English Script Reading

English Script Exercise #1 (Harry Potter) (Line 1 )McGonagall: Good evening, Professor Dumbledore. Are the rumors true, Albus? (Line 2) Dumbledore: I'm afraid so, Professor. The good, and the bad. (Line 3) McGonagall: And the boy? (Line 4) Dumbledore: Hagrid is bringing him. (Line 5) McGonagall: Do you think it wise to trust Hagrid with something as important as this? (Line 6) Albus: Ah, Professor, I would trust Hagrid with my life.

Thursday’s are fun days!! Today we will be practicing reading skills by reading from a script.

English Script Exercise #2 (Harry Potter) (Line 1) Harry: Sorry about him. He doesn't understand what it's like, lying there day after day, having people press their ugly faces in on you. (Line 2) The snake looks up and blinks. (Line 3) Harry: Can you...hear me? {The snake nods} It's just...I've never talked to a snake before. Do you...I mean...do you talk to people often? {The snake shakes its head} You're from Burma, aren't you? Was it nice there, do you miss your family? {The snake turns its head in the direction of a sign which says, Bred in Captivity} I see. That's me as well. I never knew my parents, either.

English Script Exercise #3 (Harry Potter) (Line 1) Racing down the depth caverns in a cartlike structure. The cart stops, a goblin, GRIPHOOK, clambers out. (Line 2) Griphook: Vault 687. Lamp, please. {Hagrid hands him the lamp and he walks to the vault} Key please. {Hagrid hands him the key and he unlocks it} (Line 3) The room is filled nearly top to bottom with coins. Harry is amazed. Hagrid: Didn't think your mum and dad would leave you with nothing, now did you?

Q&A What are some of the terms you did not understand or have questions about?