A Strategy for Reading Novels
Here is an example of taking notes when reading a novel. If the novel has many characters and new terms, you can keep a list so you can remember who is who and what is what!
This information has been compiled in a way that will not spoil reading the Harry Potter books for the first time!
| Author and Year published | Title |
|---|---|
| Rowling, J. K. (1998) | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
| Rowling, J. K. (1999) | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
| Character or Term | Meaning | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Azkaban | A prison for wizards | ||
| Binns, Professor | Professor of History of Magic -- a ghost | ||
| Black, Sirius | Harry's Godfather: wrongly accused and imprisoned | ||
| Daigon Alley | Secret place where all the magic stores are in London | ||
| Daily Prophet | Newspaper for the wizarding world | ||
| Dementors | Guards at Azkaban | ||
| Dumbledore, Albus | Headmaster at Hogwarts | ||
| Dursley, Dudley | Harry's annoying cousin | ||
| Dursley, Petunia | Harry's aunt and the sister of Lily Potter | ||
| Dursley, Marge | Vernon Dursley's sister | ||
| Dursley, Vernon | Harry's uncle. The Dursley's live at 4 Privet Drive,Whinging, Surrey. | ||
| Figg, Mrs. | Watches Harry when the Dursely's go somewhere. | ||
| Filch, Argus | Caretaker at Hogwarts | Mrs. Noriss - his cat | |
| Flamel, Nicholas | Inventor of the Sorcerer's Stone | ||
| Flitwick, Professor | Professor of Charms: "...a tiny little wizard" (p.133) | ||
| Fortescue, Florean | Professor of History of Magic | ||
| Fudge, Cornelius | Minister of Magic | ||
| Gryffindor | Harry's house | Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw are the other houses. | |
| Granger, Hermione | One of harry's best friends at Hogwarts. In Gryffindor, also. | "She had a bossy sort of voice, lots of bushy brown hair, and rather large front teeth." (P.105) | |
| Hagrid, Rubeus | Hogwarts Keeper of the Keys and Gamekeeper | Care of Magical Creatures teacher. | |
| Hooch, Madam | Professor of Flying | ||
| Hogwarts | Harry's school. HogwartsSchool of Witchcraft & Wizardry | ||
| Jordan, Lee | Announcer at the quidditch games | ||
| Lord Voldemort | You Know Who. | Do not say his name! | |
| Lupin, R. J. | Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts | ||
| Malfoy, Draco | Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe, and Gregory Goyle are in Slytherin and are Harry's, Ron's, and Hermione's least favourite people. | ||
| McGonagal, Minerva | Professor of Transfiguration. Head of Gryffindor. Deputy Headmistress. | ||
| Ministry of Magic | Keeps Muggles from finding out about witches and wizards. | ||
| Muggles | Non-magical folk | ||
| Nimbus Two Thousand | Harry's excellent broomstick | ||
| Peeves | The Poltergeist: "...a little man with wicked, dark eyes and a wide mouth..." (p.113) | ||
| Pettigrew, Peter | Secret Keeper for James and Lily Potter | ||
| Prince, Madam | Librarian | ||
| Potter, Harry | The major character | Son of James and Lilly Potter. | |
| Has black hair and a scar on his forehead. | Turns 11 in Sorcerer's Stone | ||
| Hedwig is Harry's owl. | Turns 13 in Azkaban | ||
| Potter, James | Harry's father who was killed by You Know Who on Halloween night when Harry was an infant. | ||
| Potter, Lily | Harry's mother who was killed at the same time as her husband. | ||
| Pomfrey, Madam | School Nurse | ||
| Quidditch | A game played on flying brooms | ||
| There are three 50 feet tall golden poles at each end of the field. There are hoops on the tops. | |||
| You score by throwing the Quaffle through the hoops. | |||
| There are seven players on each team. | |||
| 3 Chasers | The Chasers throw the Quaffle and put it through the hoops to score 10 points. | ||
| 2 Beaters | The Beaters keep the bludgers away from their team with small bats. | ||
| 1 Seeker | Goes after the Golden Snitch. | ||
| 1 Keeper | Guards the goalposts. | ||
| There are four balls. | |||
| 2 Bludgers | Bludgers are jet black balls, slightly smaller than the quaffle that fly around and try to knock players off their broomsticks. | ||
| Golden Snitch | The Snitch is small and gold with silver wings. It is hard to see and hard to catch. | ||
| Quaffle | The Quaffle is bright red and about the size of a soccer ball. | ||
| Quirrell, Professor | Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts | ||
| Rosmerta, Madam | Runs the Three Broomsticks | ||
| Shunpike, Stan | Conductor of the Knight Bus | ||
| Snape, Severus | Professor of Potions | Head of Slytherin. | |
| Sorting Hat | Tells first year students which house they are in. | ||
| Sprout, Professor | Professor of Herbology | ||
| Tom the Innkeeper | Innkeeper of the Leaky Caldron, near Daigon Alley | ||
| Trelawney, Sibyll | Divination teacher | ||
| Weasley, Arthur | Ron's father and Head of Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office at the Ministry of Magic. | ||
| Weasley, Bill | Oldest Weasley child | In Africa,doing something for Gringotts. | |
| Weasley, Charlie | Second Oldest | In Romania, studying dragons. | |
| Weasley, Fred | Third or Fourth Oldest | One of the twins | |
| Weasley, George | Third or Fourth Oldest | One of the twins | |
| Weasley, Ginny | Youngest Weasley | All the Weasley children have red hair. | |
| Weasley, Mrs. | Helps Harry find Platform Nine and Three-Quarters. | ||
| Weasley, Percy | Prefect at Hogwarts | Head Boy at Hogwarts | |
| Weasley, Ron | One of Harry's best friends at Hogwarts | Scabbers is Ron's rat. | |
| Wood, Oliver | Captain of Gryffindor's Quidditch team | ||
