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Vocabulary for Chapter 5 - ravine
ravine - a deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water, passageway, canyon
Page 75 - They were going even deeper now and gathering speed. The air became colder and colder as they hurtled round tight corners. They were rattling over an underground ravine, and Harry leaned over the side to try to see what was down at the bottom, but Hagrid groaned and pulled him back by the scruff of his neck.
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Activities
Diagon Alley
Worksheet http://www.teachit.co.uk/pdf/hp2.pdf
From page 75 - "The gold ones are Galleons," he explained. "Seventeen silver Sickles to a Galleon and twenty-nine Knuts to a Sickle, it's easy enough.
Currency Converter http://cgi.money.cnn.com/apps/hpcurrconv
Walk Through http://harrypotter.warnerbros.co.uk/diagonalley/walkthrough.html
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During our unit on Harry Potter we made wizard money. |
| We made galleons, sickles, and knuts. We used the money in a simulation activity. In this activity, we pretended to purchased items a wizard might need to buy before going to Hogwarts. It was a lot of fun! | |
| We also made magic wands. They were made from wooden dowels. We decorated our wands with star shaped stickers, beads, feathers, and sequins. | 
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