Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Collins, a young adult novel published in 2008 and closely followed by its sequels, Catching Fire (2009) and Mockingjay (2009), swept a generation of adolescent girls off their feet. Raised on the Hermione Granger’s (almost a protagonist of the Harry Potter series written by J.K. Rowling in 1997-2007) example, millions of girls were longing to have a true hero of their own. As children, the gen-X girls once admired clever and helpful Hermione; as adolescents, they are ready to lead on their own.…

Anticipatory Set I first started with the anticipatory set with my students, which took about five minutes. I explained to the students that today’s lesson talked about reading comprehension and comprehension strategies. I then picked up a difficult book and began reading loudly. The students gave me a weird look and covered their ears. I asked them if I was too loud and they replied “YES!” I then began to read softer and they still had funny looks on their face. I asked what was wrong and they…

There’s so many wonderful characters throughout the Harry Potter series, so choosing one was a little difficult. After some thought, I decided that Neville Longbottom would be a great character to write this over. I chose Neville because I feel that I relate to him in several ways. Sometimes I’m just as clumsy as he is and definitely just as lost, but I manage to put forth a lot of effort into whatever it is that I’m doing. I always liked the fact that Neville seemed to be much braver than he…

1. Re-write a scene: Act I Scene V Lady Macbeth enters alone with a letter. LADY MACBETH: (reading) “Good news! One, the revolt is under control and we won the battle. And two, you’ll never guess. I saw three witches who could predict the future, yeah it sounds weird but it’s true. They disappeared in thin air and I stood rapt in wonder. Angus and Ross brought me out of my stupor and brought the good news that the King had named me Thane of Cawdor like the predictions of the weird sisters,…

in Training day. Along with his great acting skills he is also a producer and helped produce The Book of Eli. Another great actor in this film is Gary Oldman, he plays Carnegie. He Also has been in a bunch of other movies such as Harry Potter in the Prisoner of Azkaban. The Dark Knight, RoboCop, Leon the Professional. Other great actors such as Mila Kunis and Jennifer Beals. Mila who stared in that 70’s show, Family guy, and Forgetting Sarah Marshal. Actors are key to every movie, if movies had…

good things also happened in this year. For example, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series for the first time since the year 1918, Michael Phelps earned six out of his total of twenty three Olympic gold medals in this year, and Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban was out in…

Alfonso Cuarón, a film director, screenwriter, producer and editor, is famously known to be the first Mexican director to win an Academy Award for Best Directing. Born on November 28th, 1961, his passion for the industry had been integrated from a very young age. Growing up in Mexico City, Cuarón was exposed to numerous mediums of film wether it was watching movies, television or going to cinema theatres. Like many children growing up in the 1960s, directors such as Vittorio De Sica, John Ford…