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| | Term 21: January-April 2009 Term Twenty-one: The Ghosts (Sept 2067 - June 2068) | |
02-12-2009, 11:06 AM
| | |  History of Magic Lesson 2
Ethan wandered into the classroom a good ten minutes before the lesson was due to start. He was humming and carrying the rather large gramophone from his office, various records stacked on top. Zan set up the gramophone and took a few moments to choose a record to play.
After a moment he selected the soundtrack to one of his favourite musicals and charmed the gramophone to wind itself so it would play. Humming along, Ethan walked around the classroom, nudging the desks with his booted feet so that they were all crooked. He stopped at his old desk and stroked it once, thinking about the inscription carved on the underside and the fact that the pattern of the wood on this particular desk looked kind of like an antipodean opal eye if you squinted at it in the right light.
Professor Truebridge wandered back to his own desk and slowly lowered himself into it, kicking his feet up and crossing them on the desk as he surveyed the empty clasroom to be sure everything was how he liked it. Humming to himself absently, Ethan flicked his wand at the door to unlock it and slid his sungglasses on, patiently waiting for the students to trickle in. | |
02-15-2009, 09:50 PM
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| | Granian
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Hogwarts RPG Name:
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Varius waited till 'JakeyWakey' got all that information down, before copying it off of him again. "Oh I dunno," Varius said a little hesitant, "I'm not very good at evil thinking... especially not of the most evilest wizard of all! Or is he? Is Voldemortist the most evil? Or is Voldemort? Hm. No idea."
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02-15-2009, 11:59 PM
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| | Knarl
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: in the TARDIS
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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Jack Harkness Jones, Jr.
Seventh Year  x11
| SS Senile Senior
Qaz looked over what she had written and pondered answers for quite a while. If I was Neville, how would I answer.  Time Period: 1995 - 2005
Interviewer: Qaz Windsong
Interviewee: Neville Longbottom
1. Why do you think that you had such a connection with the Room of Requirement?
I think that the Room of Requirement responds most strongly to those that need it the most, which certainly was me. I had a lot of practice at needing help. 2. Did you dance much after the Yule Ball?
Unfortunately, no. I don’t have that much free time. 3. What is the biggest lesson your Grandmother taught you?
I suppose that she taught me that no matter how old you get, you can still be fiesty and very intimidating.  | |
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02-16-2009, 05:30 AM
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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Mercer Branxton
Ravenclaw Seventh Year
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrs. Weasley  Abby looks over the questions. "These are really good questions because they can cover a whole ten year period. I have a question that covers that one year. What effect the Draught of Ephemera had on the former ghosts' conditions?" Copernicus was hoping his group would speak up, but they were obviously distracted by Professor Truebridge's game at Plymouth and Celandine's expense. He pulled out his quill and set to writing.
Time Period: 2051-2061
Question 1 (asked to specialist from the Ministry?): What is the environmental impact of these attacks?
Question 2 (asked to former Headmistress Rae or Board of Governors): What increased security measures have come about because of Voldemortist's attacks?
Question 3 (Asked to Hogsmeade shopkeeper/ home owner): And what impact did these attacks have on the residents of Hogsmeade?
Question 4 (asked of staff member from this time period): What effect did the Draught of Ephemera have on the former ghosts' condition?
He looked up. "I can take my own question, if you each want to draft your own answers."
Question 2 (asked to former Headmistress Rae or Board of Governors): What increased security measures have come about because of Voldemortist's attacks?
Headmistress Rae: After each attack of Lord Voldemortist, we were able to ascertain different weaknesses to the security of the school and make changes accordingly. When his people infiltrated our grounds, we became much better about double and triple checking references and staying in contact with the other schools responsible for guarding the Book of Mysteria with us. In addition, we tightened the wards and spells safe-guarding the school.
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02-16-2009, 06:01 AM
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Cela decided to focus her questions on a student during the era her group had chosen and bravely pretended like she hadn't been called out in front of the whole class about the Plymouth thing. Quote:
1935-1945
Story theme: Advances in flying and broom development
Interviewee: Hogwarts Student
Questions:
(focus on interviewee) What are your thoughts on riding brooms?
