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The charms classroom was clean and bright and ready for the first lesson of the year and Professor Schirmer was waiting at the front of the class for the students to arrive.
Was she in a good mood? Well she was ALMOST smiling, at least.
The desks are set up in the usual way, no funny business today.
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ooc: sorry for the time conversion confusion O_O I do not know how I got it so messed up, I'm totally usually an expert. I blame posting the notice before I was awake.
Don't worry if you can't join in from the beginning, this lesson will last through the weekend and this first post will be updated as the lesson progresses.
Questions so far: What should firsties know about charms? What do we know about incantations? How do we make a spell and its effects cease? Why do you think we will want to use Finite and NOT Finite Incantatem as the counterspell today? What do you know about Gripping Charms and what do you think they'd be useful for? The gripping charm you will learn today has the incantation 'Prehenso'. Can anyone guess how the meaning of this incantation relates to its purpose? Can you think of any related English words?
ooc instructions for practising activity can be found here and here
Class is OVER but come and play CAPTURE THE FLAG! This will be your homework and the game is worth 20 points each!
Anakin swiftly let himself into the classroom, sending a smile and a polite nod towards Professor Schirmer before heading off towards the back of the classroom with his bag laddened over his shoulder. He was fairly certain he'd remembered all the supplies needed for the class, but in typical Ani fashion he was worrying needlessly over it.
It was a possibility he could have forgotten something important. Like...parchment, his book. Or, merlin's beard, maybe he could have forgotten his wand? Or the worst of all, maybe he forgot to put on his underwear that morning!?
Sliding into his seat, the 7th year visibly blushed, shaking his head. He was being ridiculous. It was the first day of school. He never forgot his unders on the first day of classes.
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Jory walked cheerfully into his first class-Charms.
"Good Morning, Professor,'' he said politely before heading to a seat in the middle of the room. Jory was looking forward to Charms, this was one of his favourite classes.
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The first class in this term. a Charms! Raven really loved the previous term class, especially the egg project. She walked enthusiast to the classroom. Last term Professor Schirmer gave them the egg assignment, and What's next?
"Professor Schirmer, Good day." she greeted politely. "I'm looking forward for your class." then she sat on the corner.
Zhenya walked in to Charms with a bright smile - she was so excited that Lessons had already started! "Hello Professor Schirmer, how are you?" she asked brightly.
She looked around the class and saw a few familiar faces, and went to sit with Raven. "Howdy," she said getting everything out of her bag.
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Thinking that she was late, Cass rushed down the corridor and bounded into the room, but stopped right by the door and took a moment to catch her breath while her hazel eyes scanned the room which wasn't that filled with students yet. Oh, she wasn't late. What a relief! Professor Schirmer sort of scared her...especially since that partly failed egg finals of hers
"Good day, Professor Schirmer." She said cheerfully as she walked into the room "I hope you enjoyed your summer." Then she turned and headed towards a seat near the back of the room, ah yes. The inconspicuous seat. Perfect.
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"Yes my summer was fine. Hello. Good to see you. I did. I hope you enjoyed your summer too. Good morning. Hello." Althea quietly returned the greetings of the students that addressed her, and even smiled a few times.
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No, Ellie was not going to drop a class just because she disliked the teacher. She'd grown more mature than that. But was she mature enough to put on a smile and greet the woman she disliked so much? No.
Which was why Ellie silently walked past Schirmer, avoiding eye contact, and took a seat in the back.
She just wanted to learn some charms today, okay? Okay.
Not at Ellie Stone though.
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"Professor, do you mind if Aristotle stays on my desk during the lesson?" she asked, pointing to the metal ant. Couldn't hurt to ask, right?
"That's fine Miss Hollingberry." As long as she stayed on task.
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"Good morning, Professor Schirmer," he greeted with a grin and a nod, "I just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Cornelius Rune, I'm new this year. Looking forward to your class." He wasn't sure if introductions were necessary, but he also didn't want to just plop down in her class and be seen as disrespectful! With these words said, he started back towards his seat, realizing that other students might want to greet her as well. After removing his book bag, he plopped down into his desk and took out the necessary things for the class.
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Rune." And the name made her actually smile. Fairly close to her middle name, Runa.
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He entered the classroom and walked to the front row seats. Anyone who knew him would know that he always preferred those seats. "Good morning, Professor Schirmer," he smiled. Yes, he finally knew all the professor's names, except for those who were new.
Oh she liked that kid. Hopefully he'd be a little... calmer, this term.
