhart has a special Valentines Day Surprise.

POSSIBLE DISCUSSION TOPICS


* The similarities between Tom Riddle & Harry
* What was Salazar Slytherin's purpose in creating the Chamber of Secrets?


FOR TOMORROW: 14 & 15

The Polyjuice Potion

BOOK: The Chamber of Secrets
CHAPTERS: 12
SYNOPSIS: The Polyjuice Potion is ready, Harry and Ron have a chat with Draco.


FOR TOMORROW: 13

The Dueling Club

BOOK: The Chamber of Secrets
CHAPTERS: 11
SYNOPSIS: The students join the new dueling club where we find out Harry has a gift.

POSSIBLE DISCUSSION TOPICS


* Snape's Reaction to Harry being a Parselmouth
* The Sorting hat's statement to Harry, "You would have done well in Slytherin"

The Rogue Bludger

BOOK: The Chamber of Secrets
CHAPTERS: 10
SYNOPSIS: Lockhart proves that broken bones are better left treated by Madame Pomfrey.

FOR TOMORROW: 11

The Deathday Party and The Writing on the Wall

BOOK: The Chamber of Secrets
CHAPTERS: 8 & 9
SYNOPSIS: Harry, Ron, and Hermione attend Sir Nick's deathday party and, on the way back to the dorms, make an ominous discovery.

FOR TOMORROW: 10

Mudbloods and Murmurs

BOOK: The Chamber of Secrets
CHAPTERS: 7
SYNOPSIS: After serving detention with Ron, Harry hears a disembodied voice.

FOR TOMORROW: 8 & 9

The Whomping Willow & Gilderoy Lockhart

BOOK: The Chamber of Secrets
CHAPTERS: 5 & 6
SYNOPSIS: Harry and Ron fly back to Hogwarts in Mr. Weasley's Ford Anglia, and the kids have their first class with their new DADA teacher.

FOR TOMORROW: 7

The Burrow & At Flourish and Blotts

BOOK: The Chamber of Secrets
CHAPTERS: 3 & 4
SYNOPSIS: Harry spends some time at the Weasley house, and everyone takes a trip to Diagon Alley.

FOR TOMORROW: 5 & 6

The Worst Birthday & Dobby's Warning

BOOK: The Chamber of Secrets
CHAPTERS: 1 & 2
SYNOPSIS: Harry meets a new 'friend' and the Dursley's have dinner guests.

FOR TOMORROW: 3 & 4

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Topics:

*How do you feel about the acting ability of the young actors?
*Do you approve of the overall cast or would you make changes?
*What's it like seeing some of these moments on the screen?
*What was your favorite part?


FOR TOMORROW:
Chamber of Secrets chapters 1 & 2

Through the Trapdoor & The Man with Two Faces

BOOK: The Sorcerer's Stone
CHAPTERS: 16 & 17
SYNOPSIS: Harry, Ron, and Hermione descend beneath the trapdoor in a race to beat Snape to the Sorcerer's Stone. Once below, they are greeted with a shocking surprise.

What are your overall thoughts on Book 1?

FOR TOMORROW: Chamber of Secrets, Chapters 1 & 2


**Sorry guys! My neighbors have been stealing my bandwidth and I wasn't able to get the internet working for almost two whole days! This one's a bit late so I'm doing two days worth of discussion posts at once, but hopefully it won't happen again!**

The Forbidden Forest

BOOK: The Sorcerer's Stone
CHAPTERS: 15
SYNOPSIS: The kids serve detention in the Dark Forest with Hagrid.
FOR TOMORROW: 16 & 17

Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback

BOOK: The Sorcerer's Stone

CHAPTERS: 14

SYNOPSIS: Hagrid gets a new pet.

FOR TOMORROW: 15

The Mirror of Erised & Nicholas Flamel

BOOK:The Sorcerer's Stone

CHAPTERS: 12 & 13

SYNOPSIS: Harry enjoys his first Christmas at Hogwarts and makes an interesting discovery. The trio finally figure out what Fluffy is guarding.


