Professor Cadmus Quirrell
Tuesday
Gryffindor Time: 11:00
Ravenclaw Time: 10:00
Hufflepuff Time: 1:00
Slytherin Time: 1:00
Welcome back. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday. For the remainder of the year, I will be teaching you more about spells, rather than creatures as we have been doing, though some, like this one, also include study of creatures. For the start, we will begin with the Curse of the Bogies.
First, let me tell you that what you are most likely imagining is a bat-bogey hex. This is NOT the same thing. The Curse of the Bogies attracts creatures called bogeymen or, when more evolved and developed, demons. They are a group of creatures instead of one particular one. These range from Boggarts to Kelpies.
Before you learn about the effects of this curse, I would like each of you to peruse your copy of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them to choose a demonic creature and research it. Use what ever resources you wish. You will be expected to give a short report at the end of class. So that leaves you about twenty minutes. Off you go!
Twenty minutes are well up. I would like you to all come up here and line up, alphabetical by last name. You will each have one minute to summarize what you have learned about the creature you chose. When you are finished, get back in line to hear what others have learned.
There is the bell. For homework, write down a summary of your creature, to be turned in next class. Class is dismissed.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Divination: First Year: Week 5: Tuesday
Professor Sibyll Trelawny
Tuesday
Gryffindor Time: 2:00
Ravenclaw Time: 11:00
Hufflepuff Time: 2:00
Slytherin Time: 10:00
Today I thought that I would teach you some more symbols of divination. Please take out a quill and a piece of paper.
The Drum - Gossip
The Feather - Requires more effort
The Hat - A new work situation
The House - Stability
The Noose - Danger ahead
The Ox - Arguments with associates
The Scepter - More responsibilities
If you have finished with that, I would like you to take out a fresh piece of paper.
For this exercise, I want you to translate, from memory, three symbols that I have chosen. Do so as if you were tea-leaf reading for a friend. The symbols are below-
The Book
The Coin
The Fish
Time is up class. Your homework is to finish your translation and turn it in on Thursday. You are dismissed.
Tuesday
Gryffindor Time: 2:00
Ravenclaw Time: 11:00
Hufflepuff Time: 2:00
Slytherin Time: 10:00
Today I thought that I would teach you some more symbols of divination. Please take out a quill and a piece of paper.
The Drum - Gossip
The Feather - Requires more effort
The Hat - A new work situation
The House - Stability
The Noose - Danger ahead
The Ox - Arguments with associates
The Scepter - More responsibilities
If you have finished with that, I would like you to take out a fresh piece of paper.
For this exercise, I want you to translate, from memory, three symbols that I have chosen. Do so as if you were tea-leaf reading for a friend. The symbols are below-
The Book
The Coin
The Fish
Time is up class. Your homework is to finish your translation and turn it in on Thursday. You are dismissed.
Transfiguration: First Year: Week 5: Tuesday
Professor Minerva McGonagall
Tuesday
Gryffindor Time: 10:00
Ravenclaw Time: 9:00
Hufflepuff Time: 11:00
Slytherin Time: 9:00
Presuming that you haven't forgotten much over Winter Break, I believe that you are ready to start transforming animals into inanimate objects. One of the challenges of working with animals is that they move around quite a bit.
For beginning, I thought that you should try turning beetles into buttons. Before I pass out the beetles though, I would like you to practice saying the spell. Repeat after me: Scarabyga! Say it clearly: Scare-ab-ee-ga! Good. Twice more.
Now if you would each come up here and take a beetle, you may begin trying to turn it into a beetle.
Class, your time is up. Return all beetles up to me and remember to practice on another one that you find. You are dismissed.
Tuesday
Gryffindor Time: 10:00
Ravenclaw Time: 9:00
Hufflepuff Time: 11:00
Slytherin Time: 9:00
Presuming that you haven't forgotten much over Winter Break, I believe that you are ready to start transforming animals into inanimate objects. One of the challenges of working with animals is that they move around quite a bit.
For beginning, I thought that you should try turning beetles into buttons. Before I pass out the beetles though, I would like you to practice saying the spell. Repeat after me: Scarabyga! Say it clearly: Scare-ab-ee-ga! Good. Twice more.
Now if you would each come up here and take a beetle, you may begin trying to turn it into a beetle.
Class, your time is up. Return all beetles up to me and remember to practice on another one that you find. You are dismissed.
Arithmancy: First Year: Week 5: Tuesday
Professor Vector
Tuesday
Gryffindor Time: 9:00
Ravenclaw Time: 1:00
Hufflepuff Time: 10:00
Slytherin Time: 11:00
Hello class, and welcome back. I hope that you had a good winter break and didn't forget everything while you were gone! To help you remember, I would like you to take out your notes about last class and review the traits of ones and twos.
Is that done? Very well then. Now I would like you to copy down the traits of threes and fours.
Three
Keywords: Completeness, wholeness
Threes are likely to be talented, energetic, artistic and to have a good sense of humor
They are often rich and highly successful, but also unfocused, superfial and easily offended.
Four
Keywords: Stability, firmness, hard working, practical
Fours are organizers and predictable, and prefer logic and reason to being spontaneous.
