Making Magic with Harry Potter

A Technology Enhanced Thematic Unit

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By Janna Seifert, M.A.T.
Completed as Requirements for EDEX 750:

Technology for Special Populations
University of South Carolina
Programs in Special Education
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Featured in Special Education Technology Practice 3.4 September/October 2001


 
Table of Contents

Rationale & Letter to Readers

Goals and Standards

Materials, software and hardware
  • Hardware Requirements 
  • Toolbox for Software
  • Web Resources for Teachers

    Lesson Plan Links for Harry Potter

    Web Activities for Students

    Lessons include: Materials,  Accommodations,  Assessment,  and Extensions

    Lesson One: Beyond Fiction- Creating Mental Models

    Lesson Two: Slide Shows for Vocabulary Instruction

    Lesson Three: Harry Potter Scavenger Hunt

    Lesson Four: Harry Potter’s Cloak of Invisibility

    Lesson Five: Inspiration Organizer

    Lesson Six: The Sequencing of Harry Potter

    Lesson Seven: Harry P. Jeopardy

    Lesson Eight: Comparing with Hogwarts Houses

    Lesson Nine: Harry Topics- Trackstar

    Lesson Ten: Rough Draft of Report- Final Lesson

    Appendices

    Appendix A: PowerPoint Activity for Vocabulary
    Appendix B: PowerPoint Activity Harry P. Jeopardy


     

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    This web site was developed to assist teachers who want to incorporate technology-based lessons and Harry Potter into their classroom. HARRY POTTER, characters, names and related indicia and WARNER BROS. and related indicia are trademarks of Warner Bros. TM & © 2001. Illustrations from the Harry Potter books are by Mary GrandPre @1996-2000 by Scholastic Inc. "Harry Potter" is a trademark of Scholastic Inc. TM and copyright 1996-2000.

    Rights to the Harry Potter characters, names, likenesses, illustrations and related indicia are neither claimed nor implied by the owners of this webpage. Furthermore, neither this webpage nor its owners are associated with, affiliated with, or funded by Warner Brothers, Scholastic Press, Arthur A. Levine Books, Bloomsbury Publishing, J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandPre, Larry Anderson or David Blaine in any way, nor are we endorsed by any of the aforementioned parties.



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