FOR TOMORROW: 14

Halloween & Quidditch

BOOK: The Sorcerer's Stone
CHAPTERS: 10 & 11
SYNOPSIS: On Halloween Harry and Ron save Hermione from a troll. Harry enjoys his first Quidditch match.

FOR TOMORROW:12 & 13

The Sorting Hat, The Potions Master, & The Midnight Duel

BOOK: The Sorcerer's Stone
CHAPTERS: 7 & 8 & 9
SYNOPSIS: Harry and his classmates are sorted into their houses, and we are introduced to life at Hogwarts - including Professor Snape.

FOR TOMORROW: 10 & 11

Diagon Alley & Platform 9 and 3/4

BOOK: The Sorcerer's Stone
CHAPTERS: 5 & 6
SYNOPSIS: Harry and Hagrid visit Diagon Alley, and then Harry takes his first ride on the Hogwarts Express

FOR TOMORROW: 7 & 8

The Letters from No One and The Keeper of the Keys

BOOK: The Sorcerer's Stone
CHAPTERS: 3 & 4
SYNOPSIS: The Dursley house is inundated with letters addressed to Harry. When Vernon escapes with his family to a remote location, Harry gets a most unexpected birthday surprise.

FOR TOMORROW: 5, 6, & 7


-As a way to help out those who have not read the books before, if there is something in your comment that could be deemed spoilery (I.E. pertains to the plot of later books) the start off the comment with a nice big ***SPOILER***


***REMINDER***

I am going to be out of town for the next week. I will have internet access but it's sketchy as to when I'll be able to post the new days discussion thread. I'll do my best, so bear with me. I absolutely promise not to miss a day.

The Boy Who Lived and the Vanishing Glass

BOOK: The Sorcerer's Stone
CHAPTERS: 1 & 2
SYNOPSIS: Harry is left as a baby on his aunt and uncle's doorstep after his parents are murdered by Voldemort. Ten years later, Harry accompanies the Dursleys to the zoo, only to have something very peculiar happen.

POSSIBLE DISCUSSION TOPICS


* First impressions of characters
* Right now his favorite part of his appeareance is his scar; it's interesting how that eventually changes.


FOR TOMORROW: 3 & 4

Schedule

JUNE SORCERER’S STONE

3 The Boy Who Lived & The Vanishing Glass
4 The Letters from No One & The Keeper of the Keys
5 Diagon Alley & The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters
6 The Sorting Hat & The Potions Master & The Midnight Duel
7 Halloween & Quidditch
8 The Mirror of Erised & Nicolas Flamel
9 Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback &
10 The Forbidden Forest
11 Through the Trapdoor & The Man with Two Faces
12 *take a break and watch the movie!*

THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS

13 The Worst Birthday & Dobby’s Warning
14 The Burrow & At Flourish and Blotts
15 The Whomping Willow & Gilderoy Lockhart
16 Mudbloods and Murmers
17 The Deathday Party & The Writing on the Wall
18 The Rogue Bludger
19 The Dueling Club
20 The Polyjuice Potion
21 The Very Secret Diary
22 Cornelius Fudge & Aragog
23 The Chamber of Secrets & The Heir of Slytherin
24 Dobby’s Reward
25 *take a break and watch the movie!*

THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN

26 Owl Post & Aunt Marge’s Big Mistake
27 The Knight Bus & The Leaky Cauldron
28 The Dementor
29 Talons and Tea Leaves
30 The Boggart in the Wardrobe

JULY

1 Flight of the Fat Lady
2 Grim Defeat
3 The Marauder’s Map
4 The Firebolt
5 The Patronus
6 Snape’s Grudge
7 The Quidditch Final
8 Professor Trelawny’s Prediction
9 Cat, Rat, and Dog & Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs
10 The Servant of Lord Voldemort
11 The Dementor’s Kiss
12 Hermione’s Secret & Owl Post Again
13 *take a breath and watch the movie!*

