Mapping Hogwarts

Its time to try our hands at cartography~ maybe you want to add that word to your dictionaries...

At our last meeting, as a group, we began the long process of mapping Hogwarts.

J. K. Rowling (aka, Jo) has given us lots of details in the book (s) and now its our chance to see how well we imagined the "setting" of Hogwarts compared to what we draw as we read the actual descriptions. Keep in mind that this will be an ongoing project that we can work on throughout the reading of all the books. ***Also, know this : We will make mistakes!...Jo, herself, has said that a few "classrooms have moved around the castle" from book to book. So, if in Sorcerer's Stone Transfiguration, taught by Professor McGonagall, is on the first floor, don't get all upset if it shows up in a later book on another floor...You have been warned! ***You may want to select this part of the blog and print it for easier use!*** At our house, we have been finding it easiest if one of us reads the pages out loud while another person does the drawing.

***The pages in Sorcerer's Stone (SS) to read, squint at, peruse, check-out, scrutinize and decipher ~ for the mapping~ are:

(SS) Pages 111-113; (SS) page 116; (SS) pages 128-130; (SS) page 131; (SS) page 133; (SS) pages 145-146; (SS) page 150; (SS) pages 157-161; (SS) pages 165-166; (SS) pages 173-178; (SS) page 181; (SS) page 206-207; (SS) page 210; (SS) page 225; (SS) page 238; (SS) pages 240-242; (SS) pages 251-252 & 255 (forest); (SS) page 263 (grounds); (SS) page 269 -first floor? for staffroom? it doesn't say exactly, but what do you all think???; (SS) page 273, but really 274 @ top.

Have Fun! We'll share our maps and castle floor plans during the dinner time at our next meeting; let's NOT let mapping interfere in new activities!