I think broom riding is great, I just hope one day there are more comfortable brooms developed. Theres nothing worse than numb nether regions after a long game of Quidditch.
(general knowledge) What do you know about the brooms developed during the 1935-1945 period?
Well, there was the cleansweep 3 back in '37 and the comet 180 in '38.
(Opinion) Which broom do you think is the better model out of those developed in this time? I prefer the Cleansweep series, more comfortable than the comet brooms.
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Twilight listened to everything with wide opened eyes. Inside she shook her head at the fellow student who seemed to reprimand the professor. She was shocked, her grandfather would have been extremely ashamed of her if she would ever act that way. She took out her questions and then proceeded to answer them: Quote:
Name Twilight Mcdonahue
House Hufflepuff
In class Assignment 2
The rescue of Severus Snape by Remus Lupin for the Life of Severus Snape.
Time period 1967-1997.
Question 1: Lucius Malfoy, you knew Severus Snape very well. Would you say that he knew his magic very well? Was he inclined to use it on others, like the Gryffindor crowd around Lily Evans?
Question 2: Remus Lupin, You rescued Severus Snape from a very badly gone wrong prank? Why would you do that? I thought your group were sworn enemies of the Slytherins in school?
Question 3: Severus Snape I am trying to see why you who are a devout Slytherin would have not attacked the Gryffindors when they pulled pranks on you? I thought Slytherins are always ruthless, why would you not attack back? Why would you not retaliate after your rescue to save Slytherin face?
Answers
Question 1. Ye I knew him very well. He was very good at his spells, in fact sometimes i felt he knew more than our professor. He seemed to be able to alter spells and potions and was always successful. That is what made him so suspect, if you ask me. A Slytherin should be ready to avenge his House and friends and he seemed to avoid the crowd around Lily Evans I just dont understand him. Sometimes I wondered if he got sorted into the right House.
Question 2. Yes i did. But I am ashamed that I did not have the courage to do more. I should have not let the Gryffindor students pick on him at all. He was a friend of Lily and that was very wrong of me not to stop it. He was very smart, he even figured out my furry little problem on his own. He has helped me later on. I never was a sworn enemy to anyone, I better understood what it truly meant to be different and it should be beneath a Gryffindor to act so.
Question 3. Being a devout Slytherin I felt it beneath me to play silly childish pranks on those who did not have the courage to stand as their House demanded. As to the rest of your questions I am afraid I can not divulge the information as I am under a wizard's oath to not divulge any information. Thank you for your interest in my work.
Twilight looked it over and then put down her quill.
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02-16-2009, 10:04 AM
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| | Mooncalf
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Truebridge stood up, gently picking up the cat as he did so. He walked over to Allie and deposited her... minky in her lap before taking a stroll around the crooked desks.
"If you have finished your questions and answers, bring them up to the desk and place them in a neat pile. For those of you who have not; be sure to complete them before the end of class to get credit." Truebridge turned to the board and flicked his wand to add to what was already there. Quote: Standard Methods of Propaganda- Bandwagon: Pump up the value of 'joining the party'.
- Card-stacking: Build a highly-biased case for your position.
- Glittering generalities: Use power words to evoke emotions.
- Name-calling: Denigrating opponents.
- Plain folks: Making the leader seem ordinary increases trust and credibility.
- Testimonial: The testimony of an independent person is seen as more trustworthy.
- Transfer: Associate the leader with trusted others.
