Potions: First Year: Week 1: Monday

Professor Severus Snape
Monday
Gryffindor Time: 10:00
Ravenclaw Time: 2:00
Hufflepuff Time: 2:00
Slytherin Time: 10:00

Hello class. Today we will begin with a sleeping potion. Not that you look like you need it. You all look as if a single drop would send you off to dreamland. But we will begin with it anyway. It is simple enough for the least dunce to do. The recipe is on the blackboard. I will check your cauldrons when class is over.

Potion's Black Board
Sleeping Draught
Ingredients:
13 Beetle Eyes
Water
Crushed Basilisk Bones
1 Black Power Stone
Fire Mint
Moon Flower
A Square of Cloth

Instructions
Fill your Cauldron half full of water and boil. Mash one beetle eye. Crumble it into the boiling water. Add one cup of water to your cauldron and mash another beetle and add it. Stir twice. Add one tablespoon of the basilisk bones. DO NOT STIR! Add a teaspoon of moonflower and an 1/8 of a teaspoon of firemint. Stir 10 times. Drop the other beetle eyes in uncrushed. Then add the powerstone. Let the potion simmer for thirteen minutes, then cool for 19 minutes. Fish the power stone out with a spoon. Wash it in cold water. It can be used again at another time. Let the cloth soak in the strained potion for seven minutes. Let it dry. Place it above the head of the person you wish to cause to go to sleep.

Alright class. Your time is up. Please bottle some of your potion for grading and bring that bottle and the cloth up. Your homework is below.


Homework
Copy down the instructions. Write an essay on how your potion 'behaved' during the making of it.

Herbology: First Year: Week 1: Monday

Professor Pomona Sprout
Monday
Gryffindor Time: 11:00
Ravenclaw Time: 10:00
Hufflepuff Time: 11:00
Slytherin Time: 1:00



Good Day Class! Today we will begin with studying Muggle Herbs. I know you would like to start by studying magical plants, but I must make certain that you can handle Muggle plants before you handle magical plants. You will begin by choosing a herb from below. Click on the link to see more about this
herb.

Basil
Chamomile
Catnip
Lavender
Mint
Thyme

Alright. Now that you have your herb, you need to research it. You may use whatever resources you have, including the Hogwarts Library. If you are going there, please tell me. You will need to be back ten minutes before the bell strikes. Class, disperse.


Homework
Using your facts, write an essay on your herb. This is due next class.

Charms: First Year: Week 1: Monday

Professor Filius Flitwick
Monday
Gryffindor Time: 9:00
Ravenclaw Time: 9:00
Hufflepuff Time: 10:00
Slytherin Time: 11:00

Good day class! I'm glad to see that you are all present for your first class. I am Professor Flitwick, your teacher for charms. Now I know that all of you wish to begin enchanting things immediately, but first you need to learn some basic wand movements and rules about spell casting. First the rules. Please write these down, because you never know when you might need them.

• Number one. Spells should not be used for every little thing. Don't forget to do things manually! It may be easier to just lift something with your wand, but there is pleasure to be had in actually moving things by had.
  
• The next rule I can't stress hard enough. NOT NEAR MUGGLES! I repeat. NOT NEAR MUGGLES! Any ideas why not? You? Yes, that is one way of putting it. One of the reasons that we shouldn't do magic near muggles is because they will want magic solutions to all of their problems. Any other ideas? No? Well, there is also the problem of the muggles habit of burning witches. You'll learn about that from Professor Binns, I expect. However, muggles generally fear what they can't explain and magic is one of those things. So! Don't do magic near muggles!

Those are only two rules, but they are extremely important and will apply to you your whole life. Now would everyone get out their wand please? We will begin by learning and practicing the basic movement of swish.
Start by pointing your wand at a forty-five degree angle to the left. Now tip it downwards until it is horizontal. While it is still horizontal, move it to your right and slightly upward until you finish in the same position, only on the right. Practice this until it is one smooth movement of the wrist.

That's all for now. Please put away your wands and go to your next class.
Homework:

Practice 'Swish' and write a paragraph on why you think that we shouldn't practice magic around muggles.

History of Magic: First Year: Week 1: Monday

Professor Cuthbert Binns
Monday
Gryffindor Time: 1:00
Ravenclaw Time: 11:00
Hufflepuff Time: 9:00
Slytherin Time: 9:00

The Wizengamot was formed in 1044 by Judge Bagshot. At first it was like the muggle jury with 25 wizards that decide who was right. The judge, attorneys, etc. were not part of the organization. Later the group decide to include the judge and became the official wizarding court group. Witches were not allowed onto it until 1912 when their protesting took some effect. Even then it was another 6 months before a woman was voted onto the Wizengamot. Since then the Wizengamot has grown to 200 in number.

The way a witch or wizard get accepted to the wizengamot is by first being nominated for the position by three members in good standing. To be nominated, you need to have done something out standing for the wizarding society or something equally as great. You then will need to be voted in by a majority of the Wizengamot.

Homework: Write a paragraph on the Wizengamot.

Care of Magical Creatures: First Year: Week 1: Monday

Professor Kettleburn
Monday
Gryffindor Time: 2:00
Ravenclaw Time: 1:00
Hufflepuff Time: 1:00
Slytherin Time: 2:00
Welcome to my class, everyone. I thought that I would begin your education in magical creatures with a very interesting bird. Does anyone know what this bird is?




Very good, it is an augurey. As you can see, the augurey looks like a green-black underfed vulture. Generally, they are very shy and hard to find. Fortunately, this one was raised by a human, so he should be comfortable with you. His cry used to be thought to foretell death, but it only predicts rain. You probably won't hear his cry today, as it is a bit bright and sunny. You also will not get to see him fly. I am getting a bit worried about his lack of exersise, due to this drought. Auguries only fly in heavy rain.
He eats insects and fairies, which I will allow you to feed to him.
I will now let each of you come up and hold him, after you put your dragon hide gloves. His talons are very sharp, so be careful.

...now please return him to his perch. Thank you. Your Homework is to read the introduction to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them if you have a copy. If you don't please write a report on the augurey.