"Good Morning, Mr. Escalante."
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Nikolas woke up feeling not so happy to go to class and while walking to the classroom he yawned several times but tried not to do it once he was inside the room. He knew he had failed his favorite subject the Charms OWL but wasn't giving up on the subject, it wasn't that hard still he didn't knew the reason why he failed.
"Morning professor" he smiled and looked for a seat, ready to start another school year.
"Mr. Agger." Her eyes zeroed in on the Slytherin boy. "We should have a word or two, you and I. Perhaps after class."
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Laci came into class with a bouquet of gerber daisies. Skipping in the door (heels and all) she went right up to the teacher and handed her a BRIGHT RED ONE. And a smile of course, then her greeting... She couldn't forget it now... "Hello professor, I'd like to start this new school experience off right with a small gift from me. Thank you for taking time to educate me." SMILE!!! And, promise, those AREN'T the one's that squirt water, though those are lovely.
Althea eyed the flower that was suddenly in her hand and then examined the young girl in front of her.
"I shall start by educating you right now." She paused and then, because she was almost in a good mood, and it really WAS a nice flower... "Turn around and go back to your common room, change into your uniform and into sensible shoes immediately. If you're fast, I won't take points on your return, and you won't have too much to catch up on either."
Paaaaause.
"And thank you for the flower."
ooc: Rule 6 of the Charms Code of Conduct. Post leaving the class, changing in the dorms, and then come on back after that.
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"Alright everyone. We'll start with a brief introduction into charms." The basic stuff, but she'd skip through it quickly.
"First years, what do you know about Charms? All other students, what do you think new students should know about this subject?"
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Selina had run to class again. It seemed that another term at Hogwarts had once again begun. Just like the last few terms Selina had woken up late and missed breakfast and was had ran to class to get there on time. Why was it that she could not get up in the mornings? Maybe she was some sort of nocturnal animal like a wombat. They flourished when the sun was not up. Then again that theory did not hold because Selina did enjoy the day time... it was just the mornings that she hated.
But luckily she did make it to class just in time for the lesson to begin. So when Professor Schirmer asked her first question Selina looked around the room and waited for people to answer her question. Finally after a few seconds Selina rose her own hand and said, "Well Professor, Charms in general tend to last longer than normal spells."
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Ryan put his hand up and said''Charms is when we can levitate it orchange what it does not like in Transfiguration where we can change the whole thing.''He explained
As an older student, Eino paused and thought about what sorts of questions he had when he first attended Charms. He knew it was one branch of wand-magic but maybe he wasn't clear on how it differentiated from others, namely Transfiguration, so he thought that was worth mentioning. With his hand high in the air, Eino spoke, "I ought to think new students should learn the difference between Charms and other types of magic, like Transfiguration. Charms is used to alter an object, while Transfiguration changes the nature of an object." That was a very brief description, but hopefully it would be welcomed by Professor Schirmer. When he finished a million other reasons came to mind, but other students had raised their hands, too.
"Alright everyone. We'll start with a brief introduction into charms." The basic stuff, but she'd skip through it quickly.
"First years, what do you know about Charms? All other students, what do you think new students should know about this subject?"
Well, Charms was easy enough considering his mother was a professor on this particular subject. Hades raised his hand mellowly with his elbow still on the desk. "Charms change what things do, but not the appearances," and is often confused with Transfiguration. It wasn't that hard. It was quite interesting, to be honest.
Watching as the professor told one of the students to change her shoes into proper attire. Isaac was relieved at least he had worn his school robes and trainers. Looking up as a question was asked, well two but one for him, he raised his hand and waited til he was called on before answering the question.
"Charms is when you direct an object te do something, like levitating an object. Unlike Transfiguration in which can change an objects appearance." he hoped that was a good description, blushing he remained quiet after answering.
Carigan raised her hand. "From what I've heard from my parents, charms are spells that can sometimes be similar to transfiguration... but not... and are often useful in every day situations." Carigan explained, faltering a little in the middle of her answer.
Kennedy nodded. He still had a small smile on his face. She remembered his name.
After thinking about the question he raised his hand and said, "It is important to know when working on a charm is that it's necessary to have intent on the spell you are trying to cast." Yeah, because the lack of intent can hinder whatever it is that a person is working on.
"Alright everyone. We'll start with a brief introduction into charms." The basic stuff, but she'd skip through it quickly.
"First years, what do you know about Charms? All other students, what do you think new students should know about this subject?"
