Charms: First Year: Week 6: Monday

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

Today we will be continuing with more active uses of Wingardium Leviosa. This time, we will be throwing with it. First, I want you -without wands!- to hold out your wand arm. Cup it as if holding an imaginary ball. Now without hitting anyone throw your imaginary ball far and high as you can.

Next, take hold of your wand and place the imaginary ball on the tip of your wand and flick your wand as if you could send it flying. You might think that flicking it as hard as you can would send the ball flying through the window, but it is surprisingly difficult to get it very far at all. However, you should all come over on this side of the room just to be safe.

I am going to give you each a wooden ball. You should stand well away from everyone else. Levitate your ball until it is hovering about wand height. Then give your wand a flick and try toss your ball away from you. Don't be disappointed by how far you get it at first. You will improve with time. You have forty minutes to practice.

Settle down now class! Your time is up. I don't think that you should practice this spell in the Common rooms, however you should try it outside and well away from the castle. If you need medical attention due to a ball being thrown at you, please go see Madam Pomfrey. She will be happy to patch you up. Off you go now, to your next class!

Charms: First Year: Week 5: Wednesday

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

Good morning! Today we are going to repeat what we did last class, only with an object of your choice. I expect by the end of the class, everyone will be able to walk well carrying an object with Wingardium Leviosa and to be able to lift something at least half their weight. Begin, and try to not drop anything on another person's head.

All right, there is the bell. You are to practice, practice, and practice! Off you go, then.

Charms: First Year: Week 5: Monday

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

Welcome back, class, welcome back. As we are now in the second half of the school year, things will have to progress a little quicker. This means that you will need to concentrate a bit harder to get spells mastered faster. First, altogether, I want you to demonstrate that you remember lumos and nox. Ready? Lumos. Good. Now hold that for a bit. Now Nox. Very good, very good!

For all the times I have had you practice the Levitation Charm, you have done it with feathers. So today I thought we would try to lift something a bit heavier. No, not ink bottles. Those would be a bit messy! I was thinking of these wooden balls. Here, catch. Now set it down, on the desk. Try to stop them from rolling! Everyone ready? Here we go. Wingardium leviosa! All right, everyone who has their ball in the air, keep it there. Those of you who don't, let's try again. Wingardium leviosa! Very good. I'll give you ten minutes to practice that, then we will add a bit more.

Is everyone ready to try the next step? I want everyone to please get out from behind the desks and come over set your wooden ball on my desk. Now point your wands at your balls - not at me, please!- and say the charm. Wingardium leviosa! With your ball levitated, I want you to try walking around, carrying it in the air. This is a good deal more difficult than it sounds!

The bell is about to ring, so please bring your balls up to me and stow your wands. I must press the importance of practicing walking and levitating! You simply must master it before moving on to the next spell. There is the bell. Class is dismissed.

Charms: First Year: Week 4: Monday

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

More practice working with Lumos today class! You really need to learn how to hold your light for a long time. Concentrate very hard on holding your light. Imagine it blossoming from the tip and swelling forth to fill the dark. Concentrate, class, concentrate!

We have fifteen more mintutes so I would like to to turn to your neighbor and discuss what you might be having trouble with in keeping your light flowing.

Classtime is up. Wands away and your Homework is to write a paragraph on how this spell feels to you. Off you go now and I'll see you in January!

Charms: First Year: Week 3: Wednesday

Professor Filius Flitwick
Wednesday
Gryffindor Time: 9:00
Ravenclaw Time: 9:00
Hufflepuff Time: 11:00
Slytherin Time: 10:00
Hello again class! Today we will be practicing what we have been learning in the past weeks because I have noticed that not all of you have mastered the spells and motions. So first, wands out! Now, I am going to come around to each table and have you demonstrate the motions. This one first! Let me see your swish. Good. Flick! Ok, now the point. Very good. I want you to practice those while I move on to the next tables.

Back to the first table! I want to see your levitation spells. I think that you have all mastered that one. Keep practicing though!

And back to you for the third and last time. This time I want to see you lumos and nox. Hmm... this one needs a bit of work. Try harder and practice all of the spells and motions.

Class time is up. Your homework is to practice even more! Class is dismissed.

Charms: First Year: Week 3: Monday

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

Since you have passed the milestone of working your first spell, I thought that it would be nice for you to learn another one. You did very well on the first one, so the second should be easy enough. First, though, I need you to demonstrate that you can do the Levitation spell. One at a time please!