On the flip side, fours can be suspicious and stubborn. All conflicts possible with twos are doubled with fours
Your homework is the same as last class, only this time with a three or a four. Class is dismissed.
Tuesday
Gryffindor Time: 9:00
Ravenclaw Time: 1:00
Hufflepuff Time: 10:00
Slytherin Time: 11:00
Hello class, and welcome back. I hope that you had a good winter break and didn't forget everything while you were gone! To help you remember, I would like you to take out your notes about last class and review the traits of ones and twos.
Is that done? Very well then. Now I would like you to copy down the traits of threes and fours.
Three
Keywords: Completeness, wholeness
Threes are likely to be talented, energetic, artistic and to have a good sense of humor
They are often rich and highly successful, but also unfocused, superfial and easily offended.
Four
Keywords: Stability, firmness, hard working, practical
Fours are organizers and predictable, and prefer logic and reason to being spontaneous.
On the flip side, fours can be suspicious and stubborn. All conflicts possible with twos are doubled with fours
Your homework is the same as last class, only this time with a three or a four. Class is dismissed.
Runes: First Year: Week 5: Tuesday
Professor Babbling
Tuesday
Gryffindor Time: 1:00
Ravenclaw Time: 2:00
Hufflepuff Time: 9:00
Slytherin Time: 2:00
To refresh your memory on the runes we have been studying, I would like you to select one and write a report on it. Use your notes and any other sources you can find. You may begin.
Time is up. If you haven't finished your report, please keep it for homework, otherwise turn it in to me for review and correction. Thank you and class is dismissed.
Tuesday
Gryffindor Time: 1:00
Ravenclaw Time: 2:00
Hufflepuff Time: 9:00
Slytherin Time: 2:00
To refresh your memory on the runes we have been studying, I would like you to select one and write a report on it. Use your notes and any other sources you can find. You may begin.
Time is up. If you haven't finished your report, please keep it for homework, otherwise turn it in to me for review and correction. Thank you and class is dismissed.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Care of Magical Creatures: First Year: Week 5: Monday
Professor Kettleburn
Monday
Gryffindor Time: 2:00
Ravenclaw Time: 1:00
Hufflepuff Time: 2:00
Slytherin Time: 1:00
Welcome back, class. I'm sorry that you missed Wednesday's class, but it certainly sounded like fun to explore London!
Today I am going to tell you about a creature called the Gruagach. You probably won't get to meet one as they are quite difficult to find and capture, having the intelligence of humans and the ability to shapeshift. They are peculiar in their habits, prefering to be left alone most of the time but feeling sociable during certian seasons, such as during the Harvest. Mostly they only show themselves to wizarding folk, but occasionally appear to muggles, much to the dismay of the Ministry of Magic. Many people believe them to be brownies, but they are not. On the contrary, they live in nature and don't serve any house or manor. It is true that they belong to the 'Hob' family, which is the same as brownies, but there the resemblance ends. Gruagaches can only be found in rural England, Scotland and in some very rare cases, Ireland.
Grugaches can - and will - take on any form. These can range in size from slightly taller than six feet to small enough to ride astride a shrew. The only time a gruagach must take on his or her true form is during the annual meeting, where every gruagach must come to. No one has been able to find this meeting since 1639 and the wizard who did had his eyes gored out in a most painful way. He was found wandering days later missing his tongue and covered in scratches. This is one of the few recorded cases of gruagach violence. All of them were the human's fault, not the creature's.
Your homework is to look up a case of gruagach sighting, if possible, your own. Class is dismissed.
Monday
Gryffindor Time: 2:00
Ravenclaw Time: 1:00
Hufflepuff Time: 2:00
Slytherin Time: 1:00
Welcome back, class. I'm sorry that you missed Wednesday's class, but it certainly sounded like fun to explore London!
Today I am going to tell you about a creature called the Gruagach. You probably won't get to meet one as they are quite difficult to find and capture, having the intelligence of humans and the ability to shapeshift. They are peculiar in their habits, prefering to be left alone most of the time but feeling sociable during certian seasons, such as during the Harvest. Mostly they only show themselves to wizarding folk, but occasionally appear to muggles, much to the dismay of the Ministry of Magic. Many people believe them to be brownies, but they are not. On the contrary, they live in nature and don't serve any house or manor. It is true that they belong to the 'Hob' family, which is the same as brownies, but there the resemblance ends. Gruagaches can only be found in rural England, Scotland and in some very rare cases, Ireland.
Grugaches can - and will - take on any form. These can range in size from slightly taller than six feet to small enough to ride astride a shrew. The only time a gruagach must take on his or her true form is during the annual meeting, where every gruagach must come to. No one has been able to find this meeting since 1639 and the wizard who did had his eyes gored out in a most painful way. He was found wandering days later missing his tongue and covered in scratches. This is one of the few recorded cases of gruagach violence. All of them were the human's fault, not the creature's.
Your homework is to look up a case of gruagach sighting, if possible, your own. Class is dismissed.
