It seemed like anyone who had anything to say had already said what they wanted to. The Professor walked back to the blackboard after having been walking around the table. He waved his wand and more writing appeared. He'd obviously written them up there before but they weren't visible.




"So now we learnt how to declare that there's a problem and what might the problem be." He said turning back to the students again. "For each problem there is a solution. Today we will be focusing on only two of them," He said as he walked further from the table and closer to the covered plants. He paused for a bit then waved his wand and a couple of pots were visible. The man bent down and picked one up. "This is a plant that hadn't been getting enough sunlight. Which is why you will see yellowed leaves," He said holding the plant in the small pot up and walking around the table so that everyone got a good look at it. Once he made sure everyone got a good look, he started talking again. "What we'll be doing is cutting the yellow leaves from the plant. Of course the plant needs to be out somewhere where it'll get enough sunlight. But what I want of you is to learn how to cut off the dead or yellow leaves using the Severing charm," He walked to the further end of the table and placed the pot on it. "Diffindo," He said aloud for everyone to hear moving his wand slowly so that everyone can see the wand movement. "It might look too easy but it needs concentrating. It is very important to cut only the base of the leaf and not the stem or anything else," He walked back to where he picked up the pot and picked another one. "That plant had small leaves which made the job harder. This one has bigger leaves which makes trimming easier." He placed the pot on the opposite end of the table for those who were too far away to see properly. Again, he moved his wand uttering Diffindo and the yellow leaf dropped.

"So, what you have to do now is practice the severing charm," He could not risk them trying it on the plant right away. "Remember the wand movement is an incomplete 'W' shape and the incantation is Diffindo," He spoke the incantation slowly to make sure they all got it correctly. "You will find pieces of wood under the tables. You may practice on those. Be very careful. Do not harm yourself, your classmates or the tables," He would MIND if the number of tables increased after class.

ooc: You will only need one post to do this. If you want to make more it is totally up to you. Older students may help younger ones. Please do not let your charrie die or something. The spell isn't that hard. If you have any question do not hesitate to ask me or Andrew. I'm way nicer though Next post will be in like 20 hours roughly. Hopefully.

When it seemed that most have gotten the practicing part done, Andrew cleared his throat and called out to the students. "Okay. That is enough practicing for now," He gave them a minute to settle down.

"Now we will learn a new spell. I'm sure some of you already know about it already but for those who don't it's the Herbivicus Charm, " He said loud enough for everyone to hear. "Miss Brown earlier mentioned something about a plant being stuck in a certain phase and not growing. So did Mister Mordaunt," They touched the topic without meaning to. "This charm will help boost the growth of the plant and help it bloom." He said turning to where the plants were usually. He bent down and waved his wand to reveal another pot. Soon everything was going to be visible but for now this how it had to be.

Carrying the plant to the table, he placed it at the further end like before. "Watch closely how this small plant will grow in a bit," He said drawing out his wand. Were they looking? They should be. "Herbivicus," He said slowly waving his wand. A flash of green light quickly appeared that connected the tip of the wand with the plant. The light soon vanished leaving the plant bigger than before. Like with the previous step, he walked around the table to stand at the opposite end to preform the spell again. "I'll demonstrate again," He told them then turned his attention to the plant again. "Herbivicus," Again the light appeared then vanished and the plant became even bigger and with more leaves. He supposed that was enough demonstration.

"Now I want you to practice doing what I just did," He waved his wand for like the millionth time this lesson and many small pots appeared. "You will notice on those plants that only just started to sprout from the seeds," All the pots contained the exact same thing. Andrew cast a quick glance to make sure that that was the case and nothing else was among them.

"Remember the incantation is Her-biv-i-cuss," He repeated slowly. "The wand movement is like drawing three little mountains," Eh, did that description make sense? Just in case it did not he moved his wand slowly for them to see. Hmm. Now, was there anything else to tell them ? Nope. Time to watch.

"Be careful and off you go," He clapped his wands together and stepped away from the pots but kept his eyes on them.


ooc: I'm sorry posts are coming later than the time I estimate. First week of uni is hard! Anyway, you will also need one post for this unless you feel like posting more. It's up to you. If you have any question or something is unclear to you do not hesitate to ask!

He'd been watching everyone practicing and casting the spell. Some weren't doing it accurately but most caught up with their mistakes and were working on it. He saw no one who absolutely messed it up. So all was good. And it seemed about time he introduced them to the real and final activity. All this had been build up. He preferred taking his time preparing them for whatever the final task was. He trusted they were now capable of handling it.

"Alright, that will be enough practicing," He announced then fell silence for a moment or two until everyone dropped what they were doing. "I trust now that you have enough information on how to deal with sick plants, the types we talked about of course," Assuming they were listening and writing notes down. Or you know, looking at the blackboard that had everything on it. He'd not covered everything on the topic but that would take much more time and he intended to focus on the basics today.

