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Second Year  x8
|  catching up and homework assignment (option 1) Wibbly Wobbly | Timey Wimey
SPOILER!!: catchng up Taylor came into the room just before the lesson began. She sat down and listen as the professor started. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lezleighd  Gemma clicked into the room in a tailored black suit jacket and pencil skirt with silver sparkly heels on. She smiled at each of the students as she clicked through the classroom. This lesson was going to be a little bit different than the others. It would be less theatrical in a sense.
When she finally reached the front of the room, she glanced across the class and then walked to the board and erased the welcome message and then she turned back around.
"Welcome everyone once again to Muggle Studies. This will be our final lesson of the term...my how time has flown by this term!" she said with a little nod up and down. "We have focused on superheroes and villains from the Muggle community over the past few lessons and today we take those lessons to a new level."
Slowly she motions to each of the posters that are blank and hanging around the room, "You'll notice that the posters this class are blank...that's because ya'll are going to help me identify whom you each believe are the real superheroes in the history of both Muggle and Wizarding Society."
"So, let's get this started with a little review to get your brains going...Please remember to raise your hand with your answer....Everyone please share one trait that you feel like a Superhero should possess.."
she said a she walked to the board and picked up a marker to start writing down all of the answers.
OOC: Okey dokey...class has started so please don't post your charrie coming in late...please remember to raise your hand before you answer. I'll leave this question up until the morning allow more answers...Remember Gemma is watching so keep the conversations to a minimum... Taylor raised her hand, "Professor, a superhero needs kindness as one of their traits. Without kindness they wouldnt want to help others so it is a must-have trait." She laughed and smiled, hoping that she would like her answer. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lezleighd Gemma scribble down each of the students answers on the board excitedly...yes, they were all starting to get what a superhero was. She turned back to the class after finishing up the list and continued,
" Very very good everyone! You all brought up great qualities of a superhero....Yes, a popular Muggle Dictionary defines a superhero as 'any of various comic-strip characters with superhuman abilities or magical powers, wearing a distinctive costume, and fighting against evil'" she paused to let that definition sink in..." Now there is a similar definition for hero found in the Muggle Dictionary...it defines hero as 'A person who is admired for courage or noble qualities.' she smiled as she paced a little bit.
" You can clearly see the connection between the two...and from looking at your list of qualities a superhero has...it's obvious that many of the qualities could be linked to simple heroes...now I"m not saying that being a real life hero isn't extraordinary, but it is more likely to happen in our world and Muggle world than to see Superman flying around." she stepped a little bit forward. " Through the history of both Muggles and Wizards there have been real heros that have helped shape the future of each and both of our worlds and communities....but let's start a little closer to home..." she said with a little nod up and down.
" I want you to examine the very simple definition of a hero and look at the qualities of superheroes that we put on the board....think about your own life and share someone close to you that you know personally that you would consider a hero and tell a short summary of why you consider them a hero..." she said encouragingly walking toward the first blank poster. OOC: Thanks everyone! We'll be back soon to post the next part! Don't forget the rules.... Taylor raised her hand again, "I think that my mother would be a hero because she is very kind and caring. She stayed with my father until his death so that she could give us the best life possible despite not being in love with him. My mother would do whatever possible to keep my siblings and me safe. She stayed kind-hearted despite all the sadness, danger and sacrifices that were in her life." She smiled, being completely honest. "Her name is Elizabeth Lupin..." Quote:
Originally Posted by Lezleighd As each student mentioned their personal heroes, the professor wrote their name and the name of their personal superhero on the blank poster hanging from the ceiling until slowly but surely the poster was full of names. Finally, she added her name and her brother's name, "Thank you everyone for sharing your personal heroes...my personal hero is my brother...I only have one brother whom is younger than me....he disappeared many years ago but he was always so strong and optimistic....and I know he's out there being someone else's hero right now and that someday I'll get to see my hero again..." she let her words fade off and was internally pretty proud of herself for sharing even this little opening to her past with her brother.