Herbology: First Year: Week 5: Monday
Professor Pomona Sprout
Monday
Gryffindor Time: 11:00
Ravenclaw Time: 10:00
Hufflepuff Time: 11:00
Slytherin Time: 1:00
Welcome back from your winter break! You arrived just in time to help me harvest the flowers of this orchid, the Timor Orchid. I'll tell you more about it as you work, but first I need everyone to come up here to get a step stool. You won't be to reach without one. Everyone ready? Good. Let's begin. First, don't worry about this orchid hurting you. It is mainly safe, unless you try to touch its roots. You won't try to do that, obviously, because it is attached to the ceiling. So whatever noises it makes, don't worry. It won't bite. To harvest the flowers and sap properly, take a gold knife and slice off the flower, a few inches down the stem. Save the flower here and immediately take a bottle and collect the dripping sap. Do you all have that? Any questions? Then you may begin while I tell you about this plant.
Timor Orchid
Orchis metis
The Timor Orchid's main property is inducing fear. It is, in fact, realitively harmless. The plant is a 'groundless plant' and gets its nutrients from the air while attaching to the ceiling and the walls. It can be recognized by this, as well as by its yellow and navy blue velvety flowers and reddish leaves. When the plant senses a person near it, it will begin growling and snarling, as well as releasing a light mist that can cause absolute terror for whomever it falls upon.
The Timor Orchid's sap and flowers are used in both potions that induce fear as well as reduce it. The flowers are normally used dried and crushed while the sap must be used as soon as possible.
Do you have all the flowers you can get from your plant? Ok. Then please give them to me and I'll send you along with a small bottle of Timor Sap. You will need it during Potions on Friday, so don't lose it! Your homework is to watch the sap during the week and observe the colors it turns. Class is dismissed.
Monday
Gryffindor Time: 11:00
Ravenclaw Time: 10:00
Hufflepuff Time: 11:00
Slytherin Time: 1:00
Welcome back from your winter break! You arrived just in time to help me harvest the flowers of this orchid, the Timor Orchid. I'll tell you more about it as you work, but first I need everyone to come up here to get a step stool. You won't be to reach without one. Everyone ready? Good. Let's begin. First, don't worry about this orchid hurting you. It is mainly safe, unless you try to touch its roots. You won't try to do that, obviously, because it is attached to the ceiling. So whatever noises it makes, don't worry. It won't bite. To harvest the flowers and sap properly, take a gold knife and slice off the flower, a few inches down the stem. Save the flower here and immediately take a bottle and collect the dripping sap. Do you all have that? Any questions? Then you may begin while I tell you about this plant.
Timor Orchid
Orchis metis
The Timor Orchid's main property is inducing fear. It is, in fact, realitively harmless. The plant is a 'groundless plant' and gets its nutrients from the air while attaching to the ceiling and the walls. It can be recognized by this, as well as by its yellow and navy blue velvety flowers and reddish leaves. When the plant senses a person near it, it will begin growling and snarling, as well as releasing a light mist that can cause absolute terror for whomever it falls upon.
The Timor Orchid's sap and flowers are used in both potions that induce fear as well as reduce it. The flowers are normally used dried and crushed while the sap must be used as soon as possible.
Do you have all the flowers you can get from your plant? Ok. Then please give them to me and I'll send you along with a small bottle of Timor Sap. You will need it during Potions on Friday, so don't lose it! Your homework is to watch the sap during the week and observe the colors it turns. Class is dismissed.
Potions: First Year: Week 5: Monday
Professor Severus Snape
Monday
Gryffindor Time: 10:00
Ravenclaw Time: 2:00
Hufflepuff Time: 10:00
Slytherin Time: 2:00
Right, class. Straighten up and pay attention. Today I am going to set you to learn a potion that is the base of many advanced potions. You will need to learn it by heart, so pay attention to every step and Remember It! Instructions are on the board. You will have half an hour.
Potions Blackboard
Basic Brew
Ingredients
Water
Peppermint, dried
Spearmint, dried
Caterpillar Pods
Moon Flowers
Ice
Instructions
Pour 1 1/6 cups water into your cauldron and boil. Add 1/2 a teaspoon each of peppermint and spearmint. Simmer for three minutes
Next, add 1 gram moonflower and 1 caterpillar pod. Stir seven times clockwise. The air should start to smell like hot rubber.
Let simmer for five minutes. Add in 1/3 cup water with 1/4 cup crushed ice. The potion should be a golden green.
Take off of heat and set in a cold enviroment. Bottle when entirely chilled.
Half an hour is up. No matter how far you got, bring up your cauldrons and set them in this freezing charm I have set up. Clean up your messes and then listen to your homework. Your homework is to practice this potion and remember it!
Monday
Gryffindor Time: 10:00
Ravenclaw Time: 2:00
Hufflepuff Time: 10:00
Slytherin Time: 2:00
Right, class. Straighten up and pay attention. Today I am going to set you to learn a potion that is the base of many advanced potions. You will need to learn it by heart, so pay attention to every step and Remember It! Instructions are on the board. You will have half an hour.
Potions Blackboard
Basic Brew
Ingredients
Water
Peppermint, dried
Spearmint, dried
Caterpillar Pods
Moon Flowers
Ice
Instructions
Pour 1 1/6 cups water into your cauldron and boil. Add 1/2 a teaspoon each of peppermint and spearmint. Simmer for three minutes
Next, add 1 gram moonflower and 1 caterpillar pod. Stir seven times clockwise. The air should start to smell like hot rubber.
Let simmer for five minutes. Add in 1/3 cup water with 1/4 cup crushed ice. The potion should be a golden green.
Take off of heat and set in a cold enviroment. Bottle when entirely chilled.
Half an hour is up. No matter how far you got, bring up your cauldrons and set them in this freezing charm I have set up. Clean up your messes and then listen to your homework. Your homework is to practice this potion and remember it!
History of Magic: First Year: Week 5: Monday
Professor Cuthbert Binns
Monday
Gryffindor Time: 1:00
Ravenclaw Time: 11:00
Hufflepuff Time: 9:00
Slytherin Time: 9:00
Today I have a guest speaker who will tell you a bit of the history of Hogwarts Castle and the world of the time when it was built. Please follow me to Classroom 11. Your homework when you are dismissed will be to write a brief essay on the lecture. Thank you and follow me.
Monday
Gryffindor Time: 1:00
Ravenclaw Time: 11:00
Hufflepuff Time: 9:00
Slytherin Time: 9:00
Today I have a guest speaker who will tell you a bit of the history of Hogwarts Castle and the world of the time when it was built. Please follow me to Classroom 11. Your homework when you are dismissed will be to write a brief essay on the lecture. Thank you and follow me.
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.
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.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Herbology: First Year: Week 4: Friday
Professor Pomona Sprout
Friday
Gryffindor Time: 10:00
Ravenclaw Time: 11:00
Hufflepuff Time: 10:00
Slytherin Time: 1:00
Hello again class. I hope that you will be able to settle down enought to study the plant I have in mind. If you will gather around this table here... Thank you. In front of each of you I have set a plant that is of the orchid family. If you look at the flowers you should be able to recognize it as such.
I was planning for you to help gather the seeds of this orchid, the Cheer Orchid, while I told you more about it. First, let me show you how to gather the seeds. You won't need gloves as the seed are very gentle on the skin. Look for the pods at the base of the plant. They are easily distinguished from the rest of the plant by their red and green mottled color. Slice the pod off the plant cleanly and hold it over one of the silver dishes. Look for the split down the middle and slice it cleanly in half. Then scrape off the seeds from the insides. Do this while I tell you about the plant.
The Cheer Orchid
Hilarus Festium
The Cheer Orchid is a plant that blooms around mid November and by Midwinter its seeds are ready to be harvested. The seeds are commonly dried and ground into a powder for use. The main use is blowing it around the room where a party is to be held. It settles into a fine powder on the surfaces of seats and dishes where the unsuspecting guests sit. It is said to taste very pleasant, like vanilla, but many people avoid eating it because of its side affects of extreme giddyness, chattering, and laughter that is so hard and long that people occasionally choke. After the effects have worn off, you are likely to experience moodiness and melancholy. Cheer Orchid powder is safe when sat upon or obsorbed through the skin, causing far lighter effects than when ingested and livening up a party considerably.
Please bring your dishes up to me. I will give a prize of a packet of powder to the person who has collected the most. No homework!
Friday
Gryffindor Time: 10:00
Ravenclaw Time: 11:00
Hufflepuff Time: 10:00
Slytherin Time: 1:00
Hello again class. I hope that you will be able to settle down enought to study the plant I have in mind. If you will gather around this table here... Thank you. In front of each of you I have set a plant that is of the orchid family. If you look at the flowers you should be able to recognize it as such.
I was planning for you to help gather the seeds of this orchid, the Cheer Orchid, while I told you more about it. First, let me show you how to gather the seeds. You won't need gloves as the seed are very gentle on the skin. Look for the pods at the base of the plant. They are easily distinguished from the rest of the plant by their red and green mottled color. Slice the pod off the plant cleanly and hold it over one of the silver dishes. Look for the split down the middle and slice it cleanly in half. Then scrape off the seeds from the insides. Do this while I tell you about the plant.
The Cheer Orchid
Hilarus Festium
The Cheer Orchid is a plant that blooms around mid November and by Midwinter its seeds are ready to be harvested. The seeds are commonly dried and ground into a powder for use. The main use is blowing it around the room where a party is to be held. It settles into a fine powder on the surfaces of seats and dishes where the unsuspecting guests sit. It is said to taste very pleasant, like vanilla, but many people avoid eating it because of its side affects of extreme giddyness, chattering, and laughter that is so hard and long that people occasionally choke. After the effects have worn off, you are likely to experience moodiness and melancholy. Cheer Orchid powder is safe when sat upon or obsorbed through the skin, causing far lighter effects than when ingested and livening up a party considerably.
Please bring your dishes up to me. I will give a prize of a packet of powder to the person who has collected the most. No homework!
Potions: First Year: Week 4: Friday
Professor Severus Snape
Friday
Gryffindor Time: 11:00
Ravenclaw Time: 1:00
Hufflepuff Time: 1:00
Slytherin Time: 11:00
Today we will see just how much your brains have learned. I have chosen a potion that you have made before. I will give you five minutes to study the instructions on the board before removing them. You will then make that potion from memory. This is because you will not always have a book to refer to. Ready? Go.
Potions Blackboard
Concentrating Potion
Ingredients:
Fire mint
Colloid of silver
1 Sickle
Water
Flobberworm slime
3 Gnome teeth, crushed
Dragon's blood
Instructions: Fill your cauldron with 5 1/4 cups of water. Next add a tablespoon of fire mint. Stir once. Add the gnome teeth and let sit for 5 minutes. Crush five grains of dragon's blood and rub it on the sickle. Pour two 1/2 teaspoons of the colloid into a bowl and dip the sickle in it. Put your cauldron over the fire and bring it to a simmer without boiling it. Pour in the colloid and drop in the sickle. When a light green steam rises from your cauldron, bring it off the heat. Pour half the mixture into your alembic. Set the alembic over a low flame, put a bowl below the spout of the alembic and wait while it distills.
Five minutes are up! You now have forty-five minutes to complete your potion.
Class is now over. Bottle up your disasters and bring it forward. Your homework is to read up on the recipe and figure out where you went wrong. I will see you again in January.
Friday
Gryffindor Time: 11:00
Ravenclaw Time: 1:00
Hufflepuff Time: 1:00
Slytherin Time: 11:00
Today we will see just how much your brains have learned. I have chosen a potion that you have made before. I will give you five minutes to study the instructions on the board before removing them. You will then make that potion from memory. This is because you will not always have a book to refer to. Ready? Go.
Potions Blackboard
Concentrating Potion
Ingredients:
Fire mint
Colloid of silver
1 Sickle
Water
Flobberworm slime
3 Gnome teeth, crushed
Dragon's blood
Instructions: Fill your cauldron with 5 1/4 cups of water. Next add a tablespoon of fire mint. Stir once. Add the gnome teeth and let sit for 5 minutes. Crush five grains of dragon's blood and rub it on the sickle. Pour two 1/2 teaspoons of the colloid into a bowl and dip the sickle in it. Put your cauldron over the fire and bring it to a simmer without boiling it. Pour in the colloid and drop in the sickle. When a light green steam rises from your cauldron, bring it off the heat. Pour half the mixture into your alembic. Set the alembic over a low flame, put a bowl below the spout of the alembic and wait while it distills.
Five minutes are up! You now have forty-five minutes to complete your potion.
Class is now over. Bottle up your disasters and bring it forward. Your homework is to read up on the recipe and figure out where you went wrong. I will see you again in January.
History of Magic: First Year: Week 4: Friday
Professor Cuthbert Binns
Friday
Gryffindor Time: 1:00
Ravenclaw Time: 10:00
Hufflepuff Time: 11:00
Slytherin Time: 10:00
For the past few classes, we have been comparing photos of 'traditional' roles that witches and wizards take in the imagination of the Muggle mind. I have asked you to write about these historical translations and what you think they mean. For the last exercise, I ask you to compare how they are alike and how they are different in their meaning. Imagine that you were a muggle, coming across them. How would you feel? What would they mean to you?
Thank you class, that will do. Please put your quills away. Class is dismissed.
Friday
Gryffindor Time: 1:00
Ravenclaw Time: 10:00
Hufflepuff Time: 11:00
Slytherin Time: 10:00
For the past few classes, we have been comparing photos of 'traditional' roles that witches and wizards take in the imagination of the Muggle mind. I have asked you to write about these historical translations and what you think they mean. For the last exercise, I ask you to compare how they are alike and how they are different in their meaning. Imagine that you were a muggle, coming across them. How would you feel? What would they mean to you?
Thank you class, that will do. Please put your quills away. Class is dismissed.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Divination: First Year: Week 4: Thursday
Professor Sibyll Trelawny
Thursday
Gryffindor Time: 10:00
Ravenclaw Time: 2:00
Hufflepuff Time: 1:00
Slytherin Time: 2:00
We will, again, study the Art of Pyromancy. In the center of each table there is a bowl filled with fire. You will each find place at your right hand a bowl of herbs, namely betony, plantain, nettles, and thyme. These you will use to divine. I shall guide you in the conducting of the ritual. Would everyone please stand? Thank you. Now hold your bowl of herbs in your wand hand and hold your other hand up in front of your chest, palm forward. Good. When I say begin, everyone shall walk evenly around your table, staring at the back of the person in front of them. Walk until I say stop, then sit on the nearest chair. Ready? Begin.
Stop! Everyone sit down. Now we will stare into the flames for three minutes, pondering the future.
Three minutes are up. Now I would like everyone on the North side of the table to take a handful of their herbs and toss them into the flames. Good. Now everyone on the South... the East... and finally the West. For the next step, I would like everyone to sit back. I am going to extinguish the flames. There!
Carefully, for the bowls may still be hot, pass the bowl around for everyone at the table to study the herbs. I wish for you to write down your observations and what you see.
Class is over now. Please put everything away. I know you will have a wonderful holiday and I hope to see you next year. Good bye and good luck!
Thursday
Gryffindor Time: 10:00
Ravenclaw Time: 2:00
Hufflepuff Time: 1:00
Slytherin Time: 2:00
We will, again, study the Art of Pyromancy. In the center of each table there is a bowl filled with fire. You will each find place at your right hand a bowl of herbs, namely betony, plantain, nettles, and thyme. These you will use to divine. I shall guide you in the conducting of the ritual. Would everyone please stand? Thank you. Now hold your bowl of herbs in your wand hand and hold your other hand up in front of your chest, palm forward. Good. When I say begin, everyone shall walk evenly around your table, staring at the back of the person in front of them. Walk until I say stop, then sit on the nearest chair. Ready? Begin.
Stop! Everyone sit down. Now we will stare into the flames for three minutes, pondering the future.
Three minutes are up. Now I would like everyone on the North side of the table to take a handful of their herbs and toss them into the flames. Good. Now everyone on the South... the East... and finally the West. For the next step, I would like everyone to sit back. I am going to extinguish the flames. There!
Carefully, for the bowls may still be hot, pass the bowl around for everyone at the table to study the herbs. I wish for you to write down your observations and what you see.
Class is over now. Please put everything away. I know you will have a wonderful holiday and I hope to see you next year. Good bye and good luck!
Defense Against the Dark Arts: First Year: Week 4: Thursday
Professor Quirrell
Thursday
Gryffindor Time: 11:00
Ravenclaw Time: 1:00
Hufflepuff Time: 9:00
Slytherin Time: 1:00
Hello class. First, I would like to read aloud the letter I received from our werewolf corrospondent.
Dear First Year Hogwarts Students,
Thank you for your interest in werewolves and lycanthropy. I hope to answer some of your questions to promote greater understanding of werewolves. Your questions and my answers are listed below.
What is the most common question you are asked when people learn you are a werewolf? Probably the most common question I'm asked is not asked directly, but I can tell people wish to know 'Are you just suddenly going to turn and bite me?' or 'Am I putting myself in danger standing this close to you?' The answer is a very definite NO to both questions. I always try to stay in a place where I can do no harm during the full moon and at all other times, I am a normal human being. In one instance, a human with lycanthropy became very fond of being a werewolf, so he mutated to be constantly half wolf and half human. When he bit people during another part of the moon cycle, he did cause the victim to become more wolfish, but not a true werewolf.
Is transforming painful? Yes. Anytime that your body mutates, it is generally accompanied by great pain.
If I met a werewolf in the human state, would I be able to tell his condition? In most cases, no.
Are there female werewolves as well as male? Yes, both boys and girls, men and women can become werewolves if bitten.
Can animals become werewolves? No one is quite sure of this answer. There have been reports of wereanimals, but this may have been caused by a spell instead of a bite.
Thank you for your questions. I hope that I have provided satisfactory answers and I welcome more quesitons.
Yours truly,
A. Werewolf
Of course, his name isn't A. Werewolf but he wishes to remain anonymous. Now, if any of those questions were yours, please take out a quill and parchment and write a short bit about if that answered your question and if the answer was what you expected. If none of your questions were chosen, choose one of the questions to write about and tell if the answer was what you expected.
Time is up class. Please turn in your papers. Your homework is to write a thank you letter and get it to me before you leave for break. Have a wonderful safe winter break!
Thursday
Gryffindor Time: 11:00
Ravenclaw Time: 1:00
Hufflepuff Time: 9:00
Slytherin Time: 1:00
Hello class. First, I would like to read aloud the letter I received from our werewolf corrospondent.
Dear First Year Hogwarts Students,
Thank you for your interest in werewolves and lycanthropy. I hope to answer some of your questions to promote greater understanding of werewolves. Your questions and my answers are listed below.
What is the most common question you are asked when people learn you are a werewolf? Probably the most common question I'm asked is not asked directly, but I can tell people wish to know 'Are you just suddenly going to turn and bite me?' or 'Am I putting myself in danger standing this close to you?' The answer is a very definite NO to both questions. I always try to stay in a place where I can do no harm during the full moon and at all other times, I am a normal human being. In one instance, a human with lycanthropy became very fond of being a werewolf, so he mutated to be constantly half wolf and half human. When he bit people during another part of the moon cycle, he did cause the victim to become more wolfish, but not a true werewolf.
Is transforming painful? Yes. Anytime that your body mutates, it is generally accompanied by great pain.
If I met a werewolf in the human state, would I be able to tell his condition? In most cases, no.
Are there female werewolves as well as male? Yes, both boys and girls, men and women can become werewolves if bitten.
Can animals become werewolves? No one is quite sure of this answer. There have been reports of wereanimals, but this may have been caused by a spell instead of a bite.
Thank you for your questions. I hope that I have provided satisfactory answers and I welcome more quesitons.
Yours truly,
A. Werewolf
Of course, his name isn't A. Werewolf but he wishes to remain anonymous. Now, if any of those questions were yours, please take out a quill and parchment and write a short bit about if that answered your question and if the answer was what you expected. If none of your questions were chosen, choose one of the questions to write about and tell if the answer was what you expected.
Time is up class. Please turn in your papers. Your homework is to write a thank you letter and get it to me before you leave for break. Have a wonderful safe winter break!
Arithmancy: First Year: Week 4: Thursday
Professor Vector
Thursday
Gryffindor Time: 1:00
Ravenclaw Time: 11:00
Hufflepuff Time: 2:00
Slytherin Time: 9:00
Before you head off to vacation, I thought I would give you a bit more to think about. Please take out a quill and parchment to take notes.
Every number has a meaning and a personality that goes with it. By knowing someone's name, you can figure their number and from there, their personality. I will be teaching you the meanings that go with people's numbers
One
Keywords: Leader, Loner, Independent, Focused, and Determined
Ones set goals and stick to them. They are leaders and inventors.
They don't like working with others and often refuse to take orders.
Frequent bad traits of the one are being self-centered, egotistical, and domineering
Two
Keywords: Interaction, Creative, Harmony, Loyal, Fair, and Balanced
Twos represent equality, two way communication, co-operation, and harmony
They also represent conflicts, opposing forces, and contrast: day and night, good and evil
Bad trait of the two include being withdrawn, moody, self-conscious, and indecisive.
Does everyone have that? Good. Please think of someone you know whose name boils down to one or two. Your homework is to write about how this does or doesn't describe them. Class is dismissed and happy holidays!
Thursday
Gryffindor Time: 1:00
Ravenclaw Time: 11:00
Hufflepuff Time: 2:00
Slytherin Time: 9:00
Before you head off to vacation, I thought I would give you a bit more to think about. Please take out a quill and parchment to take notes.
Every number has a meaning and a personality that goes with it. By knowing someone's name, you can figure their number and from there, their personality. I will be teaching you the meanings that go with people's numbers
One
Keywords: Leader, Loner, Independent, Focused, and Determined
Ones set goals and stick to them. They are leaders and inventors.
They don't like working with others and often refuse to take orders.
Frequent bad traits of the one are being self-centered, egotistical, and domineering
Two
Keywords: Interaction, Creative, Harmony, Loyal, Fair, and Balanced
Twos represent equality, two way communication, co-operation, and harmony
They also represent conflicts, opposing forces, and contrast: day and night, good and evil
Bad trait of the two include being withdrawn, moody, self-conscious, and indecisive.
Does everyone have that? Good. Please think of someone you know whose name boils down to one or two. Your homework is to write about how this does or doesn't describe them. Class is dismissed and happy holidays!
Transfiguration: First Year: Week 4: Thursday
Professor Minerva McGonagall
Thursday
Gryffindor Time: 9:00
Ravenclaw Time: 10:00
Hufflepuff Time: 11:00
Slytherin Time: 10:00
I promised you last class that we would be finished with the wood charm. Correct. However, today I wish to be absolutely sure that you have completed the match to needle charm, and back. So everyone standing on that half of the room, please come stand on this side of my desk. Line up neatly and no shoving. Everyone will get their turn. Now everyone on that side of the room, come stand on this side of my desk. Good. Now here is what we are going to do. You on the right, you are going to turn this match into a needle and give it to the person on your left and then go to the back of the line. You on the left, you will turn it back to a match, give it to the next person in the line on the right and go to the end of your line. This will go on until we reach the end of the line. You may begin.
Well done. We are now back at the beginning, so I would like the two lines to switch. Those on the left will now turn the match to a needle, and those on the right will turn the needle to a match.
That exercise has been completed now, so please return to your seats. You have no homework over the holiday break, however everyone who is going home, I will remind you that you may not do any spells! I repeat: NO MAGIC OVER THE HOLIDAY! Got that? Good. Class is dismissed and I will see you next year.
Thursday
Gryffindor Time: 9:00
Ravenclaw Time: 10:00
Hufflepuff Time: 11:00
Slytherin Time: 10:00
I promised you last class that we would be finished with the wood charm. Correct. However, today I wish to be absolutely sure that you have completed the match to needle charm, and back. So everyone standing on that half of the room, please come stand on this side of my desk. Line up neatly and no shoving. Everyone will get their turn. Now everyone on that side of the room, come stand on this side of my desk. Good. Now here is what we are going to do. You on the right, you are going to turn this match into a needle and give it to the person on your left and then go to the back of the line. You on the left, you will turn it back to a match, give it to the next person in the line on the right and go to the end of your line. This will go on until we reach the end of the line. You may begin.
Well done. We are now back at the beginning, so I would like the two lines to switch. Those on the left will now turn the match to a needle, and those on the right will turn the needle to a match.
That exercise has been completed now, so please return to your seats. You have no homework over the holiday break, however everyone who is going home, I will remind you that you may not do any spells! I repeat: NO MAGIC OVER THE HOLIDAY! Got that? Good. Class is dismissed and I will see you next year.
Runes: First Year: Week 4: Thursday
Professor Babbling
Thursday
Gryffindor Time: 2:00
Ravenclaw Time: 9:00
Hufflepuff Time: 10:00
Slytherin Time: 11:00
Before your brains go into break mode, I would like you to learn two more runes: Hagalaz and Jera. Quills and parchment out and please copy what is on the blackboard.
Jera
Harvest
Use to create positive, lasting change.
If found in a reading, it means that a project is going well and success comes to those who wait for it. Do not rush your project and all will be well.
If found reversed in a reading, it means that you are wandering aimlessly in a project, you need to set deadlines and goals.
Hagalaz
Also known as: Hagal
Delays, Upheaval, Risks
Can be used to turn someone's past against them
If you draw this rune, expect a great upheaval in your life. It may be good, however. It may an awakening to greater knowledge or a great idea. Be prepared, though, that this will not be an easy time for you.
There you have them! Quills down, then, and parchments away. Your homework is to simply review all the runes you have learnt so far and to try to not forget the Runic Alphabet over winter break. Class is dismissed for the year.
Thursday
Gryffindor Time: 2:00
Ravenclaw Time: 9:00
Hufflepuff Time: 10:00
Slytherin Time: 11:00
Before your brains go into break mode, I would like you to learn two more runes: Hagalaz and Jera. Quills and parchment out and please copy what is on the blackboard.
JeraHarvest
Use to create positive, lasting change.
If found in a reading, it means that a project is going well and success comes to those who wait for it. Do not rush your project and all will be well.
If found reversed in a reading, it means that you are wandering aimlessly in a project, you need to set deadlines and goals.
HagalazAlso known as: Hagal
Delays, Upheaval, Risks
Can be used to turn someone's past against them
If you draw this rune, expect a great upheaval in your life. It may be good, however. It may an awakening to greater knowledge or a great idea. Be prepared, though, that this will not be an easy time for you.
There you have them! Quills down, then, and parchments away. Your homework is to simply review all the runes you have learnt so far and to try to not forget the Runic Alphabet over winter break. Class is dismissed for the year.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Muggle Studies: First Year: Week 4: Wednesday
Professor Charity Burbage
Wednesday
Gryffindor Time: 10:00
Ravenclaw Time: 11:00
Hufflepuff Time: 9:00
Slytherin Time: 11:00
As a special holiday treat, I got special permission from Professor Dumbledore to take you on an outing. We will be taking carriages to Hogsmeade and then taking Floo powder to Diagon Alley. From there, we will get to explore London. This will be an all day trip, which is why all of the Houses are here together. All classes are cancelled for the rest of the day, except Astronomy. I must remind you to watch your language. No mentioning things like 'spells' or 'wands'. While you are enjoying yourselves, please remember to take mental notes as I will be asking questions next class. Now please line up for a dress inspection.
While those students are off ridding themselves of magical apparatus, I would like the remaining students to file out to the Great Hall.
Everyone here now? Good. Please follow me to the carriages.
Wednesday
Gryffindor Time: 10:00
Ravenclaw Time: 11:00
Hufflepuff Time: 9:00
Slytherin Time: 11:00
As a special holiday treat, I got special permission from Professor Dumbledore to take you on an outing. We will be taking carriages to Hogsmeade and then taking Floo powder to Diagon Alley. From there, we will get to explore London. This will be an all day trip, which is why all of the Houses are here together. All classes are cancelled for the rest of the day, except Astronomy. I must remind you to watch your language. No mentioning things like 'spells' or 'wands'. While you are enjoying yourselves, please remember to take mental notes as I will be asking questions next class. Now please line up for a dress inspection.
While those students are off ridding themselves of magical apparatus, I would like the remaining students to file out to the Great Hall.
Everyone here now? Good. Please follow me to the carriages.
Astronomy: First Year: Week 4: Wednesday
Professor Sinistra
Wednesday
Gryffindor Time: Midnight
Ravenclaw Time: Midnight
Hufflepuff Time: Midnight
Slytherin Time: Midnight
Now I know you have all been out in London all day, so I won't have you do anything too difficult! Instead, I am going to tell you about the legend of Pegasus.
Pegasus was a winged horse born from the slain neck of the monster Medusa. He was a pure white winged horse. Although mortal, he did many services to Zeus. One of them was when a young hero became too confident and tried to fly to the heavens on Pegasus's back, Pegasus threw him off, crippling him for life. When Pegasus died, Zeus made him a constellation so that he may fly the skies forever.
There. You may go now. Your homework is to find an image of Pegasus and find the constellation in the sky. Off you go, back to bed now! I hope you have a wonderful winter break.
Wednesday
Gryffindor Time: Midnight
Ravenclaw Time: Midnight
Hufflepuff Time: Midnight
Slytherin Time: Midnight
Now I know you have all been out in London all day, so I won't have you do anything too difficult! Instead, I am going to tell you about the legend of Pegasus.
Pegasus was a winged horse born from the slain neck of the monster Medusa. He was a pure white winged horse. Although mortal, he did many services to Zeus. One of them was when a young hero became too confident and tried to fly to the heavens on Pegasus's back, Pegasus threw him off, crippling him for life. When Pegasus died, Zeus made him a constellation so that he may fly the skies forever.
There. You may go now. Your homework is to find an image of Pegasus and find the constellation in the sky. Off you go, back to bed now! I hope you have a wonderful winter break.
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