11.07 - Hogwarts Houses and LotF Characters

We started today's class with a review of the different houses at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. We talked about how sorting people into houses is really a type of character analysis as it argues for what elements of their character are the most significant and requires evidence for those judgements. With this in mind, everyone then had ten minutes to respond to the prompt below:

Which Hogwarts House would you be? Identify characteristics associated with the house you feel represents you and provide specific examples of when you have exhibited those traits.

While everyone responded to this prompt, I tried to guess which house each person would be. At the end of the ten minutes, everyone shared out which house they said they were and why. I then shared out whether my guesses were right or wrong. The class then sorted me into Hufflepuff.

Next, we took a look at doing some character analysis of characters in Lord of the Flies. I printed out the summary sheets that everyone had produced for their characters so far in the book. Working with a partner, everyone then began looking through this data and taking notes on important elements. Directions for this part of the activity are below.

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We will turn these notes into a formal analysis of character next class.

Homework:

Read chapter nine of Lord of the Flies. Continue to put down sticky notes when your person, place, or object is mentioned (one sticky note per page, per element is fine).

Continue to study the set 5 roots and prefixes.
Roots and Prefix Set 5 list
Roots and Prefix Set 5 practice