Interviewing Goals- Obtain the interviewee's knowledge about the topic
- Obtain the interviewee's opinion and/or feelings about the topic
- Feature the interviewee as the subject
"Any combination of these three goals are the basis of a good interview. Good interviews are key to recording and understanding history." Ethan paused and flicked his wand again, adding the sources they discussed earlier to the board. Quote: Information Sources (Or, where do we get History from anyway?)- First hand/ eyewitness accounts
- word-of-mouth (including stories passed through generations)
- documentation (diaries, letters, newspapers etc)
- scientific evidence (geology, geography, biology, archeology etc)
- Visual evidence (art, architecture, photographs etc)
- Popular Culture (fashion, music, trends)
- Childrens stories
"If anyone thinks they can add to this list, feel free to stand up and write on the board." Ethan invited.
"Alright, moving on. There are several types of questions you can ask, as evidenced by the questions you have all written. Each type of question has its place based on the interview goals listed here." Professor Truebridge gestured at the board, "I'm not referring to the simple where, why, what, when, who and how, those are usually associated with open-ended questions, which is an example of a question type. Can anyone give an example of other types of questions? Please provide only one type to give your classmates a chance to answer."
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02-16-2009, 10:26 AM
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| Formerly: Herminny   Grindylow
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Fifth Year
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Herminny raised her hand and said,"Did so and so do this is another question one could ask, this question is usually followed by a decisive answer of yes or no".
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02-16-2009, 10:28 AM
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| | Mooncalf
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Herminny Herminny raised her hand and said,"Did so and so do this is another question one could ask, this question is usually followed by a decisive answer of yes or no". "Not quite what I'm looking for; however that is an example of a type of question..." Ethan hinted, waiting for the students to figure it out.
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02-16-2009, 10:30 AM
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| | Mooncalf
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 7,786
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Tommy Black
First Year | ♥ Slytherin Princess to the core ♥ / St. Trinian's Terror
Quote:
Originally Posted by Zoerawrr Blink. Blink blink. Ooooookay...
Jake had tried to write everything down as Varius said it, and it was kind of hard not to burst out laughing, despite the matter in question. But there was one thing... "I fancy Mcdonalds chips now... geeeeee, thanks..." Jake muttered, with a false glare, before sticking his tongue out.
"Right, so," Jake looked at his parchment again.
Jake looked up at Varius. "What do we do for this feller?" he asked him. Ruby looked at Jake and Varius and said "how about ........well it was obvious i disliked my father because he was a muggle and she kept following me around like a puppy dog once i found out she was a muggle and hagrid had already lost his wand i decided to let the Baskalik out and kill at least one Muggle"
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02-16-2009, 10:32 AM
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|  DoM & DMLEThestral
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Vanessa thought for a second before raising her hand. "Could you have Rhetorical Questions, which encourage people to reflect, be one Professor?"
__________________ It's the end of the show. Of the historemix. We switched up the flow. And we changed the prefix
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02-16-2009, 10:37 AM
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Cela raised her hand, "Well, that example was a closed question, professor. That is where you only give room for a yes or no answer."
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02-16-2009, 10:51 AM
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| | Kappa
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Seventh Year
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Kayla raised her hand. "Behaviour based questions. These questions that you are asking to describe previous experiences where you have displayed specific behaviours." yep that sounded about right...she hoped.
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02-16-2009, 10:58 AM
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Seventh Year | -S H I F T Y-
Agie raised her hand. "Professor, you have to ask open questions, without a simple yes or no answer. Ones that can stimulate conversation and allow you to get more information out of the person. This questions, in a way force the person to answer more than yes or no, and explains matters much more."
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02-16-2009, 11:03 AM
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| | Mooncalf
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rachie..x Vanessa thought for a second before raising her hand. "Could you have Rhetorical Questions, which encourage people to reflect, be one Professor?" "Ah yes, rhetorical questions are actually a combination of other question types." Ethan nodded, "But certainly deserve a category of their own." Quote:
Originally Posted by Celandine Cela raised her hand, "Well, that example was a closed question, professor. That is where you only give room for a yes or no answer." "Thats right, closed questions are a question type." Quote:
Originally Posted by aussiegirl Kayla raised her hand. "Behaviour based questions. These questions that you are asking to describe previous experiences where you have displayed specific behaviours." yep that sounded about right...she hoped. "Not quite what I'm looking for, Kayla. That would fall under other question types." Quote:
Originally Posted by SweetAussie Agie raised her hand. "Professor, you have to ask open questions, without a simple yes or no answer. Ones that can stimulate conversation and allow you to get more information out of the person. This questions, in a way force the person to answer more than yes or no, and explains matters much more." "Open ended questions, as I said are often assoiciated with what, where why, how etc. You are dead on with the result of these questions; used wisely they can provide a great deal of information."
