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| Fourth Years, Lesson Two; *Archived* All Houses | |
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| Topic Started: Sep 28 2009, 05:14 PM (267 Views) | |
| Aurora Merrythought | Sep 28 2009, 05:14 PM Post #1 |
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Auror | Former Hufflepuff HoH | Former Astronomy Professor
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LESSON 02: MUGGLE COMMUNICATION INTRODUCTION Beep, beep. Beep, beep. Sorry the number you dialed has not been recognized... Getting up early was daunting task for Professor Merrythought, especially since she had a late night getting some things ready for the lesson today. She had gotten all her notes sorted, and now she had to prepare for the practical of the class. So getting up early, she quickly rushed around, pouring herself a cup of coffee, with a new spell she learnt in "Witch's Weekly" which was delivered to her every Thursday, and took small sips as she put various muggle communication devices around the room and then made sure they were all functioning correctly. She then got herself prepared by making sure all her notes were out, and Professor Merrythought sat on top of her desk, reading a small book on Chinese Itching. Before she knew it she could hear chatting outside, must be her fourth years. She opened the door to her classroom and smiled as the students lawned inside. When they had all settled down, Professor Merrythought felt she could begin the lesson. She saw some of the students rather bemused by what was in front of them, she couldn't help but chuckle to herself, remembering how she was when she first saw all this stuff for the first time. When everyone had stopped tinkering, she smiled and then moved over behind her desk and infront of the whiteboard. She picked up a drywipe marker and began to write the names of subject they would be covering. The board read in a very fine, neat handwriting "Muggle Communication Devices" with a small underline at the bottom of it. "Welcome class!" Professor Merrythought smiled. "I see you have had a little look at the items here today, but what exactly are they? Let's find out. So we know how we, wizards and witches communicate, through owl post and sometimes even patronuses. But muggles have a much wider variety of ways." She paused for a moment. Professor Merrythought picked up the first replica on her desk, which had a handle, with speakers on either hand, and a main console with a number pad. "Now this folks, is a telephone, but how in the name of Merlin does it work. Well if you look at it, you can see it has a number pad, muggles type in the special number of the person they want to 'call's' house number, then it rings and the other person answers it. It's a live chat! Quite remarkable if you ask me. Moving on now, there is something smaller then this, but works in the same way, except it's portable, and without wires. It's a called a mobile phone. This you can carry around with you and ring or text anyone you like. For your information, texting it like sending a letter, but it's on a mobile phone." She grinned, putting both of the items back on the table. She waited for the students to scribble down the information they needed. When she saw everyone had caught up, she proceeded on with the next item. "Ok, now this is actually a very old way of contacting another person the muggle way, it's called a faxing machine. It's basically a machine, that you can fax pieces of paper to each other, so it contain a message on their. You should all know what paper is by now. The last one were going to look at today is posting letters, or as muggles call it these days 'snail mail' becuase it takes a long time. You would write a letter, or a card and then seal it in a envelope and then place a stamp on the corner and put the address of the person you want to receive it and put it in a post box, and wala it should get to the person your wanting to send it to, depending on the class stamp you put on it." Professor Merrythought lectured. "So let's just look at one way in detail and it's history and this is the muggle telephones." Aurora began to say. "The telephone was invented by a man named Alexander Graham Bell, all around each country there is a national grid, which connects all the phones by wires, and gives them connection. Oh goodness look at the time, you better go, homework on the board" She stated, dismissing them with a smile. Homework Assignment Your task to day is to role play the lesson and to take notes and for homework please write a paragraph or two on Alexander Graham Bell. I have provided you with some links if your stuck, good luck! [x] [x] |
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| Lexi Rodriguez | Sep 29 2009, 04:33 AM Post #2 |
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Former Slytherin // MACUSA Employee // Former grade school teacher
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Getting up early was not Lexi's thing, and her very first class in the morning was her stupid muggle studies subject. How she hates Wizading people who doesn't know about the things muggle has, only people with a low I.Q or really stupid person can't know it. Sighing, she stood up out of bed and into the showers, the routine she always beg to stop, after taking a shower she change into her uniform and bust her hair with comb. Making her way out of her dorm and into the common room, the place was always crowded at this time around but seeing quite a few people she thinks that she was already late. Stopping at the doors of the great hall, Lexi took out her wand and pointed it somewhere and murmured "Accio, sandwich." and thousands of sandwich flew to her. Lucky, she has great skills on ducking down and didn't get attacked by the sandwich, Lexi stood up again and apologize at the people in the great hall. "Oops, my bad." and