Sophie raised her hand as high as she could. She was just way too excited. She waited to be called. "Charms are really important to us, professor, we use them a lot through the day." she said happily. She didn't really give the question a lot of thought, she was just happy to be there. "We have to remember that we're going to use them through our whole lives! It's part of us!" she stopped speaking for a second. "Also, mum says they can be really helpful most of times. Or all the time, actually." she was smiling when she finished.
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"Yes my summer was fine. Hello. Good to see you. I did. I hope you enjoyed your summer too. Good morning. Hello." Althea quietly returned the greetings of the students that addressed her, and even smiled a few times.
Not at Ellie Stone though.
"That's fine Miss Hollingberry." As long as she stayed on task.
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Rune." And the name made her actually smile. Fairly close to her middle name, Runa.
Oh she liked that kid. Hopefully he'd be a little... calmer, this term.
"Good Morning, Mr. Escalante."
"Mr. Agger." Her eyes zeroed in on the Slytherin boy. "We should have a word or two, you and I. Perhaps after class."
Althea eyed the flower that was suddenly in her hand and then examined the young girl in front of her.
"I shall start by educating you right now." She paused and then, because she was almost in a good mood, and it really WAS a nice flower... "Turn around and go back to your common room, change into your uniform and into sensible shoes immediately. If you're fast, I won't take points on your return, and you won't have too much to catch up on either."
Paaaaause.
"And thank you for the flower."
ooc: Rule 6 of the Charms Code of Conduct. Post leaving the class, changing in the dorms, and then come on back after that.
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"Alright everyone. We'll start with a brief introduction into charms." The basic stuff, but she'd skip through it quickly.
"First years, what do you know about Charms? All other students, what do you think new students should know about this subject?"
Alyssa thought for awhile before raising her hand to answer."Professor, I think that the new students should know what Charms are used for and what is the difference between charms and spells, curses, jinxes and hexes."
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"That's fine Miss Hollingberry." As long as she stayed on task.
"Thank you, professor," Kurumi said with another polite nod, temporarily turning her attention towards August and returning the...gesture or whatever it was that he had done just as class began.
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"Alright everyone. We'll start with a brief introduction into charms." The basic stuff, but she'd skip through it quickly.
"First years, what do you know about Charms? All other students, what do you think new students should know about this subject?"
Petting Aristotle on the head, Kurumi folded her hands in front of her and placed them on the table, deciding to listen for a moment as other students offered up their opinions and thoughts first. Kurumi smiled to herself, thinking back on the advice that the Charms professor had given her last term during her Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson.
After a few more moments, Kurumi raised her hand and when it was her turn, she spoke. "I think that new students, and those of us returning as well, should remember that charms can be extremely powerful and not just because of the nature of the charm. An intangible and crucial element to charms is intent and concentration."
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Harlow gulped and she had to talk herself into raising her hand. She tried to keep herself from shaking as she waited to be called on for her answer, "Um well you have to make sure you have the right wand movement. That's paramount." And then she stopped talking.
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'What do you think new students should know about this subject?'
Simple; Not to trust the teacher. The teacher's a horrible person. The teacher's unfair.
Could Ellie say that, though? No. She knew better than that. Her mum had taught her the whole 'if you have nothing nice to say...' bit.
Though, she was completely serious about the answers that would remain unspoken, she also agreed with Eino. That was important, no? That was one of the first things she learned, she was pretty sure. But there was also, "That spell casting has to do with an equal amount of intention, wand movement, and incantation." Yes, Ellie WAS going to answer questions this year. For as long as she could tolerate it. Not that her voice would have a very nice tone to it.
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Zhenya walked in to Charms with a bright smile - she was so excited that Lessons had already started! "Hello Professor Schirmer, how are you?" she asked brightly.
She looked around the class and saw a few familiar faces, and went to sit with Raven. "Howdy," she said getting everything out of her bag.
She smiled to Zhenya who was sitting beside her. Then she took everything that will be need for this class from her bag
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Althea eyed the flower that was suddenly in her hand and then examined the young girl in front of her.
"I shall start by educating you right now." She paused and then, because she was almost in a good mood, and it really WAS a nice flower... "Turn around and go back to your common room, change into your uniform and into sensible shoes immediately. If you're fast, I won't take points on your return, and you won't have too much to catch up on either."
Paaaaause.
"And thank you for the flower."
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"Alright everyone. We'll start with a brief introduction into charms." The basic stuff, but she'd skip through it quickly.