Truebridge continued to walk slowly around the class, "keep thinking, you are all on the right track."
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"Evaluative Questions?" Jack piped up
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02-16-2009, 11:18 AM
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| | Mooncalf
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Becky "Evaluative Questions?" Jack piped up "Don't forget to raise your hand." Ethan warned before responding to Jack's answer.
"That would, again fall under another category." Ethan paused, "I suppose I'm going to have to increase the number of points available for the answers I'm looking for." Truebridge mused, "I encourage you all to keep thinking."
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02-16-2009, 11:22 AM
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Ana raised her hand "And what about questions to choose between two or more things?" she asked. That was probably completely wrong.
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Kayla decided to try again and she raised her hand. "Uh specific questions used to determine facts, for example date of births etc."
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Oops, perhaps she should have been listening more in class instead of day dreaming. Now she was a little lost. Agie raised her hand. "Ummm, is it situational questions by any chance?" She wasn't sure but it was all she could think of.
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| | Granian
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"How about factual questions?" Varius offered, "Which look for basic answers and are also based on simple basic facts."
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Ruby raised her hand and said "what about Probing Questions Sir?"
__________________ I love the number of children i meet who are captivated by all of it,
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Cela was absolutely busting to answer again, she could think of at least another four types on top of what had already been mentioned...
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Originally Posted by NicoT "Don't forget to raise your hand." Ethan warned before responding to Jack's answer.
"That would, again fall under another category." Ethan paused, "I suppose I'm going to have to increase the number of points available for the answers I'm looking for." Truebridge mused, "I encourage you all to keep thinking." Jack nodded "Sorry sir" Jack wondered "Questions about their past sir?" he asked as he put his hand up
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After thinking of another idea, Vanessa raised her hand. "Could you have opinionated Questions Professor?" She suggested, not really sure if it was correct or not.
__________________ It's the end of the show. Of the historemix. We switched up the flow. And we changed the prefix
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02-16-2009, 11:33 AM
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| | Mooncalf
Join Date: May 2008 Location: GMT +12 or 13
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Sixth Year
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hedwig18 Ana raised her hand "And what about questions to choose between two or more things?" she asked. That was probably completely wrong. "Not quite." Ethan answered. Quote:
Originally Posted by aussiegirl Kayla decided to try again and she raised her hand. "Uh specific questions used to determine facts, for example date of births etc." "Correct!" Truebridge nodded. Quote:
Originally Posted by SweetAussie Oops, perhaps she should have been listening more in class instead of day dreaming. Now she was a little lost. Agie raised her hand. "Ummm, is it situational questions by any chance?" She wasn't sure but it was all she could think of. "Again, that would be a mixture of other question types." Ethan nodded, "keep trying." He appreciated that the students were thinking. Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeness "How about factual questions?" Varius offered, "Which look for basic answers and are also based on simple basic facts." "Certainly, that would generally be the same as specific questions. Keep thinking." Ethan encouraged. Quote:
Originally Posted by deviljo8586 Ruby raised her hand and said "what about Probing Questions Sir?" "Well done, Ruby. Can you explain to the class what probing questions achieve and what you need to watch out for when asking a probing question?" Quote:
Originally Posted by Celandine Cela was absolutely busting to answer again, she could think of at least another four types on top of what had already been mentioned... Truebridge slowly winked at the young Ravenclaw before looking around the classroom.
"So far we have open-ended questions, closed questions, specific questions and probing questions..." He nodded encouragingly at Vanessa and Jack, "On the right track, keep thinking."
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