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NifflerFan · 02-21-2018, 04:24 AM

Celestia's attention was so focused on the crying child in front of her that she hadn't noticed the 15 minute mark passing. Almost everyone else seemed to be done -- not much of a surprise, though she was impressed with the number of first years who had successfully Transfigured their pins.

"Yes, of course you will, Miss Dixon," she told the Hufflepuff brusquely when she asked about moving on. Sighing slightly, she turned back to Emmalyn and said quietly, "Why don't you put your wand down for a few minutes and take some deep breaths, Emmalyn? We'll talk more about this in a few minutes, okay?" Celestia bit her lower lip anxiously; she hated having to say that to a student but it really wasn't fair to hold everyone else up. The professor forced herself to straighten up and marched back to the front of the classroom.

"Well done, everyone! Let's get started with our main activity now. Before we begin learning the details of the spell, I would like for you all to please tell me a factor or a variable that must be taken into account when transforming an animal into an inanimate object. For example, caster fatigue is certain to affect whether you can successfully complete this spell,"Celestia explained with a small smile. "Now, kindly get into small groups -- about 3 or 4 people to a group -- and push your desks together so that I can start passing out hedgehogs. Try to get a good mix of years into your groups, yes?" She hoped that that was clear enough for everyone, as she was still quite flustered and did not want to have to spell out that older students would likely need to help younger ones.

As soon as the class was on the move, Celestia hurried back over to Emmalyn. She knelt down in front of the girl's desk so that they could see each other face to face and finally answered her question: "I think that you are a very talented witch who should believe in herself a bit more. There's nothing wrong with your work except a lack of confidence. If you're concentrating on how the spell is not working or is going to fail, then it's more likely to do just that." She gave the Hufflepuff a warm smile and pulled a bar of Honeydukes chocolate out of her robe pocket. "Now, chocolate is an excellent remedy when you're feeling bad. You should eat some of this and try the spell again." Celestia plopped the chocolate bar down on Emmalyn's desk and simply looked at the Hufflepuff expectantly.

OOC: Good job, everyone! Thank you guys for participating so far!

So we are sort of combining question 2 and part of the main activity. The kids need to answer Celestia's question (what is a factor/variable that could affect the outcome of the spell or that they need to keep in mind while casting it), and get into groups of 3-4 people. The numbers don't have to be exact, and if you really want to work by yourself (or your student does), that's fine. Celestia might yell at them a bit IC, but she'll allow it because I know time zones are evil.
We are moving on to the main activity/spell casting in 24 hours, so at 12 AM CST on January 22. Y'all will have 3 days to complete the spell/main activity after that.
Remember that you're free to join in and/or catch up with the mini activity at any time! Just have your kid Transfigure a pin if you want to catch up, or you can just pretend that they've already done that if you're just joining in

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02-21-2018, 04:24 AM	#60 (permalink)
NifflerFan DMAC Firecrab Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 739	Gryffindor for life Notorious Niffler Celestia's attention was so focused on the crying child in front of her that she hadn't noticed the 15 minute mark passing. Almost everyone else seemed to be done -- not much of a surprise, though she was impressed with the number of first years who had successfully Transfigured their pins. "Yes, of course you will, Miss Dixon," she told the Hufflepuff brusquely when she asked about moving on. Sighing slightly, she turned back to Emmalyn and said quietly, "Why don't you put your wand down for a few minutes and take some deep breaths, Emmalyn? We'll talk more about this in a few minutes, okay?" Celestia bit her lower lip anxiously; she hated having to say that to a student but it really wasn't fair to hold everyone else up. The professor forced herself to straighten up and marched back to the front of the classroom. "Well done, everyone! Let's get started with our main activity now. Before we begin learning the details of the spell, I would like for you all to please tell me a factor or a variable that must be taken into account when transforming an animal into an inanimate object. For example, caster fatigue is certain to affect whether you can successfully complete this spell,"Celestia explained with a small smile. "Now, kindly get into small groups -- about 3 or 4 people to a group -- and push your desks together so that I can start passing out hedgehogs. Try to get a good mix of years into your groups, yes?" She hoped that that was clear enough for everyone, as she was still quite flustered and did not want to have to spell out that older students would likely need to help younger ones. As soon as the class was on the move, Celestia hurried back over to Emmalyn. She knelt down in front of the girl's desk so that they could see each other face to face and finally answered her question: "I think that you are a very talented witch who should believe in herself a bit more. There's nothing wrong with your work except a lack of confidence. If you're concentrating on how the spell is not working or is going to fail, then it's more likely to do just that." She gave the Hufflepuff a warm smile and pulled a bar of Honeydukes chocolate out of her robe pocket. "Now, chocolate is an excellent remedy when you're feeling bad. You should eat some of this and try the spell again." Celestia plopped the chocolate bar down on Emmalyn's desk and simply looked at the Hufflepuff expectantly. OOC: Good job, everyone! Thank you guys for participating so far! So we are sort of combining question 2 and part of the main activity. The kids need to answer Celestia's question (what is a factor/variable that could affect the outcome of the spell or that they need to keep in mind while casting it), and get into groups of 3-4 people. The numbers don't have to be exact, and if you really want to work by yourself (or your student does), that's fine. Celestia might yell at them a bit IC, but she'll allow it because I know time zones are evil. We are moving on to the main activity/spell casting in 24 hours, so at 12 AM CST on January 22. Y'all will have 3 days to complete the spell/main activity after that. Remember that you're free to join in and/or catch up with the mini activity at any time! Just have your kid Transfigure a pin if you want to catch up, or you can just pretend that they've already done that if you're just joining in .