Gemma stood up as the students were calling out their answers and walked to one of the walls and pulled on a string from the ceiling pulling down a screen. As the students said their favorite fairy tales, she would write with her finger and their answers appeared on the screen. She had them divided up by Muggle and Wizard stories. "These are all great stories...I have to admit that one of my favorite stories is Beauty and the Beast."



When they were done calling out their favorites she glanced at the board with an approving nod and then turned back to the group. She watched the picnic basket go around the room and with a smile said, "Please make sure you're still passing the basket with the smore supplies for us to use in a few minutes."

She walked back to the screen when she felt everyone had read the answers and list and then she tapped lightly on the screen and it cleared. "Now one of the most important parts of a fairy tale is for there to be the good and bad guys." she paused and then turned back towards the students, "These two types of characters are called the antagonists and the protagonists. Now each story can have more than one of each but it is a requirement for each story to have both involved in the story line."

She held up her right hand. "The protagonist is usually the main character in the story. It is usually the character or characters in the story that you are routing to win...so the good guys." she said glancing at her hand and then dropping it.

Then she held up left hand, "The antagonist is usually the character or characters that are going against the protagonist of the story. They are usually the bad guy or bad guys. These characters are who we want to fall on their faces and learn a lesson from their actions." she said with a nod left and right slightly.

"All fairy tales have a protagonist and an antagonist no matter if they are Muggle or Wizard. These characters can be beings, thoughts, animals, beliefs, etc. But in most stories they are actual human beings." she said turning back to the screen and clicking on it three times. This made the screen go black.

"Here is a video from an old Muggle movie that shows a good representation of an antagonist vs a protagonist." she tapped on the screen and the video started playing.

~*Link to video: Luke Skywalker vs Darth Vader *~

"That video is from a Muggle Classic series called Star Wars. If you have never seen the movies, I encourage to watch them. They are pretty amazing especially when you consider what years they were made. But back to the lesson..." she said excitedly...Star Wars was a classic and she would love to share it with the students..."In this clip, Luke Skywalker, the one in white is the protagonist because we are pro him and he is the good guy...and Darth Vader, the guy in the black, is the antagonist." she clicked on the board and the pictures of each appeared on the screen. "It is kind of ironic that our protagonist is in white and our antagonist is in black."

She reached down and grabbed another basket with sticks in it and walked towards the students, "As we answer the next question, please pass this basket around and everyone grab a stick."

"So onto the next question, think about the movies, books, stories, historical stores, etc that you have been exposed to wether they were Muggle or Wizard based and share the name or brief summary of it and who the protagonist and antagonist of the story would be..." she said walking back to the screen and tapping it to clear it and set up a new list for the students.

OOC: Okay, the lesson has started so all conversations should be squashed. Do not announce your charrie coming in late or points will be deducted from your house.

Feel free to catch up with the lesson at any point by putting Catching Up in the title of your post.

Please remember to raise your hand and try not to repeat others’ answers. Remember that Gemma is watching.