A Wizard’s Warning
This themed writing prompt drops students straight into the wizarding world. After having a terrible vision about Harry Potter’s future, they write him an urgent message of warning through the owl post. This challenge will let them flex their creativity and imaginations and could be a great way to start their own story as a wizard or witch.
Differentiation
Extensions
The letter has the student imagine they are a witch or wizard in training at the Australian school of witchcraft and wizardry. What is that place called? Where is it? What are its houses? Can they write a story set there?
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