Synopsis:  Harry attends his first classes and learns more about the bank break-in.

Vocabulary:

cheek:  acting sassy

cozy:  material placed around a teapot

dunderheads:  stupid people

fungi:  plural of fungus, a type of plant without green chlorophyll

rickety:  shaky

seeping:  fluid oozing

shimmering:  glittering

simmering:  very hot

ward:  patient area in a hospital

zombie:  walking dead

Questions:

1.  How do the ghosts and Hogwarts students and staff help and hinder Harry on his first day of school?

2.  What classes does Harry take, and who teaches them?  Where are the classrooms located?  How do the professors react to Harry being their student?

3.  Why is Snape so contemptuous of most students?   What are his attitudes toward magic and people who attempt to practice it?  How does Nevile's incompetence affect Harry?

4.  What information does Hagrid provide when Harry visits his hut?  How does Harry's curiosity about the Gringotts' theft and Hagrid's evasive comments about Snape initiate the book's mystery?