She quickly continued, "There are always famous people from our history both Muggle and Wizarding that can be considered real life superheroes because of the amazing feats that they accomplished during their times...these individuals were influential not only during their times but in the future of the world..." she said as she walked to the next poster hanging from the ceiling. "For instance, in the Muggle World, a real life superhero could be Isaac Newton. He was a nEnglish physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian. His law of universal gravitation and three laws of motion laid the groundwork for classical mechanics." she said as she wrote his name on the poster. "Or those men and women that fight for our various countries in the armed services and such could be considered real life superheroes..." she wrote this on the poster. "An example in the Wizarding World could be Albus Dumbledore..." she finished by writing his name on the poster.
"If everyone will grab a marker..." she said motioning to a little basket below the remaining two posters on the walls, "Please come up and give us an example of a real life Muggle Superhero and a Real Life Wizard Superhero and what they did they makes you feel like they are a hero and then add their names to the appropriate poster..." she said as she wrote Muggle in the middle of one poster and Wizard in the middle of another. Taylor grabbed a marker amd went up. Under the muggle superhero, she wrote: William Shakespeare- inspired millions of people.
Then went to the Wizard poster, writing: Max Vindictus: amazing quidditich professor, head of house, and insipration to young adults. She smiled and laid the marker back down. SPOILER!!: professor Quote:
Originally Posted by Lezleighd Gemma walked up to each poster excitedly and read each of the student's answers...they were amazing and perfect. She turned back to the class with a smile, "Ya'll have done amazing naming some examples of heroes from both Muggle and Wizarding Worlds!" she said clapping a little bit.
She walked back up to the front of the classroom and flipped the board over and then turned back to the class, "Since this is the last lesson of the year, we will conclude with our final for the term. It is more of a homework assignment but you will do it in class..." she said as she started writing in her pretty handwriting on the board.
"You will have two options to choose from and I'm excited to see what you come up with...feel free to use any of the books in the room or even the posters from the different lessons to help you out.." with the mention of the posters, a variety of superhero and villain posters unrolled from the ceiling.
She looked back at the students with a smile, "You may begin at any time. Please feel free to have fun with this and be as creative as you can be! I want to see what you have learned or believe!"
OOC: This is going to count as the final assignment. Please remember to post your assignment within this thread. I will leave the thread open until Saturday, December 1 at 11:59 pm CST. Once you have posted your assignment, please feel free to rp leaving. Also, feel free to catch up to earn points for the lesson....just make sure to put catching up in your title that way I know that's what the post is for...Thanks everyone! Taylor got started on the huge assignment. She debated between the two and finally decided to do the party/ holiday one since it would be the easiest for her. Tay debated what hero to do and finally thought of one. Taylor started on her assignment.
SPOILER!!: assignment, option 1
Username: Cassandra
Character Name: Taylor McIntyre
House: Ravenclaw
Member ID: 178623 
The Real-life hero I am honoring is the playwright, William Shakespeare. He was a playwright who lived 1563-1616. William was a British writer who was sometimes called the Baron of Avon. Shakespeare wrote about 38 plays as well as over 150 sonnets and two narrative plays. He was a father of three. His writings have survived hundreds of years and had become beloved classics as well as must reads for some schools.
The holiday is on April 26. It is the day that he was baptized. April plays a big part in his life because three important things happened in that month. April the 26th is the closest to his birthday that we can know. It is close to his death date as well. The holiday will take all weekend if it lands on a day between Friday and Monday.
This person deserves a holiday in their honor because he is an amazing playwright and writer. William inspires even people in this day and age. He is a well-published writer who is praised even to this day. William is a well published and acknowledged writer in his age, in ours and in between. He was able to write even with three kids. A lot of pop culture alludes to one of his many works. William Shakespeare is a big part of the muggle and our world so we should honor him by giving him his own holiday.
The colors of the holiday are red, white and blue for the British flag because he was British. The traditions of the holiday would be to dress up in costumes of his time period. Another tradition is to go to see one of his plays being performed and perform in one of his plays. Visiting his birthplace and writing your own play would also be some of the traditions for the holiday. To celebrate the holiday, you must talk and act like you are in his time period. It would be a national holiday so all businesses and schools shall be closed. Drinking tea and having meals with your family and friends is the tradition to end the holiday with.
The name of the holiday would be Play Day. It gets its name because William Shakespeare is a playwright. It also gets its name from the traditions of writing a play, performing a play and seeing plays on the day of the holiday. A nickname for the holiday is Willie Day because it is all about William Shakespeare and his plays. The critics of the holiday call it Shaker Fakers because of the dressing up and the speaking of the Old English.
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