stocked off. Walking fast was not a big deal but running without food on the stomach makes her dizzy and vomit. While walking, Lexi started on her sandwich, making her way to the first floor. At the last part of her sandwich she stop on an old door meaning she was at the room where muggle studies held. Straightening her uniform, Lexi opened the door and smiled fakely again at Professor Merrythought while making her way at the back desk, she was getting back at the stranger things again. Placing her bag on top of her desk, she took out parchment, quill and a blue ink bottle. Making sure she has the thing out, Lexi went to sit and looked straight at Professor Merrythought who was by then is starting her first word when she came in. Lexi looked around to see everyone was there, she was really late and she doesn't want it happen again. Professor Merrythought started again with the lesson for today. Lexi listen carefully as Professor Merrythought mention about muggle communication, it means it had to be telephone and mobile phone which she knew already because living with a muggle father is what it takes to know all about muggle devices. Lexi bit her lips, dying to touch a mobile phone, she misses calling her muggle friends back at home. She didn't went back home for the winter vacation because of her dreaded mother of her's. When she bit hard on her lips, it was the time her brain work and decided to take down notes even though she already knew what is the purpose of it. As Lexi was at the trans of writing, Professor Merrythought stopped talking and cut her off from writing. "What the....?" She mumble, another thing on her.... don't cut her writing. Lexi glared at Professor Merrythought as the Professor gave the Homework. After writing the Homework, she placed all her things inside of her bag and stocked off the classroom going at the library, Lexi was weird this days, always getting stock with the library.
O (13) Fantastic work Miss Rodriguez! Well done for doing a super piece of homework aswell. Full marks achieved + EC. Edited by Professor Aurora Merrythought, Oct 3 2009, 06:47 PM.
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| Professor Patricia Styx | Oct 3 2009, 09:53 AM Post #3 |
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History of Magic Professor: Yrs 1 -4 | Former Puff & Head Girl: Class of 2027 | Ex-St Mungo's Healer
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Patricia woke up that morning in a somewhat better mood that the previous week. She had made a promise to herself that she was going to keep herself preoccupied this year; she needed something to stop her thoughts from wondering. Having signed up for her usual clubs, Quiddtich and even attempting to revive the Cooking Club she knew she would be too busy to think about certain things or certain people for that fact. Despite her new found determination to remain busy this year she still had no desire to socialise with anyone, especially her friends – people she could trust her life with but not this. She hated herself for being cold to them since the start of term but she kept reminding herself that it was better for them that she stayed a bay, for the time being at least. After her usual morning routine, getting up earlier and returning back later as to avoid her friends, she collected her bags and made her way to breakfast. Slowly but surely Patricia’s enthusiasm for classes was starting to come back, more so for the fact that they kept her busy. Finishing breakfast off rather quickly she made her way to Muggle Studies. Despite Patricia’s change this year, she always liked this subject, most of it was down to Professor Merrythought, the way she acted was always enough to put a smile on Patricia’s face. But a small realisation hit the Hufflepuff girl as she entered the room. She had felt somewhat bad about taking this class, being raised by muggles all her lifes she knew all she needed to know about them, but she wasn’t a muggleborn! It was a thought that hadn’t crossed Patricia’s mind, she was now a half – blood, right? Shaking her head of all thoughts that related to Professor Styx, even in the slightest Patricia took her usual seat. Placing her writing equipment on her desk she waited for Professor Merrythought to start the class. As she waited Patricia observed the classroom, every week nearly there was always something new, but technically not new to her, placed around the room. This week it was telephones, mobiles and faxing machines. Patricia laughed to herself as she saw the look on a few of her fellow classmates faces, she may not be a muggleborn but she still knew all she needed about muggles. Lifting her head when she heard Professor Merrythought begin to talk Patricia dipped her quill into her ink jar and got ready to take a few notes; why she took notes was beyond her – she knew pretty much everything Professor Merrythought mentioned but decided it was best not to ask and just do it. As the lecture went on Patricia continued taking now her notes. She wasn’t sure how she felt about the way Professor Merrythought describing how some of the muggle forms of communication were worked. Sure witches and wizards thought muggles were strange creatures and no wonder how, if this was the way they were thought about them and their way of living the did seem strange. Patricia didn’t hold it against Professor Merrythought because she knew that she was only doing her job, but it did tick her off slightly. Finishing off her notes she jotted down her homework off the board. When they were dismissed Patricia packed her bag and left the class for her dorm to complete her homework assignment.
O (13) As usual a very well written roleplay and descriptive homework, everything you need for full marks and full extra-credit, very well done! Edited by Professor Aurora Merrythought, Oct 3 2009, 06:49 PM.
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