A Very Strange Sounding Harry Potter Tale
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A VERY STRANGE SOUNDING HARRY POTTER TALE
Instructions: With your partner, read through the Harry Potter story (this is Mr. Margolies’ Harry Potter opportunity because nobody wanted to make the Harry Potter outline yesterday!) Replace all the bold words and phrases with what you think is the appropriate pronoun. Put the pronoun in the parentheses after the word. Sometimes, you will also have to change another bolded word to make the sentence make sense.
Once upon a time, there was a great wizard named Harry Potter. But Harry did not always know that Harry ( ) was a wizard. Harry ( ) grew up with Harry’s ( ) aunt, uncle, and cousin. Harry’s aunt, uncle, and cousin ( ) were all very mean to Harry and forced Harry ( ) to sleep in a small cupboard underneath the stairs!
Eventually, though, Harry learned that Harry ( ) was a wizard. Harry ( ) got a wand and used the wand ( ) to do magic. “This wand is Harry’s wand ( ),” Harry stated proudly. “Harry has ( ) never had anything so nice before.” Harry ( ) became great friends with two other wizards, Ron and Hermione. “Harry loves ( ) being at Hogwarts with my new friends,” Harry told Ron and Hermione. At first, Harry and Ron did not like Hermione. Harry and Ron ( ) thought that Hermione ( ) was weird. But soon, Harry, Ron, and Hermione ( ) became inseparable, and not a single person ( ) ever seemed to see Harry, Ron, and Hermione ( ) apart from each other. “Harry, Ron, and Hermione ( ) make such a good team,” Ron exclaimed one day to Ron’s ( ) two closest friends, Harry and Hermione. “Ron is ( ) so happy to have met Harry and Hermione ( ).
Unfortunately, not everything was perfect at Hogwarts. Some person ( ) named Voldemort was trying to kill Harry Potter! Each year, Harry told Harry’s self
( ) that this would be the year that Harry ( ) finally defeated Voldemort, but Voldemort kept coming back. Ron and Hermione wanted to help Harry defeat the evil wizard, but Harry told Ron and Hermione ( ), “No, Harry ( ) must defeat Voldemort Harry’s self ( ).
In the end, every person ( ) was very happy. Harry defeated the villainous Voldemort, and Hermione told Harry, “Hermione ( ) always knew Harry ( ) would win in the end! Every person ( ) at Hogwarts knew it too!” Harry was glad to be a normal kid again, although Harry ( ) was a kid with very special powers. And every person ( ) lived happily ever after, especially Ron and Hermione. “Ron has ( ) good news!” Ron told Harry excitedly one day. “Hermione and Ron ( ) have decided to get married!”
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A VERY STRANGE SOUNDING HARRY POTTER TALE
Instructions: With your partner, read through the Harry Potter story (this is Mr. Margolies’ Harry Potter opportunity because nobody wanted to make the Harry Potter outline yesterday!) Replace all the bold words and phrases with what you think is the appropriate pronoun. Put the pronoun in the parentheses after the word. Sometimes, you will also have to change another bolded word to make the sentence make sense.
Once upon a time, there was a great wizard named Harry Potter. But Harry did not always know that Harry ( he ) was a wizard. Harry ( he ) grew up with Harry’s ( his ) aunt, uncle, and cousin. Harry’s aunt, uncle, and cousin ( they ) were all very mean to Harry and forced Harry ( him ) to sleep in a small cupboard underneath the stairs!
Eventually, though, Harry learned that Harry ( he ) was a wizard. Harry ( he ) got a wand and used the wand ( it ) to do magic. “This wand is Harry’s wand ( mine ),” Harry stated proudly. “Harry has ( I have ) never had anything so nice before.”
Harry soon became great friends with two other wizards, Ron and Hermione. “Harry loves ( I love ) being at Hogwarts with my new friends,” Harry told Ron and Hermione. At first, Harry and Ron did not like Hermione. Harry and Ron ( They ) thought that Hermione ( she ) was weird. But soon, Harry, Ron, and Hermione ( they ) became inseparable, and not a single person ( no one ) ever seemed to see Harry, Ron, and Hermione ( them ) apart from each other. “Harry, Ron, and Hermione ( We ) make such a good team,” Ron exclaimed one day to Ron’s (his ) two closest friends, Harry and Hermione. “Ron is ( I am ) so happy to have met Harry and Hermione ( you ).
Unfortunately, not everything was perfect at Hogwarts. Some person ( Someone ) named Voldemort was trying to kill Harry Potter! Each year, Harry told Harry’s self
( himself ) that this would be the year that Harry ( he ) finally defeated Voldemort, but Voldemort kept coming back. Ron and Hermione wanted to help Harry defeat the evil wizard, but Harry told Ron and Hermione ( them ), “No, Harry ( I ) must defeat Voldemort Harry’s self ( myself ).
In the end, every person ( everyone ) was very happy. Harry defeated the villainous Voldemort, and Hermione told Harry, “Hermione ( I ) always knew Harry ( you ) would win in the end! Every person ( Everyone ) at Hogwarts knew it too!” Harry was glad to be a normal kid again, although Harry ( he ) was a kid with very special powers. And every person ( everyone ) lived happily ever after, especially Ron and Hermione. “Ron has ( I have ) good news!” Ron told Harry excitedly one day. “Hermione and Ron ( I ) have decided to get married!”