Harry Potter Camp

[Hayley_G]

Here's some things I made for my HP winter camp:

1. Harry Potter camp Intro ppt
2. Color-in House badges ppt
3. Owl post template
4. My magical creature worksheet (not my own)
5. Hogwarts school song
6. Harry Potter House Cup Quiz ppt
7. Chinese paper dragon ppt (We made a dragon to celebrate the New Year).
8. Harry Potter camp lesson plan. (A really good Harry Potter winter camp schedule, not my own but given to me by a fellow English teacher).

I used the same material for 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grades (about 20 in each class). Just giving more help to the younger grades. Hope you can find something useful! 

[annekat]

I guess I should post some of my other materials, if you need them. Sorry all my posts in this thread have been random and here and there....

So, almost all my camp stuff can be found on this nice google docs site
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BzQzgLWBrpNUZTkxMTRlZDgtZDA4YS00ZWIyLTg1YjItMmU2MjlmMmRiMDll

This includes:
lesson plans
ppts (some I made, some I got from this thread, some I edited...)
general plan
the workbook (in .pub and .pdf)
fonts/subtitles/ect...

Enjoy.

[bhogj]

This is one to two classes worth of material, depending on your students. Most students in my winter camp are mid level.

This lesson introduces the spells from Harry Potter, then goes over the English words that the spells come from. For example, engorgio is taken from engorge. There is a PowerPoint introducing the words with their Korean translation. The students should follow along on their worksheets. From there, students fill out a crossword puzzle, then match the spells to the corresponding English word.

The PowerPoint isn't anything sparkly and fun, just the words and answers to the matching sheet. The kids were silent and focused through the whole class. It was very challenging for them, but they seemed interested the whole time.

[bhogj]

I haven't seen a Harry Potter bomb game, so I made one to go along with the vocabulary in my spells lesson (see above). There are two slides that have the words "orphan" and "villain" from my Superhero camp last week. Just a heads up to change those if your students aren't familiar or you want to prep them in advance.

[moose]

I called this "Harry Potter Missions".

Students work with their houses to complete one mission at a time. When they finish one mission, they move on to the next one. Missions include unscrambling, doing puzzles, brain teasers, naming harry potter characters, word searches, etc. Each mission is either challenging (brain teasers) or moves quickly (finding the four hosues in the wordsearch) so student participation and excitement is extremely high.

I gave each team 3 "lifelines" - SKIP the mission (it's too hard!), Do this mission LATER, or Give me a HINT!

Houses race to finish all 14 missions.

I watched the houses and decided on the next mission depending on their excitement level. If the last mission was too hard and morale was low, I might give them the "ring toss" mission (easy and exciting) to get them going again.

It took my grade 5/6s close to an hour to complete and their excitement level never waned.

[moose]

For the sorting hat, my students lined up, sat down one by one, and I put a sorting hat (or one that looked like it bought from the halloween store) on them. Then I pressed a button on my powerpoint and the speakers (the hat) will say their house name. It's just like the real thing (with a little help from powerpoint!). My students were super nervous and excited. One of them even said "not slytherin, not slytherin..." like the movie.

I recorded the sorting hat saying each of the house names from the movie, and then randomized it and put it on powerpoint. All you have to do is press play when the hat is on their head, then change the slide for the next student.

This is great because no students complained about the house i put them in. The hat decided, not me!

[dachiza727]

I called this "Harry Potter Missions".

Students work with their houses to complete one mission at a time. When they finish one mission, they move on to the next one. Missions include unscrambling, doing puzzles, brain teasers, naming harry potter characters, word searches, etc. Each mission is either challenging (brain teasers) or moves quickly (finding the four hosues in the wordsearch) so student participation and excitement is extremely high.

I gave each team 3 "lifelines" - SKIP the mission (it's too hard!), Do this mission LATER, or Give me a HINT!

Houses race to finish all 14 missions.

I watched the houses and decided on the next mission depending on their excitement level. If the last mission was too hard and morale was low, I might give them the "ring toss" mission (easy and exciting) to get them going again.

It took my grade 5/6s close to an hour to complete and their excitement level never waned.

Could you post the answers moose?

[moose]

I called this "Harry Potter Missions".

Students work with their houses to complete one mission at a time. When they finish one mission, they move on to the next one. Missions include unscrambling, doing puzzles, brain teasers, naming harry potter characters, word searches, etc. Each mission is either challenging (brain teasers) or moves quickly (finding the four hosues in the wordsearch) so student participation and excitement is extremely high.

I gave each team 3 "lifelines" - SKIP the mission (it's too hard!), Do this mission LATER, or Give me a HINT!

