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| First Years: Lesson Two; *Archived* Ravenclaw and Slytherin: Y29 | S1 | |
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| Topic Started: Aug 22 2017, 10:34 AM (92 Views) | |
| Michelle Castor | Aug 22 2017, 10:34 AM Post #1 |
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Professor Michelle Castor was satisfied with the progress made by the first years. The previous lesson was successful. Today, she was scribbling some interesting lessons that she hoped that her students would like. She put the textbooks on the desks and then she sat down on her table. She inhaled the steam coming from the cup of coffee that she is drinking. Taking a tiny sip, Michelle enjoyed the calmness of an empty classroom. Hearing the laughter and noises outside the door, she waved her wand letting her students enter the room. "Alright you guys keep it down there are some who are trying to sleep" Michelle said as she ushered her students into the classroom. "Now. Today we are going to be looking at the Solar System." She then turned around and walked to the front of the classroom. She tapped the board using here wand and a holographic apparition of the planets showed. They were down-scaled, obviously, but extremely beautiful in their appearance. "I just a used a piece of rare magic there. Something that if you continue on with Astronomy all seven years I will teach you the day you graduate." She said with a smile on her face. "Now the Solar System is a name for a star, and all the planets, rocks any phenomena that orbit it, or rely on its existence. Our Solar System is made up of nine planets, which are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and the last one anyone?" She asked the class, a student raised his hand up. Michelle eagerly allowed him to answer "Pluto, Professor?" Michelle smiled at the student and threw a small bag of gummy bears on his desk. "Indeed, Pluto. Which has been the center of a lot of controversy in the past, about whether it should actually be classed as a planet? But we Wizard do, so that's the end of that. You see, our Solar System has been the center of attention for a very long time." She lectured to the class, noticing on a few of them was following her speech in the textbooks, others not paying any attention, she had found a way for them to grasp the concept of understanding what she was telling them in the end. "For quite a while, Muggles believed we were the center of the Solar System, and everything revolved around us, and even at one point the center of the Universe. All along, wizards knew the truth, but people were told not to interfere. In the past 400 years, after a wizard family managed to leak information, has the human race accelerated into the first space age." She said to the class, she looked at the clock and noticed that it is already time. "Right, it's time to go now. Pack away your things. Homework in by next lesson." She reminded them gently. As they were walking out, Michelle handed them each a bag of cookies that she had made during early. There was nothing wrong with spoiling her first years. They were such sweet things and she could not help but want to give them something nice every now and then. Homework The first person if you could answer the question that would be great. Also please pick a planet and write a short paragraph about it. Include some information. Remember if you plagiarize you will earn yourself a T.Astronomy,1,2 |
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| Charlotte Harper | Aug 22 2017, 03:54 PM Post #2 |
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American | Miss Perfect | Leader | Sycophant | Clever | Competitive | Ruthless | Everything Pink
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Charlotte entered the class of Astronomy and was driven for good results today. She hoped that she could get some housepoints for Slytherin because who wouldn't be happy with her about that, only other houses not perhaps. As Charlotte walked to the front and greeted Professor Castor she made herself ready to begin with the lessons. She was earlier than Simon and she hoped she could beat him with answering questions first. Today it was about the solar system and the blonde had already read something about it. She wanted to be the best so she had to. When a hopographic apparition appeared the blonde thought it was interesting to look at and smiled. It was not perfect but pretty, and so she could see it very clearly. When a question was given the blonde quickly pointed her hand in the air and smiled at Simon when she got chosen. He was previous lesson she was now. " It's Pluto professor.'' Charlotte said with a bright smile and when she got it right she got a bag with gummy bears on her desk. She would share it with her minions, she thought. Charlotte made of the rest of the lecture some notes and had a feeling she didn't forgot anything important so that was good. She noted her homework and wouild spend a lot of time into it to get a high grade she thought. As she passed Professor Castor she smiled when she handed over the cookies. '' Thank you Professor, that is so kind of you!'' she said with a big Charlotte smile. She was curious if they even tasted nice, perhaps she didn't even wanted to try. It couldn't be as good as quality she thought, since nothing was too good enough for the blonde. Than she left the room together with some other students.
