Prisoner of Azkaban: Professor Lupin Confrontation

Reading Booklet Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Name: ________________________________________________

Extract One Professor Lupin appeared to have woken up at last. Harry could hear movements in his corner. None of them spoke. There was a soft, crackling noise and a shivering light filled the compartment. Professor Lupin appeared to be holding a handful of flames. They illuminated his tired grey face, but his eyes looked alert and wary. Stay where you are, he said in the same hoarse voice, and he got slowly to his feet with his handful of fire held out in front of him. But the door slid slowly open before Lupin could reach it. Standing in the doorway, illuminated by the shivering flames in Lupin s hand, was a cloaked figure that towered to the ceiling. Its face was completely hidden beneath its hood. Harry s eyes darted downwards, and what he saw made his stomach contract. There was a hand protruding from the cloak and it was glistening, greyish, slimy-looking an scabbed, like something dead that had decayed in water It was only visible for a split second. As though the creature beneath the cloak sensed Harry s gaze, the hand was suddenly withdrawn into the folds of the black material. And then the thing beneath the hood, whatever it was, drew a long, slow, rattling breath, as though it was trying to suck something more than air from its surroundings. An intense cold swept over them all. Harry felt his own breath catch in his chest. The cold went deeper than his skin. It was inside his chest, it was inside his very heart Harry s eyes rolled up into his head. He couldn t see. He was drowning in cold. There was a rushing in his ears as though of water. He was being dragged downwards, the roaring growing louder And then, from far away, he heard screaming, terrible, terrified, pleading screams. He wanted to help whoever it was, he tired to move his arms, but couldn t a thick white fog was swirling around him, inside him -

Vocabulary Record any words from the text you are unsure of before trying to find the definition for these. Remember, where words have multiple meanings, use the context of the sentence to try and help you choose the correct definition.

Extract One - Day One - Vocabulary Look at the passage below. Standing in the doorway, illuminated by the shivering flames in Lupin s hand, was a cloaked figure that towered to the ceiling. Its face was completely hidden beneath its hood. Harry s eyes darted downwards, and what he saw made his stomach contract. There was a hand protruding from the cloak and it was glistening, greyish, slimy-looking an scabbed, like something dead that had decayed in water It was only visible for a split second. As though the creature beneath the cloak sensed Harry s gaze, the hand was suddenly withdrawn into the folds of the black material. And then the thing beneath the hood, whatever it was, drew a long, slow, rattling breath, as though it was trying to suck something more than air from its surroundings. In the box below, draw what you think the character would look like, labelling it with words or phrases from the text that made you draw that.

Extract One - Day Two - Retrieval Answer the questions below that are linked to the text from Extract One. 1) Who had woken up? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2) What filled the compartment? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3) What did the flames illuminate? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 4) Who or what was stood in the doorway? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 5) What made Harry s stomach contract? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 6) What colour was the figure s cloak? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 7) How deep did the cold go? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 8) What grew louder? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 9) What could Harry hear? ________________________________________________________________________________________

Extract One - Day Three - Summarise/ Explain Answer the questions below that are linked to the text from Extract One. 1) Order the events below in the sequence they appear in the text. The door slid slowly open Harry could hear screaming An intense cold swept over them all Professor Lupin woke up 2) Summarise the final paragraph in one sentence. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3) Explain who was in the doorway of the carriage in your own words. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 4) How do we know danger is coming based on Professor Lupin in the second paragraph? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 5) Summarise the extract in two sentences. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________

Extract Two January faded imperceptibly into February, with no change in the bitterly cold weather. The match against Ravenclaw was drawing nearer and nearer, but Harry still hadn t ordered a new broom. He was now asking Professor McGonagall for news of the Firebolt after every Transfiguration lesson, Ron standing hopefully at his shoulder, Hermione rushing past with her face averted. No, Potter, you can t have it back yet, Professor McGonagall told him the twelfth time this happened, before he d even opened his mouth. We ve checked for most of the usual curses, but Professor Flitwick believes the broom might be carrying a Hurling Hex. I shall tell you once we ve finished checking it. Now, please stop badgering me. To make matters even worse, Harry s Anti-Dementor lessons were not going nearly as well as he had hoped. Several sessions on, he was able to produce an indistinct, silvery shadow every time the Boggart-Dementor approached him, but his Patronus was too feeble to drive the Dementor away. All it did was hover, like a semi- transparent cloud, draining Harry of energy as he fought to keep it there. Harry felt angry with himself, guilty about his secret desire to hear his parents voices again. You re expecting too much of yourself, said Professor Lupin sternly, in their fourth week of practice. For a thirteen-year-old wizard, even an indistinct Patronus is a huge achievement. You aren t passing out any more, are you? I thought a Patronus would - charge the Dementors down or something, said Harry dispiritedly. Make them disappear - The true Patronus does do that, said Lupin. But you ve achieved a great deal in a very short space of time. If the Dementors put in an appearance at your next Quidditch match, you will be able to keep them at bay long enough to get back to the ground. You said it s harder if there are loads of them, said Harry. I have complete confidence in you, said Lupin, smiling. Here - you ve earned a drink. Something from the Three Broomsticks, you won t have tried it before -

Vocabulary Record any words from the text you are unsure of before trying to find the definition for these. Remember, where words have multiple meanings, use the context of the sentence to try and help you choose the correct definition.