Very good! First let me get those feathers out of your way... Accio Feathers! Now we can begin. I wanted to teach you the Wand Lighting and Extinguishing spells. For the lighting, hold your wand out in front of you and imagine a flame or a glowing light at the tip. Say Lumos! Try this until you can do it easily.

Next you need to learn how to extinguish it at will. Before, while you practiced, the light went out after a few seconds. This is because you could not project enough energy into the wand and hold your consentration, so the light died. But at some time, you will be able to hold that light for an indefinite time. Then you may need to put it out in a hurry. So you will need to say nox or the wand Extinguishing spell. Try it now.

Time is up, so you will need to practice more while you are in your dormitory. Wands away class. Your homework is to keep a record of how long you can hold your light. Turn it in next class. You are dismissed.

Charms: First Year: Week 2: Wednesday

Professor Filius Flitwick
Wednesday
Gryffindor Time: 9:00
Ravenclaw Time: 9:00
Hufflepuff Time: 11:00
Slytherin Time: 10:00
Wands out! I want to see you do 'flick, swish, point'. Well done, class, well done! I believe that you may be ready to truly start working on some spells! The one that we will begin with is the charm to make things fly. The incantation for it is 'Wingardium Leviosa'. Repeat after me. "Wingardium Leviosa!" Again! "Wingardium Leviosa!" One more time! This time, imagine the feather in front of you flying while you say the incantation. "Wingardium Leviosa!"
Nicely done! Now, don't forget the nice wrist movement we've been practicing! For this spell, you only need to use swish and flick. And saying the magic words properly is very important, too - never forget Wizard Baruffio who said 's' instead of 'f' and found himself on the floor with a buffalo on his chest. Now go ahead, give it a try. I'll tell you when class is over.

That's the bell, class. Please put your wands away and go on to your next class. Remember, practice makes perfect.

Charms: First Year: Week 2: Monday

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

Now, class, I want you to each step up and demonstrate your homework, 'swish, point'.
I'm very glad that you all practiced and your wand work is definitely improving. I was thinking that today would be a good day to begin the last movement before you learn a spell. The last movement you are going to learn is 'flick'. Start with your wand in the position that you start 'point' in. In a quick movement, let your wand fall a few inches, then quickly bring it back up, just as if you are getting rid of a fly on the end. Remember that all movement should be from the wrist. Practice that movement until it is one quick tap.

Now that you all know 'swish', 'point', and 'flick', I'm going to combine them. Do the movement of 'flick, swish, point'. Do this over and over until you can do it effortlessly and automatically.


OK class, I hear the bell. You may put your wands away and your Homework is to practice 'flick, swish, point'. Also practice each one separately and try your own combinations.

Charms: First Year: Week 1: Wednesday

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

Good day, class. I hope that you have been practicing your 'swish' motion. Let me see it now as I come around. Just take your wands out and continue practicing the swish. Good, good, very good, you'll be levitating in no time with a swish like that! Try starting a bit more upwards there, very good! Now, class, we will be learning the movement of 'point'. Start with your wand vertical. Now, lower your wand until it is horizantal and pointing at the thing that you are aiming for. If you were casting a spell, you would say the spell as your wand came down. Practice that movement until it is nice and smooth. Class, the next step is to combine the two. This will be called 'swish, point'. First start your wands in the 'swish' starting position. Swish your wands down and up, then point them from this position. Now please practice that until it is one smooth motion.


Thank you class, that will do. I hear the bell ringing and it is time to go. Please put away your wands.

Homework Practice 'swish, point'.

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.

Supply List

Supply List
Of course I don't require that you have everything, but some classes will be much easier if you have the correct supplies. Of all the supplies below, I would say the most necessary would be either the wand or quill and parchment
Note: You don't need to own the books. Use your Library!

The Dragonology Handbook by Ernest Drake
Dragonology by Ernest Drake
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
Latin-English/English-Latin Dictionary (Recommended: Oxford Pocket)
The Book of Runes by Ralph Blum
Star Chart (Recommended: Edmund Scientific Star and Planet Locator) If you can't get a hold of one, I would recommend the program Stellarium

1 Wand
1 Quill
Parchment

1 Basic Potion Supply Kit, which should include the Following:
Beetle Eyes
Fairy Tears
Gnome Teeth
Mandrake root
Basilisk Bones
Moon Flower
Bird ’s Eyes
Fire Crab
Fire Mint
Troll ’s Fingers
Small Power Stones
Power Stones
Unicorn Horn (The tip)
Phoenix Feathers
Basilisk Skin

1 Cauldron
1 Alembic
1 Bowl
1 Mortar and Pestle