THE GOBLET OF FIRE

14 The Riddle House
15 The Scar
16 The Invitation
17 Back to The Burrow
18 Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes
19 The Portkey
20 Bagman and Crouch
21 The Quiddich World Cup & The Dark Mark
22 Mayhem at the Ministry
23 Aboard the Hogwarts Express
24 The Triwizard Tournament
25 Mad-Eye Moody & The Unforgivable Curses
26 Beauxbatons and Durmstrang
27 The Goblet of Fire
28 The Four Champions & The Weighing of the Wands
29 The Hungarian Horntail
30 The First Task
31 The House-Elf Liberation Front

AUGUST

1 The Yule Ball
2 The Madness of Mr. Crouch
3 The Dream
4 The Pensieve
5 The Third Task & Flesh, Blood, and Bone
6 The Death Eaters & Priori Incantatem
7 Veritaserum
8 The Parting of the Ways & The Beginning
9 *take a break and watch the movie!*

THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX

10 Dudley Demented
11 A Peck of Owls
12 The Advance Guard
13 Number Twelve-Grimmauld Place
14 The Order of the Phoenix
15 The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black
16 The Ministry of Magic & The Hearing
17 The Woes of Mrs. Weasley
18 Luna Lovegood
19 The Sorting Hat’s New Song
20 Professor Umbridge & Detention with Dolores
21 Percy and Padfoot
22 The Hogwarts High Inquisitor
23 The Hog’s Head
24 Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four
25 Dumbledore’s Army
26 The Lion and the Serpent
27 Hagrid’s Tale
28 The Eye of the Snake
29 St. Mungo’s Hospital
30 Christmas on the Closed Ward
31 Occlumency

SEPTEMBER

1 The Beetle at Bay
2 Seen and Unforeseen
3 The Centaur and the Sneak
4 Snape’s Worst Memory
5 Career Advice
6 Grawp
7 OWLS
8 Out of the Fire
9 Fight and Flight
10 The Department of Mysteries & Beyond the Veil
11 The Only One He Ever Feared
12 The Lost Prophecy & The Second War Begins
13 *take a break and watch the movie!*

THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE

14 The Other Minister
15 Spinner’s End
16 Will and Won’t
17 Horace Slughorn
18 An Excess of Phlegm
19 Draco’s Detour
20 The Slug Club
21 Snape Victorious
22 The Half Blood Prince
23 The House of Gaunt
24 Hermione’s Helping Hand
25 Silver and Opals
26 The Secret Riddle
27 Felix Felicis
28 The Unbreakable Vow
29 A Very Frosty Christmas
30 A Sluggish Memory

OCTOBER

1 Birthday Surprises
2 Elf Tails
3 Lord Voldemort’s Request
4 The Unknowable Room
5 After the Burial
6 Horcruxes
7 Sectumsempra
8 The Seer Overheard
9 The Cave
10 The Lightning-Struck Tower
11 Flight of the Prince
12 The Phoenix Lament & The White Tomb
13 *take a break and watch the movie!*

THE DEATHLY HALLOWS

14 The Dark Lord Ascending
15 In Memoriam
16 The Dursleys Departing
17 The Seven Potters
18 The Fallen Warrior
19 The Ghoul in Pajamas
20 The Will of Albus Dumbledore
21 The Wedding & A Place to Hide
22 Kreacher’s Tale
23 The Bribe
24 Magic is Might
25 The Muggle-born Registration Commission
26 The Theif
27 The Goblin’s Revenge
28 Godric’s Hollow & Bathilda’s Secret
29 The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore
30 The Silver Doe
31 Xenophilius Lovegood

NOVEMBER

1 The Tale of the Three Brothers
2 The Deathly Hallows
3 Malfoy Manor
4 The Wand Maker
5 Shell Cottage
6 Gringotts
7 The Final Hiding Place
8 The Missing Mirror
9 The Lost Diadem
10 The Sacking of Severus Snape
11 The Battle of Hogwarts
12 The Elder Wand
13 The Prince’s Tale
14 The Forest Again
15 King’s Cross
16 The Flaw in the Plan & Epilogue
17 *take a deep breath...*
18 See you at midnight!!