Extract Two - Day Four - Retrieval Answer the questions below that are linked to the text from Extract Two. 1) What was the weather like? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2) Who were they playing next at Quidditch? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3) When did Harry ask for news about the Firebolt? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 4) Who believed there may be a Hurling Hex on the broomstick? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 5) Which lesson was not going as well as Harry had hoped? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 6) Who was teaching him that lesson? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 7) How weeks had he been doing it? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 8) How old was Harry? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 9) What had Harry earned? ________________________________________________________________________________________

Extract Two - Day Five - Vocabulary Key Vocabulary Synonym - A word that means the same or similar e.g. hot and warm Antonym - A word that is opposite in meaning e.g. hot and cold Answer the questions below related to vocabulary in the text. 1) Hermione rushing past with her face averted What does averted mean? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2) Write a definition for each of the two words below: Distinct: ________________________________________________________________________________________ Indistinct: ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3) Several sessions on, he was able to produce an indistinct, silvery shadow Using the definitions above, explain what indistinct tells us about Harry s Patronus? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 4) If the Dementors put in an appearance at your next Quidditch match Explain why Dementors begins with a capital letter. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________

Extract Two - Day Five - Vocabulary 5) Which word below is an antonym of usual ? normal standard expected abnormal 6) Now, please stop badgering me Find another word that means the same as badgering . ________________________________________________________________________________________ 7) Which word below is a synonym of imperceptibly ? quickly gradually speedily cautiously

Extract Two - Day Six - Summarise Create a title for each paragraph. Summarise each paragraph in one or two bullet points. January faded imperceptibly into February, with no change in the bitterly cold weather. The match against Ravenclaw was drawing nearer and nearer, but Harry still hadn t ordered a new broom. He was now asking Professor McGonagall for news of the Firebolt after every Transfiguration lesson, Ron standing hopefully at his shoulder, Hermione rushing past with her face averted. No, Potter, you can t have it back yet, Professor McGonagall told him the twelfth time this happened, before he d even opened his mouth. We ve checked for most of the usual curses, but Professor Flitwick believes the broom might be carrying a Hurling Hex. I shall tell you once we ve finished checking it. Now, please stop badgering me. To make matters even worse, Harry s Anti-Dementor lessons were not going nearly as well as he had hoped. Several sessions on, he was able to produce an indistinct, silvery shadow every time the Boggart- Dementor approached him, but his Patronus was too feeble to drive the Dementor away. All it did was hover, like a semi-transparent cloud, draining Harry of energy as he fought to keep it there. Harry felt angry with himself, guilty about his secret desire to hear his parents voices again. You re expecting too much of yourself, said Professor Lupin sternly, in their fourth week of practice. For a thirteen-year-old wizard, even an indistinct Patronus is a huge achievement. You aren t passing out any more, are you? I thought a Patronus would - charge the Dementors down or something, said Harry dispiritedly. Make them disappear -

Extract Three Harry put his quill between his teeth and reached underneath his pillow for his ink bottle and a roll of parchment. Slowly and very carefully he unscrewed the ink bottle, dipped his quill into it and began to write, pausing every now and then to listen because if any of the Dursleys heard the scratching of his quill on their way to the bathroom, he d probably find himself locked in the cupboard under the stairs for the rest of the summer. The Dursley family of number four, Privet Drive, was the reason that Harry never enjoyed his summer holidays. Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia and their son, Dudley, were Harry s only living relatives. They were Muggles, and they had a very medieval attitude towards magic. Harry s dead parents, who had been a witch and wizard themselves, were never mentioned under the Dursleys roof. For years, Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon had hoped that if they kept Harry as downtrodden as possible, they would be able to squash the magic out of him. To their fury, they had been unsuccessful, and now lived in terror of anyone finding out that Harry had spent most of the last two years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The most the Dursleys could do these days was to lock away Harry s spellbooks, wand, cauldron and broomstick at the start of the summer holidays, and forbid him to talk to the neighbours. This separation from his spellbooks had been a real problem for Harry, because his teachers at Hogwarts had given him a lot of holiday work. One of the essays, a particular nasty one about Shrinking Potions, was for Harry s least favourite teacher, Professor Snape, who would be delighted to have an excuse to give Harry detention for a month. Harry had therefore seized his chance in the first week of the holidays. While Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia and Dudley had gone out into the front garden to admire Uncle Vernon s new company car (in very loud voices, so that the rest of the street would notice it too), Harry had crept downstairs, picked the lock on the cupboard under the stairs, grabbed some of his books and hidden them in his bedroom. As long as he didn t leave spots of ink on the sheets, the Dursleys need never know that he was studying magic by night. Harry was keen to avoid trouble with his aunt and uncle at the moment, as they were already in a bad mood with him, all because he d received a telephone call from a fellow wizard one week into the school holidays. Ron Weasley, who was one of Harry s best friends at Hogwarts, came from a whole family of wizards. This meant that he knew a lot of things Harry didn t, but had never used a telephone before. Most unluckily, it had been Uncle Vernon who had answered the call.