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| Stella Wright | Aug 22 2017, 07:39 PM Post #3 |
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Space girl | SCIENCE! | optimist | dreamer | question everything
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Stella was looking forward to the astronomy lesson, and she glanced at Professor Castor guiltily when she chastised the class for being noisy. She had a point. But it was so exciting to be out at night to look at the stars! Stella's eyes widened in awe at the professor's stunning hologram of the planets. That was astonishing! She desperately wanted to be able to do it. Stella diligently took notes on the solar system, though there was little she didn't already know. She scowled when the professor ended the debate about Pluto with a dismissive "wizards do," though. Why did wizards? You couldn't just say that they'd decided for no reason! That wasn't how science worked! There were enough dwarf planets that had been discovered now for it to be a respectable category, and if Pluto was considered a planet now they would all have to be too, and the solar system would expand massively. Not that that was necessarily a bad thing, Stella thought, but categorisations had consequences! Stella raised her hand. "Excuse me, Professor, but how did wizards know the Earth orbited the Sun? Is there a magical way you can tell?" It certainly wouldn't be obvious without that. And was she really going to disparage the entirety of the development of science into 'they knew because a wizard told them so'? If wizards had always had the information necessary to achieve space travel, why hadn't they already done it? No, that couldn't be right. There was no way wizards knew everything just because they were wizards. Stella left the classroom in a sourly disappointed mood, and the proffered bag of cookies did nothing to cheer her up.
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| Alexis Sage Kramer | Aug 22 2017, 09:12 PM Post #4 |
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blue eyes ❃ heta omega ❃ artistic ❃ brothers' princess ❃ multilingual ❃ taking a break
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Alexis was waiting outside with the rest of her classmates, waiting for the door to be opened by Prof. Castor. They were just chatting and laughing with their friends. The noise was eventually getting louder, just in time for their professor to admit them to the classroom. They were being told for being noisy to which they apologized in choruses. They filed in and took their seats. The young Ravenclaw took out her notebook and quill along with her ink. The lesson promptly started on Solar System. Alexis had already read articles about it. However, she was still interested in the subject matter.She also took notes on Pluto being considered as a planet because of wizards' decision. This made Alexis wonder whether the Muggles also considered Pluto as a planet. The class continued for a couple more minutes, the only sound consistent is the scribbling of quills against the parchments. A few minutes before the end of the class, they were assigned a homework on a paragraph about a planet of their choice. The bell rang and they obediently filed out of the room but not without accepting a bag of cookies from their kind teacher. "Thanks, Professor.",Alexis said, deciding to munch on them while doing the homework assigned. Homework
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| Jasmine Wolfe | Aug 23 2017, 08:28 AM Post #5 |
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Cutsie | Underestimated | Day Dreamer | Ferocious | Chaser
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Jasmine walked into the Astronomy classroom and sat down near the back of the room again with Athena and got out her writing things as she waited for the Professor to begin the lesson. The bribe of being taught rare magic wasn't enough to keep Jasmine interested in the lesson, unfortunately. The lessons being taken at night was a mistake as she felt herself slipping into sleep and being woken up every now and again by someone coughing. Jasmine had managed to sleep the lesson away and had failed to make any notes on the Solar System. She hastily stuffed away her things make into her bag and smiled sheepishly at the Professor, hoping that she hadn't noticed Jasmine asleep. She left the classroom, bag of cookies in hand, and hoped that one of her housemates could fill her in on what she had missed. |
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| Hudson Worth | Aug 25 2017, 12:30 AM Post #6 |
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Orphaned | Loner | Knights and Dragons | Nearly Pureblood
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Hudson headed to the Astronomy classroom, it was late and he felt tired after the long day he had. Yawning he wondered how everyone else seemed to be so talkative as they walked into the classroom. He sat down next the blonde Slytherin, not for any certain reason he just did. He listened to the Professor lecture about the planets. He grew up knowing this information, but he found it interesting that the muggles had thought Earth was the center on the Universe. It obviously wasn't, he didn't get how they could ever think that. Shrugging his shoulders at the thought Hudson continued to take notes for the duration of the class. |
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| Hermione Walden | Aug 25 2017, 08:16 PM Post #7 |
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British | Mischievous | Playful | Animal Lover
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Hermione felt personally aggrieved as she made her way up the Astronomy tower to the classroom at the top. The subject was not only boring but also irrelevant, at least in her eyes. The Slytherin dragged herself into the classroom and took her seat. As Professor Caster talked them through the planets in the solar system and the muggle understanding of them both. Hermione couldn't believe how arrogant it all sounded, how wizards just knew everything and how muggles were stupid. Those may not have been the words that came out of the Professor's mouth but it felt like what she was implying. Hermione took notes throughout the lesson and when it was over shoved them into her bag. The gist of the lesson had been wizards were right, muggles were wrong. She wasn't impressed. Once they were dismissed, Hermione left the classroom. |
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