Read the character descriptions below and then click on the Padlet link to the right. Record three words or phrases you think make the characters come alive.
Description #1: Vernon Dursley
"He was a big, beefy man with hardly any neck, although he did have a very large mustache" (1).
Description #2: Petunia Dursley
"Mrs. Dursley was thin and blonde and had nearly twice the amount of neck, which came in very useful as she spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on neighbors" (1).
Description #3: Albus Dumbledore
"Nothing like this man had ever been seen on Privet Drive. He was tall, thin, and very old, judging by the silver of his hair and beard, which were both long enough to tuck into his belt. He was wearing long robes, a purple cloak that swept the ground, and high-heeled, buckled boots. His blue eyes were light, bright, and sparkling behind half-moon spectacles and his nose was very long and crooked..." (8).
Description #4: Professor McGonagall
"Instead he was smiling at a rather severe-looking woman who was wearing square glasses exactly the same shape of the markings the cat had around its eyes. She, too, was wearing a cloak, an emerald one. Her black hair was drawn into a tight bun. She looked distinctly ruffled" (9).
Description #5: Hagrid
"He was almost twice as tall as a normal man and at least five times as wide. He looked simply too big to be allowed, and so wild--long tangles of bushy black hair and beard hid most of his face, he had hands the size of trash can lids, and his feet in their leather boots were like baby dolphins. In his vast, muscular arms he was holding a bundle of blankets" (14).
Description #6: Harry Potter
"Harry had a thin face, knobbly knees, black hair, and bright green eyes. He wore round glasses held together with a lot of Scotch tape because of all the times Dudley had punched him in the nose. The only thing Harry liked about his appearance was a very thin scar on his forehead that was shaped like a bolt of lightening" (20).