The Egg Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to experiment with the given charms and take care of your egg until it hatches. Your egg will hatch if you look after it right. All eggs will need to be kept clean, rust free, polished, and at the appropriate temperature. If your egg is left unattended for too long it is charmed to tarnish, and either cool off or overheat, thus delaying its eventual hatching. What will hatch out of a metal egg? You’ll find that out at the end of the assignment!

You will need to keep a journal to participate. This journal will require TEN entries. You are to make a post in the Journal thread, and edit your post when you have another entry to add. One post per person! In your journal entries, you should link to a place in the school where you are interacting with your egg. Each entry must be linked to a post! That is ten entries and ten posts around the school! Remember its a term long assigment, so the posts/ entries should be spaced out in regard to dates, not all the 'same day'!

The five spells taught, which you are expected to use are:

Incantation component: meaning "pronunciation"
argentum: silver “ar-gent-um”
frigidus: cold “Frigid-us”
siccus: dry “Sik-us”
calidus: warm, hot “Ca- lid- us”
humidus: damp, humid “Humid-us”
Excolo: L. polish, adorn, refine and serve "Ex-CO-lo"

1. Argentum Frigidus wand movement- swish and tap As you say the incantation the two seperate movements match the two seperate parts of the incantation.
2. Argentum Calidus wand movement- swish and tap As you say the incantation the two seperate movements match the two seperate parts of the incantation.
3. Argentum Siccus wand movement twirl and point As you say the incantation the two seperate movements match the two seperate parts of the incantation.
4. Argentum Humidus wand movement twirl and point As you say the incantation the two seperate movements match the two seperate parts of the incantation.
5. Excolo pointing movement except you need to move your wand and trace where you wish the spell to have effect

You’re permitted to use any other charms that your character knows if you think they’ll help.

When finals are on, a thread will be opened in which you can post your character’s egg hatching. This will only happen if you have completed the rest of the assignment! You will be PM’d about what will come out of your egg More information about the hatching portion (or not hatching) will come at that time.

This assignment will be marked out of 50 points and will take place instead of a final. The marking is divided as follows:

Journal Entries
Following Instructions: /5
Readability: /5
Creativity: /10
Total: /20
Linked Posts
Following Instructions: /5
Content & Spell use: /5
Creativity: /10
Total: /20
The hatching:
Creativity: /5
Completion: /5
Total: /10
Total: /50

Things to remember:
x- be creative! The assignment is supposed to be experimental and fun.

x- the eggs are not alive, but they seem to have quirks. Maybe your egg twitches a lot when it is dirty, maybe it shivers if its too cold. Maybe it likes to wander and rolls off sometimes. As long as it doesn't actually hatch, or come to life, feel free to be creative with what your egg actually does and how it reacts to the different spells and different combinations of spells.

x- destroy your egg, get no points. Simple. The eggs are charmed to be pretty strong, and they might fracture or get a teeny tiny dent or whatever, but they shouldn't crack open completely... and if you want to blow your egg up, your character won't get any points. Part of the points will come from following instructions after all!


FAQ
1. OMG I don't have an egg, what shall I do?
If you weren't in the class you can still participate, just pretend your character was there and got an egg along with everyone else. However, please make the effort to read the instructions given in the first lesson! You can find this in the class thread as well as in the reference thread. I won't be telling you how the spells work, you'll need to find that out yourselves.

2. Can I choose what my egg hatches into?
Nope. You will find out what will happen with your egg at the end of the term. You should NOT RP your egg hatching until the hatching thread is posted!

3. What if I don't want my egg to hatch? Will I lose points?
No you won't lose points. If you still do the journal entries, and the posts required, and then post in the hatching thread with your egg doing nothing/not hatching/letting you down... that still counts as participating. It'll be entirely up to you what you do with it all. The point is to experiment and be creative!

4. Should my character carry their egg with them everywhere?
That is up to you! If you want your egg to hatch though, probably leaving it alone in your dorm won't do the job. Professor Schirmer recommends carrying your egg with you at all times, and charming it as required. This way too, you can manage the ten posts you need far more easily.

5. I'm still really confused and not sure what to do.
The point of the assignment is to be creative, and to allow your character to experiment a bit. I don't want to give too much in the way of specifics because the eggs are supposed to be different, so that you can all RP different things working or not working. You can PM me to ask if you are on the right track though.

6. I have a question that isn't answered, how can I find out the answer?
Send me a PM! I'll answer it and post it here if I think its something people need to know!

AllClassesAnnouncement!


Greetings lions!

Care of Magical Creatures Lesson One -temporarily closed
Class is still on hiatus while the Professor attempts to sort through some things. Perhaps some of her creatures decided to throw a party in her office when they thought she was leaving? The thread is currently closed, so subscribe to it to know when it is updated. We will, of course, let you know when it is reopened as well.
DADA Lesson One - temporarily closed
Professor Glass is still busy with a few things, so this class is also still on a hiatus.