With one final wave of his wand many pots of plants appeared just when they usually were. The Greenhouse looked the same with the plants back except for one fact. ALL the plants were NOT healthy. He'd obviously hidden them before because he did not want to deal with students being like 'oh professor! This plant looks weird!' all lesson long. Eh. He'd rather not deal with reactions and all the dramatic reactions. "As you will notice," He spoke up again after giving them time to look around. "Those plants are sick and need to be treated, " Duh. "There are plants with yellow or holed leaves, or droopy, weak posture. Everything that we just talked about," He motioned around. "Some might look healthy but are really small which means they have been stuck like that for a while and need a boost," Cue the spell he just taught them.

"What you have to do is, treat as many plants as you can like we just learned. If you find that you do not know what is wrong with a plant just leave it and look for another. Do not take risks," He did not want to lose plants when he could treat them all. But he supposed a practical practice for the kids would be good for the future. For them at least, he was not sure about the plants. HE was taking a risk, or so he believed. "Whenever you treat a plant, I want you to grab a nametag, from the cupboard, write your name on it and stick it to the pot of the plant you just treated. Do not treat a plant with a name tag already on it. And do NOT write someone else's name." He was going to be watching ALL of them. "In addition to that, grab a parchment write your name, house and year on it and log all the plants that you treated," Was that too hard for them to do ? Hopefully not. He wanted to keep track of everything and avoid any situations where hooligans might want to set someone up for something.

Was there anything else? Oh, yeah. "In the cupboard you will find pesticides for the diseased plants and fertilizers for the weak ones." He'd only provided one type of both that would be suitable for the plants to make it easier. He of course diagnosed them before and eliminated the hard to treat ones. "One final note, it is possible that you will find dead plants that can no longer be treated," A moment of silence for the deceased ones.

..

Done.

"Off you go," Showtime .

ooc: This is the final activity. You will need three posts to get full credit on this. You are more than welcome to make more. What you have to do is simple, just have your charrie walk around and treat plants. They could be in need of trimming, a pesticide, fertilizer, more sunlight, watering...etc. Your charrie must treat at least two plants. More is certainly okay. Do not set anything on fire, not unless you want to see a very angry Andy! he's been nice so far. believe it or not I hope everything is clear, if not please ask me! =) You have about 48 hours to complete this. Andrew and I will be around. HAVE FUN!

He'd been watching everyone practicing and casting the spell. Some weren't doing it accurately but most caught up with their mistakes and were working on it. He saw no one who absolutely messed it up. So all was good. And it seemed about time he introduced them to the real and final activity. All this had been build up. He preferred taking his time preparing them for whatever the final task was. He trusted they were now capable of handling it.

"Alright, that will be enough practicing," He announced then fell silence for a moment or two until everyone dropped what they were doing. "I trust now that you have enough information on how to deal with sick plants, the types we talked about of course," Assuming they were listening and writing notes down. Or you know, looking at the blackboard that had everything on it. He'd not covered everything on the topic but that would take much more time and he intended to focus on the basics today.

With one final wave of his wand many pots of plants appeared just when they usually were. The Greenhouse looked the same with the plants back except for one fact. ALL the plants were NOT healthy. He'd obviously hidden them before because he did not want to deal with students being like 'oh professor! This plant looks weird!' all lesson long. Eh. He'd rather not deal with reactions and all the dramatic reactions. "As you will notice," He spoke up again after giving them time to look around. "Those plants are sick and need to be treated, " Duh. "There are plants with yellow or holed leaves, or droopy, weak posture. Everything that we just talked about," He motioned around. "Some might look healthy but are really small which means they have been stuck like that for a while and need a boost," Cue the spell he just taught them.

"What you have to do is, treat as many plants as you can like we just learned. If you find that you do not know what is wrong with a plant just leave it and look for another. Do not take risks," He did not want to lose plants when he could treat them all. But he supposed a practical practice for the kids would be good for the future. For them at least, he was not sure about the plants. HE was taking a risk, or so he believed. "Whenever you treat a plant, I want you to grab a nametag, from the cupboard, write your name on it and stick it to the pot of the plant you just treated. Do not treat a plant with a name tag already on it. And do NOT write someone else's name." He was going to be watching ALL of them. "In addition to that, grab a parchment write your name, house and year on it and log all the plants that you treated," Was that too hard for them to do ? Hopefully not. He wanted to keep track of everything and avoid any situations where hooligans might want to set someone up for something.

Was there anything else? Oh, yeah. "In the cupboard you will find pesticides for the diseased plants and fertilizers for the weak ones." He'd only provided one type of both that would be suitable for the plants to make it easier. He of course diagnosed them before and eliminated the hard to treat ones. "One final note, it is possible that you will find dead plants that can no longer be treated," A moment of silence for the deceased ones.

..

Done.

"Off you go," Showtime .

ooc: This is the final activity. You will need three posts to get full credit on this. You are more than welcome to make more. What you have to do is simple, just have your charrie walk around and treat plants. They could be in need of trimming, a pesticide, fertilizer, more sunlight, watering...etc. Your charrie must treat at least two plants. More is certainly okay. Do not set anything on fire, not unless you want to see a very angry Andy! he's been nice so far. believe it or not I hope everything is clear, if not please ask me! =) You have about 48 hours to complete this. Andrew and I will be around. HAVE FUN!