She presently lives in Edinsburgh, Scotland with her daughter. Students using various mediums can illustrate one of the characters or scenes using details from the story. Students can write a journal response as if they were Harry Potter, including adjectives to describe how they would feel if they were him. Students could also pick a specific event in the story to guide in writing in the form of a friendly letter. They can find the common themes discussed in each and the different styles of each author.
Students can discuss the multitude of themes throughout.
Also, students can discuss a time in their lives were they felt left out like Harry and how they overcame these feelings or how they would help someone who felt left out like Harry did. As a class, they could develop ways in which to make students feel important in a class. Students can construct a time line of the main events of Harry's first year at Hogwart School. Then they could depict a time line of their first year in school or a specific grade. Then, the student can compare the events of each.