Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

In which Hermione stops the twins from experimenting on first-years, Ron tries to stop unknowing house-elves from taking Hermione's knitted hats, and Professor Grubbly-Plank teaches Care of Magical Creatures as there is still no sign of Hagrid. Harry serves Umbridge's detentions, in which an enchanted quill cuts lines into the back of his hand, and Ron tries out for and makes the Gryffindor team as Keeper.

Interesting facts and notes about the text of this chapter:

Still to come....

Characters introduced in this chapter:

• None

Characters returning in this chapter:

• Brown, Lavender

• Crabbe, Vincent

• Crookshanks

• Fat Lady

• Finnigan, Seamus

• Flitwick, Filius

• Goyle, Gregory

• Granger, Hermione

• Grubbly-Plank, Wilhelmina

• Johnson, Angelina

• Jordan, Lee

• Longbottom, Neville

• Lovegood, Luna

• Macmillan, Ernie

• Malfoy, Draco

• McGonagall, Minerva

• Parkinson, Pansy

• Patil, Parvati

• Potter, Harry

• Sprout, Pomona

• Weasley, Fred

• Weasley, George

• Weasley, Ginny

• Weasley, Ron

• (unnamed) students who whisper about Harry in the Great Hall

• (unnamed) first-years who test Fred and George's Fainting Fancies and Nosebleed Nougats

• (unnamed) Slytherins who laugh at Malfoy's joke

• (unnamed) fourth years who leave Herbology with Ginny

Characters mentioned in this chapter:

• Bell, Katie

• Black, Sirius

• Crouch, Jr., Bartemius

• Diggory, Cedric

• Dumbledore, Albus

• Fudge, Cornelius

• Hagrid, Rubeus

• Lachlan the Lanky

• Lockhart, Gilderoy

• Lupin, Remus

• Malfoy, Lucius

• Merlin

• Moody, Alastor (Mad-Eye)

• Quirrell, Professor

• Riddle, Tom Marvolo (as Voldemort)

• Sinistra, Professor

• Snape, Severus

• Umbridge, Dolores

• Weasley, Charlie

• Wood, Oliver

• (unnamed) Hogwarts house-elves

• (unnamed) Students who Harry watched try out for

• Gryffindor Quidditch Team

Settings and locations introduced or returning in this chapter:

• Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

  • classrooms:

    • Care of Magical Creatures, on school grounds

    • Herbology, in the greenhouses

    • Transfiguration

  • Great Hall

  • Gryffindor Tower Common Room

  • Umbridge's office

Settings and locations mentioned in this chapter:

• Forbidden Forest

• Hagrid's cabin

Exceptional character moments:

• Still to come....

Spells:

• Conjuring Spells

• Summoning Charms

• Vanishing Spells

Links and Resources:

• Bestiary

  • bowtruckle

  • mythical creature

  • thestral

• classes

  • Care of Magical Creatures

  • Charms

  • Transfiguration

• detentions

• essay: N.E.W.T.s and O.W.L.s

• Gryffindor Quidditch Team

• house points: OP

• quill, Umbridge's detention

• moonstones

• The Quibbler

Memorable lines:

• [Ron, talking about Hermione's hats] "They might not count as clothes. They didn't look anything like hats to me, more like woolly bladders." Hermione did not speak to him all morning.

• Ernie might be pompous on occasions like these, but Harry was in a mood to deeply appreciate a vote of confidence from somebody who was not wearing radishes in their ears.

• One one of the walls was a collection of ornamental plates, each decorated with a large technicolor kitten wearing a different bow around its neck. These were so foul that Harry stared at them, transfixed, until Professor Umbridge spoke again.

Strictly British:

• fancies

• take the mickey

Timelines/Calendar:

The chapter begins at dinner on the first day of classes (Monday) during Harry's fifth year. It then continues steadily through the rest of the week, ending as Harry and Hermione go to bed on Friday night. The dates this week covers is the 2nd through 6th of September, 1995 [Y15].