However...

DADA Lesson know your spirit guardian - OPEN
Professor Schirmer has taken time out of her busy and charming schedule to teach a lesson about the Patronus Charm to us all! There is a discussion going on right now about how the animal form of a Patronus can reflect the personality of the caster, so jump right in lions! Every voice helps add to the discussion and earns us much needed house points!
Herbology & Astronomy Joint Lesson - OPEN
Discussion is wrapping up about the moon and we will be moving on to the Herbology portion of the lesson soon. It isn't too late to join in the discussion lions! If not for broadening your mind, why not stop by for some of the hot chocolate?
Potions Lesson Two - OPEN
The brewing process has just started and we are learning how to brew a potion to develop wizarding film! Make sure you have CLEANED your cauldron and EVERYTHING for that matter using Scourgify before brewing or following the next set of instructions! If any of you younger lions need help, be sure to ask an older student to assist you!
Transfiguration Lesson Two - closed
The lesson is now closed and homework has been posted!

HistoryofMagicFinal

In class we have discussed the importance of “little people” in history, as well as the inner workings of a wand.

This final will be broken down into three parts:

Part One: You will choose a “little” person in Wizard history and research about their lives. Then you will write 2 parchments (paragraphs) on them and WHY they are important to Wizard history.

Part Two: After you have finished your research of the person of your choosing. You will be creating a replica of what you think could be the chosen wizard or witches wand. The point is to create a wand you think would fit them. If you find information about their real wand, discard it and only focus on YOUR idea of a wand for them. This will require 3-5 posts in the reference room of researching and creating the wand.

Keep in mind: The core. The wood. The length. And the flexibility.

A working wand is not expected (because as students it would be almost impossible for you to just master Wandlore), just something that resembles a wand. How it is created is not a big issue either (I teach history of magic not charms) as long as you research properly and create the wand. Materials and information can be found in the History of Magic Reference Room (Professor Scabior will also be strolling around in case any help is needed in the room, especially with wand woods).

Spells & Charms that Might be Useful:
The Severing Charm, Incantation: Diffindo
The Gouging Spell, Incantation: Defodio
The Smoothing Spell, Incantation: Glisseo

Part Three: Write 3 parchments on how the wand relates to the wizard and why.

Part Four: There is no part four. I said before there was only three parts. But if you MUST need a part four it would be submitting parts one, the links to part two, and part three.

Mark Breakdown:
Part One: 15 Points
Part Two: 15 Points
Part Three: 20 points
Total: 50 points

If you have any questions feel free to pm me.

►Due: November 28th, 2011 11:59pm EST

TransfigurationHomeworkTwo

Write me a story.

• Two spells were practised in class - Incarcerous & Diffindo - I want you to write me a story that includes a scene/s where those two spells are used (they don't both need to be in the same scene). Let your imagination figure out how...it could be your heroine/hero has to use them to escape from somewhere, or even to capture an evil villain. Totally up to you.
  
  All I require is that you do 5 PARAGRAPHS MINIMUM - 5 LINES MINIMUM PER PARAGRAPH - and that you make it fun.

Worth: 15 points.

Due: No later than 1st November @ 10pm GMT.

Please include the following at the bottom of your homework:

• Character name
• Username
• House
• Year
• User ID number

Make sure you read all the RULES, especially the parts about homework and cheating.

Submit your assignments via PM (Private Message) to me, MeredithRodneyMcKay.

1. Why is the Moon called grandmother moon?
2. What are the phases of the moon called? (list all 8)
3. How does the Moon’s phase’s affect our magic? (give one example)
4. How does the full moon affect us humans in our everyday life? (give 2 examples)

When: Should begin 11 November @ 11:11pm 7/8pm EST (thread will open a couple hours prior to this). Will last 2-3 days to give people in different timezones a chance to participate =)

Where: The Arithmancy Classroom

Who: Everyone studying Arithmancy

Other: Bring your textbooks, parchment, a quill, and your brains are generally well-advised as well.

• WHEN: Sunday November 13th @ 2pm GMT (approx)
• WHERE: Transfiguration Classroom.
• WHO IS IT FOR: All years.
• ANYTHING ELSE: Bring your wands. But if you're scared of legless animals, probably not a good idea to come. ;P

OOC: Please make sure you read the classroom rules! If you come into the lesson after is has started just pretend like you were there the whole time. I will take points from anyone who posts their characters entrance after class has begun.

CareofMagicalCreaturesLesson

Who Can Attend? All Hogwarts students who are taking the Care of Magical Creatures class
Where Is It? The paddock around the edge of the Forbidden Forest
When Is It? Wednesday November 16th, 6:30 PM EST (11:30 PM GMT)
Other Necessary Information? Textbooks, notebooks/parchment, and quills are not necessary unless you enjoy taking notes. Good manners, a good attitude, and common sense are required, and a pair of gloves is recommended.