Unfortunately, sometimes audio files for certain course book texts are not provided. However, it is essential that a students knows the graphical and audial form of words. I'd be grateful if you could record this texts for my SS ^^
Joanne was about 12 when I taught her. Her school days weren't very happy. The school was a bit like prison, and then her mum, Anne, got seriously ill. Anne worked as my technician, and Joanne used to come and wait outside the science building for her mum, so that they could walk home together. She was obviously very worried about her mum. She was a very quiet child. I don't remember her ever answering a question. I think she was keeping all her experiences in her head to use later in her stories.
Joanne has said that no characters in Harry Potter are based more than 10% on a real person. So perhaps it's just a coincidence that I used to have long, black hair. But to be honest, I think Professor Snape, especially in the later books, is very like me.
Jude was bullied at his first secondary school so he changed schools when he was 14 and came to us. He didn't know anybody, but that wasn't a problem, for him. He adapted very quickly, which shows his confidence. He quickly started acting in school plays, and he used to get fantastic reviews in the school magazine. He was clever, but some teachers thought he was arrogant. Some of his classmates thought the same and he wasn't very popular with them. Other boys were jealous of him because the girls usually liked him.
