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First Years: Lesson 1; *Archived* Hufflepuff & Slytherin
Topic Started: Dec 2 2014, 05:03 PM (169 Views)
Jonathan Spenser
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HoM Professor | Ravenclaw HoH
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Professor Spenser entered the classroom and found that none of his students had turned up yet. Grumbling to himself, he looked up at the big clock on the wall and realised that he was twenty minutes early for the lesson. Slightly embarrassed, Jonathan sat behind his great desk and opened up a very large, dusty volume of Magical History.

Exactly twenty minutes later the door burst open and the first few students walked in, talking excitedly amongst themselves. Jonathan nodded and smiled at all the students who entered. "Please take a seat anywhere," he said as he motioned to the room and all the desks.

Once the room was filled and she was sure that all the students were there, he walked around to the front of his desk and stood there, casually surveying all of the young people who sat before him. "Good morning!" he greeted, brightly. "My name is Professor Jonathan Spenser, but to all of you I am Professor Spenser. I will not respond to nor allow anyone to call me by my given name Jonathan. If you choose to break this rule, it will be on pain of torture or detention, whichever I prefer." He grinned at the class. Jonathan loved to stir up the students. It made the lessons slightly more interesting. "I will set a few guidelines now and I want all of you to memorise and apply every one of these rules. I am very sorry if this is boring, but I am afraid it is a requirement that I go through these with you. As I am all fairly certain you are able to read, I shall put these rules on the board for you, and whether or not you decide to copy them down is your choice. If you feel you need reminding as to how to behave, then I would strongly suggest copying them down." Jonathan waved his wand at the empty board at the front of the room and suddenly words appeared.
The Rules
 
1. All home work assignments will be turned in within the given deadlines. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!! (I will understand if you have a VERY good reason for an assignment being late, but I would appreciate it if you made the effort to turn your assignments in on time.)
2. Everyone in this classroom are old enough to take care of themselves, and no special allowances will be made for anyone.
3. Everyone in this classroom will be treated with respect; both by myself and by each of you. Disrespect will not be tolerated.
4. Everyone is to behave while in my class.
5. Everyone is to have fun! If anyone has any ideas or something they would be interested in learning more about, I would be more than happy to work with you to fit this in to a lesson.
Jonathan waited until he presumed that the students had finished reading, and then turned to the students again, with a smile on his face. He noticed several of them were frowning. "Don't worry, students, I am very easy to get along with, and I'm sure that not all of you find History of Magic to be an exciting subject. But it is my mission to make you all interested in learning more and expanding your minds while hopefully making it fun."

Jonathan glanced up at the clock. "Oh! I didn't realise what time it was!" he exclaimed. "Quickly everyone, look around at where you are sitting and who you are sitting next to. This will be your designated seating for the remainder of the year. What's your name?" He asked, pointing at a student sitting in the front row. When they introduced themselves, Jonathan gave them an encouraging smile. "Okay, could you please pass these around?" he asked, handing the student a stack of papers. Once he was sure that everyone had a copy he went on to explain what he wanted. "The papers you all have now is this weeks homework assignment. Please fill these out and hand them in before next week, this day. Thank you and everyone please have a wonderful week!" He smiled at all of the students, then, noticing that no one had gotten up yet she added, "Class dismissed."
Homework Assignment:

I would like all of you to fill this out. At the beginning of each homework assignment I would like everyone to head their paper with their name first, then on the second line put their house name and what year you are in, then I would like you to put what lesson it is. Here's an example:
Example
 
Professor Spenser
Staff House 1st Year
History of Magic, Lesson #1
Here's the lesson I would like you to fill out. This is simply a survey for me to get to know you better. There are no wrong answers!
Homework
 
1. Your full name
2. Your age
3. Are you Muggle, Pure blood, or what?
4. What are your interests?
5. Tell me a little bit about your family.
6. What would you like to learn in the upcoming lessons in History of Magic?
7. Any additional facts you would like to put down, put here.
Remember, this is not mandatory. But, if you do the homework, it will help your house out and it will be more beneficial for you in the long run!

