Like most that start their journey through the books, I began mine with the films. Till this day I wish I read all the books when I was younger because my friends talk about how amazing the books are. Since my mother knew that I did not like to read much, I remember her coming…
Me? Obsessed with Harry Potter? Why Yes
Picture Credit When I was younger, I always skipped reading the books of this series because the books looked very long. In the beginning of middle school people were always taking about the Harry Potter movies that have been coming out of the series, but I still hadn’t started an interest in them. My interest…
Magic at Hogwarts
I started reading the Harry Potter series when I was 10 years old. The first few books I read in the series were Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and the third book Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Then in middle school I read the last…
My First Exposure to The Harry Potter Universe
The first time I was introduced to the Harry Potter series was by my sister, April. She is one of the biggest fans that I have ever known and I believe has read the entire series more than five times. I remember seeing her read the first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter And The Sorcerers…
Where’s My Hogwarts Acceptance Letter?
I had always been an avid reader when I was younger, but it wasn’t until middle school and high school that I got my first exposure to the Harry Potter world. I hadn’t really heard about the Harry Potter series up until that point. I distinctly remember one of my classmates coming into class with…
Week 2: September 2-8
Due 9/3: Signed house contracts. Turn one copy into Dr. Perez on Tuesday at the start of class. Due 9/5: First blog post – Tell Your Harry Potter Story in approximately 250-500 words. Include an image. Post link to Slack and on Twitter with the hashtag #hogwartsdh. Be sure to give your blog post an original title…
Dr. Perez’s Harry Potter Story
I’d heard something about Harry Potter when the first book came out in 1997 or 1998 while I was in my first or second year of graduate school. But it was the summer of 1999 when I started thinking about it a lot. I spent that summer in Edinburgh, and the bookstores were full of…
Week 1: August 27-29
Due this week: Make your first Slack posting – introduce yourself. By the end of 8/25. Set-up class Twitter account (by 8/27). Follow me @anneperez. Email me your user name: aperez@csudh.edu. Make sure to include your real name in the email. The subject line should be something like Annemarie Perez’s Twitter id for the Harry…
Final (for now) Draft of Syllabus
Here is the final draft (for now) of our syllabus. The assignment dates are set. What will be added is post-week 4 critical readings based on what we decide the class is most interested in studying. The Worlds of Harry Potter Syllabus
Welcome to IDS 336-01
Welcome to Fall 2019 IDS 336-01, The Worlds of Harry Potter. This is the first post on our course website. Of course, it all begins with a letter…