Houses race to finish all 14 missions.

I watched the houses and decided on the next mission depending on their excitement level. If the last mission was too hard and morale was low, I might give them the "ring toss" mission (easy and exciting) to get them going again.

It took my grade 5/6s close to an hour to complete and their excitement level never waned.

Oops, sorry here they are:)

Could you post the answers moose?

[anneroyster]

Hey, I just did a really successful Harry Potter camp for 5th and 6th graders.  I posted all my lesson plans here: http://esl-camps.blogspot.com/2012/01/harry-potter-camp-guide-post.html, and can hook you up with the supplies if you're interested.

[Nickjo]

This are my lessons from Winter 2011. I used them for 5/6 grade combined class (I work at a small school). Many of the materials can be easily modified to be easier for younger students (or if your students are higher level 3/4 graders they should work too). I had a "easier" version of these files but can't find them. If I do, I'll post them too.

I taught a 5 day, four "period" winter camp (9:00AM -12:00PM).

Day 1:
-"Welcome to Hogwarts" PPT: Gives them a a idea about what to expect during the week.

-"My name is" PPT: Picking a English/Wizard name and making name tags.

-"Shopping" PPT: students learn/review some key expressions related to shopping. ("Can I help you?"; "I want (a) ____."; "How much is it?"; "It's ___.". It's a bit long so feel free to shorten it if you think your students will get bored.
--at this point I hand out small print outs of American money and give it to the students. They then leave the classroom in pairs/ in small groups and "shop" for items (using target expressions) with which they can decorate their wands (it's just a rolled up piece of printer paper. I found directions on this thread somewhere so I won't repost). The students really enjoyed shopping activities. I included several more on other days.

-"4 Houses Vocab" PPT: After finishing their wands, the students learn about (they learn 3 vocabulary words for each house that relate to the member's characteristics) the 4 Hogwarts Houses and are "sorted" into each house. I have a box with a hole in it. I place pictures of the four house mascots in the box and the students take turns reaching into the box and drawing out a house card. I let them trade/switch houses after the ceremony as some friends wanted to be together and I didn't see the harm.

-The 4 houses then create house posters. I made sure that they included the house name, mascot (animal), and the three vocab words that described their house's characteristics. This usually takes the remained of the day.

[Nickjo]

Day 2

-"review" PPT: I start class with a review of the previous day's vocabulary.

-"Dragon Lore" PPT: This is a short story about dragons. I read it once, and then the students read it once. Then I have blocks that cover up the text and have students recall what they read.

-"Dragon Body Parts" PPT: I review body parts using a dragon. There are a few extra things that are not on a human like "horns," "tail," etc. If you are using house points in your camp, I have some chances to win points at the end of this PPT.

-"Create a dragon": I handed out small poster paper to each student and have each student draw a dragon. I also hand out sticker labels that they use to label all of the dragons body parts. I then had the students share 3-4 sentences out loud with the class describing their dragon ("My dragon is ___" or "My dragon has______".)

-flashcards.doc: I did a wand dueling game between houses to review expression and vocabulary, an idea I saw on previous posts. I printed the images out and taped them to a chair at the front of the class (one image facing each student). The students stand with their backs to the image, and walk three paces, and then turn around. Whoever says the word/expression first wins a point for their house. The cards aren't very super high quality, just copy/pasted into a word document. If you want you ou can create you own from the PPTs I have listed.

-"Action words" PPT: This is a tag game that I never used but feel free. The students review "I can ____" expressions and then play a freeze-tag game with the vocabulary.

-"HP Game" PPT: Also attached is an extra review bomb game that reviews Day 1 vocab. Didn't have time for this one either.

*Note, while most of my files are PPT, some of the files are saved in PPTX because they are more compressed than PPT (I can't attache some of the PPT files because they are too large). Sorry if your school computer can't open them.

[Nickjo]

Day 3

-"Magical Creatures" PPT: Students learn about some magical and non-magical creatures. A quiz at the end has house points.

-Create a Magical Creature guessing game: I have one student form each House draw a animal name out of a box/hat. They then sit at a table separated from their other house/teams. They have 3 minutes to make the creature out of clay. They can look at the final PPT slide on the previous PPT incase they don't recognize the name/can't imagine how to make it (you'd be surprised). Each house gets one guess at which creature their own member creates (not other houses' animals to avoid not trying). After a few rounds, I recycle the animals back into the box.

-"Trolls/Fairies/Elves" PPT: Students learn a dance and expression about 3 magic animals. They will use the dance/chant in a tag game.