Also, first student, please be the person to hand out papers in the class. There's extra credit in it for you!
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Victoria Havelock
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HNZ dropout | Former Hufflepuff | Kaikōura Kea beater | Oldest

From the history magic was going to be an interesting class for Victoria, not to mention a useful one. She was still getting used to her new magical world and was glad that she would get an opportunity to learn about the world she had entered into and the complex history of it. Victoria headed into the classroom, she was the first to arrive which surprised her as she didn't think she was that early. The Professor was waiting for the rest of the class to arrive when Victoria walked in and took a seat, the rest of the class soon followed and the Professor could begin his lesson. The first port of call was the rules of the class, Victoria had expected this, there had been a lot of rules to learn when she arrived at her new school and each new lesson seemed to provide her with more. Victoria made notes about the lesson and some of the rules. When the lesson was dismissed Victoria gathered everything up including her homework assignment and left the classroom.

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Victoria Havelock
Hufflepuff 1st Year
History of Magic, Lesson #1

1. Your full name: Victoria Havelock
2. Your age: 11
3. Are you Muggle, Pure blood, or what?: Muggle born
4. What are your interests? I like to get out and explore.
5. Tell me a little bit about your family. Not much to tell really, both my parents are muggles and are civil servants. I have a little sister Olivia and she hopes she is a witch too.
6. What would you like to learn in the upcoming lessons in History of Magic?
7. Any additional facts you would like to put down, put here.
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Saveli Pendleton
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Becoming Happy? ll Ainmere Pendleton 9/4/2045

History of Magic was going to be literally the dumbest class Saveli would ever take. Anything she needed to know she could ask her father or mother, or just look up in a book. This was going to be boring, and Saveli knew it. However, she put on a rather unconvincing smile, and nodded curtly to the professor as she entered the room. At least it wasn't stuffy like some rooms were. There didn't seem to be too many students in the class, which suited the young Slytherin just fine. She crossed one leg over the other, her parchment and ink setting on her desk, quill in her hand so she could take notes if needed. Of course she wouldn't need to take them, she should have known that the professor would want them to write about themselves. it was much like the private school she'd attended. If they knew more about the student then it was easier to pick out who was a trouble maker. However, Saveli obliged and wrote down quick snippets. She then handed the paper in when they were excused and left. She knew she wasn't going to enjoy that class - but she wasn't going to fail it either.

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Claire you are so bae!
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Viviana Nacht
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Doormat l Kind Soul l Multilingual

"Wake up everyone! Classes~" Viviana's sing-song voice rang through her dorm as she bounced around the room. Viviana had been up for an hour already, and had been the first to shower and dress. Her brown waves bounced in the hair-tie that secured them. Some of the girl's didn't seem bothered by te face that she was bubbly in the morning, and she was glad. With a large smile on her face, she left her room to get some breakfast, greeting everyone she could on the way down. She had History of Magic this morning, which sounded like the most fascinating subject in the world - next to Astronomy that was. Who was she kidding, all of her classes sounded exciting and new. Viviana's scrawny legs carried her through the great hall, and she took a seat with a few of the people who seemed to tolerate her behavior. It wasn't as if she was talking for long, as soon enough she began stuffing her face full of food. Once finished eating, the young Hufflepuff bounced down the halls and into her History of magic classroom. She said good morning to two girls, whom she chose to sit behind, and then took out her scented ink and parchment. she couldn't seem to sit still, but she listened to the professor regardless, and began the assignment when needed. Once finished she ripped off the paper, and offeed to turn a few classmates papers in with hers. Once done she gave a warm goodbye to her new professor, and quickly made her way down the hall to get into some jeans. Today she thought she might see the courtyard, and try to make friends there.

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Thank you Claire!
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