"First years, what do you know about Charms? All other students, what do you think new students should know about this subject?"
Gah! There was a girl who's coming to the class without UNIFORM!! Was she a Slytherin, if yes.. OH MY GOD...
"Tsk.. How can that girl didn't wear her uniform?" she murmured.
Ah, first question!
Raven raised her hand and try to answer the question
"Eng.. I think the new students would know about the incantation of the spell and the wand movement." said her clearly.
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Messer was already took a seat beside Ellie when Professor Schirmer greeting the other students. He saw the charm professor smiled a few times to the other students but not at Ellie. His eyes went to Professor Schirmer and back to Ellie. That was weird.
Then the Professor asked the first question. What he knows about Charms?Hmm.. Messer raised his hand before he speak "Charms is a type of magic that enchanting an object to do something that isn't normal for that object, like the cheering charm which cause mood improvement to the object." He's not really sure with his answer.
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Thank God Ira had rushed and reached class before the start of the lesson! It wasn't good to be late to the very first class of a new term. So in between her huffing and panting from running all the way, she had forgotten to give her introduction and greet professor. But atleast she had worn her attire properly!
Anyways, she calmed down and waited for the class to start.
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"Alright everyone. We'll start with a brief introduction into charms." The basic stuff, but she'd skip through it quickly.
"First years, what do you know about Charms? All other students, what do you think new students should know about this subject?"
What did Ira know about charms last term? Practically nothing! She had had no idea at all! So as soon as a question was asked, she raised her hand up and answered according to whatever she thought right, "I think that the first years should be explained as to what exactly is charms.. I mean, why charms as a subject is important to study." Because if there were any muggleborn students, they would be all so overwhelmed!
"Alright everyone. We'll start with a brief introduction into charms." The basic stuff, but she'd skip through it quickly.
"First years, what do you know about Charms? All other students, what do you think new students should know about this subject?"
Cass raised her hand to answer, listening to everyone else's answers, she supposed this wasn't the smartest thing to say, but it was the only thing that she hadn't heard being mentioned yet.
It never hurt to try, right?
"I think, first years should know that charms can be some of the most powerful spells in their arsenal, like memory charms or disillusionment charms." She said "In dire situations, spells like those can make the difference between life or death."Well, wasn't she a morbid little snake?
"Alright everyone. We'll start with a brief introduction into charms." The basic stuff, but she'd skip through it quickly.
"First years, what do you know about Charms? All other students, what do you think new students should know about this subject?"
Prue thought for a moment, slowly raising her hand. "Well... Charms are basically spells that cause an object to behave in an unnatural way for an object of sorts I think... and I think my Uncle once said that Charms generally have a more... positive tone as opposed to curses which seem to be the opposite" she hoped she was on the right line of thought, after all she didn't want to look completely foolish in the first lesson of the year.
"Yes my summer was fine. Hello. Good to see you. I did. I hope you enjoyed your summer too. Good morning. Hello." Althea quietly returned the greetings of the students that addressed her, and even smiled a few times.
"Alright everyone. We'll start with a brief introduction into charms." The basic stuff, but she'd skip through it quickly.
"First years, what do you know about Charms? All other students, what do you think new students should know about this subject?"
"Professor," Tayla raised her hand. "One of the first things I learned was that Charms is one of seven kinds of spells. It changes an object's qualities. But unlike transfiguration, it focuses more on what an object does than what it is."
Tayla loved this subject. If Professor Schirmer needed an example, she was ready to give one.
Gustav was new in class too, so he wasn't exactly sure what the professor method of teaching was. When the professor raised a question he should probably try to answer as best he could too. Back in Durmstrang, he was thought about enchanted charms which were not widely used in the wizarding world. He waited for his turn to answer,
"Charms are made to either to help us do tasks easier like the summoning charm or to protect us from possible dangers"
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"Alright everyone. We'll start with a brief introduction into charms." The basic stuff, but she'd skip through it quickly.
"First years, what do you know about Charms? All other students, what do you think new students should know about this subject?"
Vickers scribbled a few words on his parchment and pushed the glasses up his nose. Its true he wasnt a first year but he was new. What did he want to know about this subject? Everything was probably too broad to serve as a sufficient answer. Tentatively he raised his hand "Professor, perhaps it would be best to give the definitions of what Charms is and how it differs from other subjects such as Transfiguration or the spells used in Defense Against the Dark Arts. This can sometimes be a point of confusion and it would be a good to lay things out clearly..." Lay the foundations down so to speak.
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