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| Sixth Years, Lesson One; *Archived* All Houses | |
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| Topic Started: Sep 27 2009, 03:36 AM (263 Views) | |
| Aurora Merrythought | Sep 27 2009, 03:36 AM Post #1 |
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Auror | Former Hufflepuff HoH | Former Astronomy Professor
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II. Lesson One; Pop (Popular) Culture LESSON 01: POP (POPULAR) CULTURE & BOARD GAMES Like oh my gosh, have you seen that new dress? Everyone's talking about it... It was hard to believe that this class would only have two more years of this course left, before they moved on in the magical world. Professor Merrythought had enjoyed teaching them, and she was positive she would keep on enjoying to do so in the next two years. She set up some muggle board games around each of the desks, for later on in the lesson, once she had given her lecture. She then walking over to the board and wrote "Muggle Pop Culture" in bold writing and then sat down on top of her desk, and kept staring at the clock, she still had ten minutes, getting up she managed to tidy the pencil drawers, that her third years had managed to destroy near enough, they really didn't need to press that hard on the colours. Soon time passed, and it was ready for the sixth years to come, as they entered Professor Merrythought wondered over to her desk and briefly scanned over her lesson notes. She then looked up again at the students and smiled confidently at them all, noticing they all looked prepared for the lesson ahead. "Welcome back guys, and this year were going to be doing lots of muggle things, and mainly looking at pop culture in muggles. Which is the focus of today's lesson. Which will be short, take note." She laughed. She began to walk around the room while speaking, to capture the attention of the sixth years. "So, what do we know about muggle pop culture? Well we know that it's about what gets muggles captivated and interested in what they do. This can range from entertainment, such as video games, which we will look at later in the year, phones, books, films, cooking, shopping and I could go on. So what do you think makes a trend... well... popular?" Professor Merrythought asked the class, she scanned around the room for a hand to go up, one did and they answered the question. "Good answer, well done, remind me to add some points to your house." She said with a grin. "This year were going to be out and about a lot, so please come in muggle clothing, even though you already do, except it's important you do this year. It's important to note that some of the things we do in these last two years, are indeed, very hard. But you made it through OWL's so I have no reason to believe you are not capable of doing your NEWT level course. So anyway, let's get on with the purpose of todays lesson, I have prepared some muggle board games for you all, so get into pairs!" She exclaimed, some of the students standing up to go and work with another student. "Now these are all muggle board games, on your desks. I'm going to quickly explain to you what they are, but you can look at the rule books on your desks aswell after I have finished. So, the first one here is called Monopoly, this game can go on for hours, so set yourself a time limit and the person with the most money at the end wins! The second game here is connect four, the aim of this game is the first person to get four of the same colour circles into a line, either horizontal, vertical or diagonal, wins. The last game we have here is called is not a board game, but a game you can do physically with your hands, it's called Rock, Paper, Scizzors, and you can read more about how to play that on the rule sheets. So for the next half an hour or so, have a try at the different games and then write down the homework which I am about to write on the board." Professor Merrythought said with a cheeky grin, she then walked over to her desk and picked up the novel she was reading. Soon after it was time for them to go, Aurora made sure they wrote down the homework and then dismissed them giving a small wave. She packed up the board games and left the classroom herself to go to the Teacher's Common Room. Homework Assignmant First of all, welcome back to Muggle Studies! Today, I'd like you to at least role play the lesson and take notes where appropriate and not to mention role play trying out one of the board games, the first poster please answer the question put forward to the class. For extra-credit, you have three options, each one worth 1 point of extra-credit. So, here they are, please try and do one or more:
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