-Trolls/Fairies/Elves tag game: After learning 3 "dances," I divide the class in two (this isn't for points and the groups will mix during the game so it's not really important how you divide them). This game is like Rock, Paper, Scissors with tag. One creature's "dance" beats another but loses to another also. I have the two teams line up facing each, and on the count of three say their chant. They then must realize if they won or lost the bout. Note: it really helps to have a poster that reads something like "Elves>Fairies" "Trolls>Elves" etc so they don't get confused.

-"History of Magic" PPT: I teach the students a little but about Harry Potter, Hogwarts etc. and include some english vocabulary. Images from the movie.
-"PotterMario Bomb game" PPT: A mario bomb game that tests the students on the history of magic stuff they learned.

-"Directions" PPT: Students practice directions vocabulary/expressions ("go straight," "turn right," etc.) which they will use in the next activity.

-"Hogwarts Map" PPT: Students receive a large blank "map" of Hogwarts castle (I printed it on A2/B2 paper or something). They also receive a line of footprints that acts as a ruler for the map. They will use it to measure how many "steps" to go in a given direction. I divide the activity into rounds (each slide is one round). I assign each House a destination/room in the castle using the PPT. They have to write down the directions (e.g. "Go straight four steps. Turn left. Go straight eight steps. Turn right.") and recite them to the class after they are done writing. The class will follow their directions on their own map (suing the ruler to check the "steps") and see if there are any mistakes.  After a few slides, the directions become more difficult as certain "obstructions" appear in Hogwarts' halls. 

Print out the ruler by copy/pasting "footprints" from the PPT. The size of the "steps" or footprints should depend on the size of the map you print.

[Nickjo]

Day 4/5

I decided to combine days 4 and 5 because my day 3 is pretty busy and my day 5 is a little thin (my co-teacher wanted to watch a movie for half the class, I happily obliged).

This activity is a whopper (shopping and potion making). It's a fun one though.
-"Potions Vocab" PPT: This is one of two "potions" classes. I teacher vocab like "stir," and "add." The last four or five slides are the "potions" the students will make following my directions.

-Making a Potion": I purchased a bunch of different sodas including but not limited to (cola, cream soda), juices (orange, tomato, grape) and other less palatable ingredients (salt, gochujang (red pepper flakes)). I rip off the labels on the sodas and place a label next to them "troll spit," "dragon tears," etc.). I also 4 matching labeled cups per ingredient (one for each house). I created a shopping list which I distributed to each house and had one member of each house at a time come and buy some of their houses' ingredients (I passed out the same paper money from Day 1). They use the same vocab from Day 1. They tell me what they want and I fill up a labeled cup of a certain ingredient for them (to avoid confusion during experimentation time). When all the houses have purchased all their ingredients, it's time to make potions. Up to you what combination of ingredients to use. My instructions started out simple and yummy, then went to more complex and gross (lots of gochujang). The students can try their concoction if they please. It helps to have a bucket handy so they can pour their unwanted potions out easily. If your students are advanced, have one or two make up their own potion and lead the class in making it.

-Bingo: Review images from the previous lesson. Have the students cut them out and mix thema round for a few bingo games.

-"Mudpie" PPT: Some potions review vocab along with a few new words/expressions. They will be making a chocolate ice cream "mudpie" (also includes whip cream, gummy worms, crumbled cookies). Same idea as the potions class but they will want to eat this one. I didn't have them buy ingredients in this activity. I would save this one for the final class.

-"Wizard Criminals" PPT: This is a repost but I changed a few things around. I teach the students a bunch of different bodily features. I then have them then complete the worksheet I created. Then I pass out the clues for each Wizard. I rewrote many of my clues so that they matched the vocabulary I taught in the PPT.

-"Tea Reading" PPT: Another activity I borrowed from a different post.  They fill out a worksheet that has various divination symbols. They write what they mean in Korean. I narrowed the number of symbols down on their worksheet a bit form the original post to make the activity easier. I created a PPT to help the students write and share about what tea leaf symbols they found in their tea leaves.

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Enjoy! If you have problems with any of the files, let me know.

[Banaie]

This lesson plan is really heavily dependent on the teacher to provide aids. So instead of spending hours in the classroom doing it I stretched it out over a week and a half and did three days where they made all the props and set up all the stations. It was really great because it used up a few more days of my English camp and the kids had an awesome time. This was a really great idea! Loved it and so did all my students! I also ended the camp with them watching the movie (two days) so in total it took up two full weeks of camp. It was great!

[gimhae]

This is awesome. Might add key word(s) of the day to it. Thanks!