Third Years Lesson One

Percival was back for the second half of his temporary contract at Hogwarts. If last term was anything to go by, he'll just about get through it. And hopefully the students would too. As the third years entered, the professor busied himself with something, anything to avoid eye contact, or Merlin forbid, small talk with any of them. Once everyone was settled, he began the lesson.

"Hello. My name is Professor Zephyrmoon, your professor for this term only. If you wouldn't mind packing up your belongings and exiting nicely to the lawn," he said, having announced this after everyone was sat down and unpacked their supplies for the lesson. He stood waiting for the last student to exit before locking the door with the tools he needed in his arms. It was about 11:00 p.m. at the beginning of January; he hoped they would all position their charts correctly.

"Star charts! You'll need these to complete our studies today," Percival said as they arrived on the lawn. He handed the stack charts to a nearby student and waved his arm to instruct the student to pass them out to the others in the class, "Now, the idea of following the stars and their patterns is very old. They once were used to predict different times of the year so people knew when to plant crops and harvest them. They are also very useful if you are traveling," He said. Pulling out his own star chart, he held it above his head towards the sky. "This is how you'll align yourself with the stars. Face south and then hold the map up, so that the north horizon is towards your back. Should you want to face another way, say east," Percival said turning himself in that direction, but not turning the map. "You'll want to make sure you turn yourself and not the map, so it always stays the same, not turning with you," he said, demonstrating as he turned the piece of paper above his head back in his hands so it was above his head the way it had been when he was facing south.

"Now, try finding constellations to relate to your position, and then turn in another direction and do the same. You'll notice the sky has many more stars than are on your charts - so, take care when trying to find the stars you are looking for in the sky." he said, hoping the students would get the hang of the star charts fairly easily so he didn't have to spend any more time explaining it. Once the time for the lesson was at an end, he sent them back to their dorms without homework to allow time to focus on the charts during the week in preparation for the rest of the semester.

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For full credit, RP the lesson.
First student to pass out the star charts will receive 2 extra credit points.
Link to Star Chart for Reference​

 

[Audrey Beauchamp]

Audrey hadn't had a class with Professor Zephyrmoon yet, but he kind of stood out amongst the professors for being a little bizarre. Which wasn't necessarily a bad thing if he taught them what they needed to know, of course. Still, she kind of wondered what he was actually like as a professor. That question was pretty quickly answered when he wasted no time with attempting to be overly friendly and just told them to go straight to the lawn. After they had already sat down. Ah, so that was the kind of professor he was. Well, Audrey would just have to deal with it, even though she was very tired and sore already she wasn't going to mess up in this class.

Indeed, Audrey was determined to make a good impression even on this professor, and graciously took the star charts and handed them out, even as she stifled a yawn. Her parents always went to bed early and woke up early, she never stayed up this late except for Astronomy class. She watched the professor carefully and then tried to line herself up, squinting at her star chart and nodding her head between the chart and the stars behind it. She did manage to find a couple of the easier constellations - finding Crux was a bit of a freebie, but it made her look like she was on top of things even when she wanted nothing more than to get some sleep. Thankfully, after a little while they were dismissed and Audrey began the slow climb up to the Ravenclaw dorms so she could crash into her bed.

 

[Teddy Pirrip]

Teddy had just taken his seat when the professor instructed everyone to stand up and follow him outside. He frowned, thinking the professor could have mentioned this sooner. Once outside, Teddy received a star chart and tried to align it with the night sky. Struggling a bit, he looked over to see how Audrey had positioned hers, and copying. By the end of the lesson, he felt he had finally figured it out. He folded his star chart and headed back to his dormitory.

 

[Callie Cardoso]

Callie walked into the astronomy classroom and took a spot in the room. She wasn’t sitting long as the professor had them packing up and heading outside, so Callie did just that. She packed up what items she’d taken out and walked outside with the class. She stayed close to the professor as she could be. Just not wanting to stray much when outside and at night. She glanced at him as he spoke explaining the star charts. They were then allowed to have a go at it, using their own star chart to look at the stars. Callie took her star chart and began doing so. She took a few minutes to get it each time, but eventually it became easier and she enjoyed it. The lesson was eventually wrapped up and Callie walked back to the castle.

 

[Enoch Goldewyn]

Enoch walked into the astronomy classroom and took a seat in the classroom, though it was short lived as the professor had them on their feet and going outside. Enoch rolled his eyes but did as he was told. Heading out to the grounds and listening as the professor began telling them about star charts. He sat on the ground, listening along and looking up at the stars as he listened. He took out the star chart when he was supposed to, but didn’t really do anything, vaguely finding the ones he could see from his spot. But mostly he was just blankly staring up at the night’s sky until the professor wrapped things up and he was able to head back into the castle.