Vocabulary Record any words from the text you are unsure of before trying to find the definition for these. Remember, where words have multiple meanings, use the context of the sentence to try and help you choose the correct definition.

Extract Three - Day Seven - Mixed Skills Answer the questions below that are linked to the text from Extract Three. 1) Where was Harry s ink bottle? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2) When were the Dursleys most likely to hear Harry writing? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3) Why did Harry never enjoy his summer holidays? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 4) What did the Dursleys live in fear of? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 5) Why was Harry forbidden from talking to the neighbours? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 6) Who was Harry most particularly keen to do homework for? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 7) What had distracted the Dursleys long enough for Harry to get some of his things? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 8) Why were the Dursleys already in a bad mood with Harry? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________

Extract Three - Day Eight - Summarise Create a title for each paragraph. Summarise each paragraph in one or two bullet points. Harry put his quill between his teeth and reached underneath his pillow for his ink bottle and a roll of parchment. Slowly and very carefully he unscrewed the ink bottle, dipped his quill into it and began to write, pausing every now and then to listen because if any of the Dursleys heard the scratching of his quill on their way to the bathroom, he d probably find himself locked in the cupboard under the stairs for the rest of the summer. The Dursley family of number four, Privet Drive, was the reason that Harry never enjoyed his summer holidays. Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia and their son, Dudley, were Harry s only living relatives. They were Muggles, and they had a very medieval attitude towards magic. Harry s dead parents, who had been a witch and wizard themselves, were never mentioned under the Dursleys roof. For years, Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon had hoped that if they kept Harry as downtrodden as possible, they would be able to squash the magic out of him. To their fury, they had been unsuccessful, and now lived in terror of anyone finding out that Harry had spent most of the last two years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The most the Dursleys could do these days was to lock away Harry s spellbooks, wand, cauldron and broomstick at the start of the summer holidays, and forbid him to talk to the neighbours. This separation from his spellbooks had been a real problem for Harry, because his teachers at Hogwarts had given him a lot of holiday work. One of the essays, a particular nasty one about Shrinking Potions, was for Harry s least favourite teacher, Professor Snape, who would be delighted to have an excuse to give Harry detention for a month. Harry had therefore seized his chance in the first week of the holidays. While Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia and Dudley had gone out into the front garden to admire Uncle Vernon s new company car (in very loud voices, so that the rest of the street would notice it too), Harry had crept downstairs, picked the lock on the cupboard under the stairs, grabbed some of his books and hidden them in his bedroom. As long as he didn t leave spots of ink on the sheets, the Dursleys need never know that he was studying magic by night. Harry was keen to avoid trouble with his aunt and uncle at the moment, as they were already in a bad mood with him, all because he d received a telephone call from a fellow wizard one week into the school holidays. Ron Weasley, who was one of Harry s best friends at Hogwarts, came from a whole family of wizards. This meant that he knew a lot of things Harry didn t, but had never used a telephone before. Most unluckily, it had been Uncle Vernon who had answered the call.

Extract Three - Day Nine - Vocabulary Key Vocabulary Synonym - A word that means the same or similar e.g. hot and warm Antonym - A word that is opposite in meaning e.g. hot and cold Answer the questions below related to vocabulary in the text. 1) Harry put his quill between his teeth and reached underneath his pillow for his ink bottle and a roll of parchment, What is a quill used for? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2) What does medieval mean? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3) Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia and their son, Dudley, were Harry s only living relatives What is another word for relatives ? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 4) Harry had therefore seized his chance in the first week of the holidays. Find a word in the passage above that means the same as took . ________________________________________________________________________________________ 5) The most the Dursleys could do these days was to lock away Harry s spellbooks, wand, cauldron and broomstick at the start of the summer holidays, and forbid him to talk to the neighbours. What could you replace forbid with in the passage above so that the meaning is unchanged? ________________________________________________________________________________________

Extract Three - Day Nine - Vocabulary 6) Which word below is an antonym of downtrodden ? crushed supported weighed down repressed 7) You simply pinched your nose and swallowed hard, then glugged down a glass of water. Find another word that means the same as glugged ________________________________________________________________________________________ 8) Which word below is a synonym of medieval ? modern fresh in vogue antiquated

Extract Three - Day Ten - Summarise/ Explain Answer the questions below that are linked to the text from Extract Three. 1) Order the events below in the sequence they appear in the text. Ron calls Harry Harry s items are locked away Harry puts his quill between his teeth Uncle Vernon gets a new company car 2) Summarise the final two paragraphs in one sentence. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3) Why do the Dursleys talk loudly about their new company car? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 4) Summarise the opening two paragraphs in one sentence. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 5) Why was Harry so keen to complete his Shrinking Potions homework? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________