Harry Potter Drama Games: Wizarding House Worksheet
Can you identify the key characteristics of each house, according to The Sorting Hat’s song?
‘There’s nothing hidden in your head
Gryffindor Hufflepuff
The Sorting Hat can’t see,
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to be.
You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart;
You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true
Ravenclaw Slytherin And unafraid of toil;
Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
If you’ve a ready mind,
Illustration by Jim Kay © Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2015.
Where those of wit and learning,
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Will always find their kind;
Or perhaps in Slytherin
You’ll make your real friends,
Those cunning folk use any means
To achieve their ends.’
Extract from Chapter Seven of Harry Potter
and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling