Quote:
Originally Posted by
MeredithRodneyMcKay 
Having put the pieces of card on each individual desk, Isabelle had arranged them in a semi-circular fashion, for now at least. Depending on what they would be doing later on, they could be moved. It was easy enough. Having placed several boxes of bits and bobs on the large wall length table behind her desk, she was now leaning against her desk, arms crossed and a smile of greeting on her face.
As well as the professor, the first thing you see upon entering is the large blackboard behind her right shoulder. Upon it was a message for the incoming students.
Charley had taken a seat near the back of the class. It was not her usual spot, but this year was already most certainly a year for trying new things.
The small card that Professor Magnus had left on the desk was at its crown, with the requested details in Charley's expressive handwriting:
Charley (proper name Charlotte) Kelley, Ravenclaw, First-Year.
She had set her bag next to her and a roll of parchment, her inkwell, and her wand on the desk, and now was simply sitting in her seat and remaining attentive. Everyone she knew seemed to think she'd be wonderful at Transfiguration, so she was significantly more relaxed than she had been in her other lessons.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
MeredithRodneyMcKay Right, now to get onto the lesson.
"For this first lesson I have decided to let you choose what you learn." Issy's eyes took in all their faces before she continued.
"This is why I asked you to prepare to be creative. Imagine for a moment," cue the walking around the room
"that you could perform magic infront of muggles, and even use it to help them. I would like you to provide to me a situation where you think a muggle might need assistance, and which spell you would use to help them. Be it transfiguring something, conjuring something - I'm going to let you decide. I will list them on the board behind, then we shall have a vote on which one we learn in the second half of this lesson."
Isabelle stopped at the front of the room and folded her hands in front of her. She kept quiet for a few seconds to let what she had said sink in. Hopefully they would come up with something good. They looked like they might.
"Bear in mind what you cannot do, as per the five exceptions behind me. Please let your imaginations go. Fire away!"
OOC: Just be creative here. Have it from your charries point of view as well, so if they don't know much about muggles - it might mean they come up with something weird.
Also if you don't know the name of a spell, or it has no incantation, just tell Isabelle what it does and she'll go with that.
Having been sitting up straight, Charley leaned to the back of the chair, bewildered, continuing, however, to somehow transcribe the notes from the blackboard.
Oh, goodness....I certainly did not expect that.
What about something I would do with Dad's family? They're muggles...but what have they ever needed help with? she pondered as she spun her thumbs around each other nervously.
Suddently, after a couple of moments, her eyes lit up.
My spell book! I'll look through it and see what different spells do, and think about if it is something a muggle might need assistance with! She reached down into her bag and retrieved the text.
All right now, let's start at the beginning.... she flipped through the pages at the front of the book until she reached the start of the list. As she began contemplating situations, she tapped her quill on her bottom lip and tried to not completely drown out her classmates' suggestions. They all had some pretty interesting ideas.