How Awesome Is This?
LJ and the HP fandom in general haven't seen much of me lately, because I've been moving and starting off the school year at my new teaching job these past few weeks. But guess what? I get to teach a class on Harry Potter! Yeah, the topic was my idea - teachers get to do one elective on anything they want. I figured this would be the easiest and funnest for me, and probably popular with the kids too. :D
It's 4th, 5th, and 6th graders and we meet once a week for 1.5 hours. So far I've said we'll discuss the books, themes and issues raised in them, relevant folklore and mythology, stuff like alchemy, etc. And we'll also have debates and trivia contests and lots of other fun HP-themed activities. There's a prerequisite that any kid who signs up must have read all seven books in the series.
If anyone has any cool ideas or suggestions for particular activities we could do, I'd love to hear them!
It's 4th, 5th, and 6th graders and we meet once a week for 1.5 hours. So far I've said we'll discuss the books, themes and issues raised in them, relevant folklore and mythology, stuff like alchemy, etc. And we'll also have debates and trivia contests and lots of other fun HP-themed activities. There's a prerequisite that any kid who signs up must have read all seven books in the series.
If anyone has any cool ideas or suggestions for particular activities we could do, I'd love to hear them!