Once they were released to start working on the assignment, Evan hadn't even had a chance to start yet before the loud BANG caught his attention and his head swiveled to find out where it was coming from. His eyes landed on the smoke, and he noticed Daniel standing near it but... there was also firewood, so apparently whatever had happened had still been deemed semi-successful, so he wasn't going to worry about it.

Besides, if it was a problem he was sure Professor Carton would take care of it.

Focusing on his pile of hopefully soon to be wood, he immediately got hung up on the type of wood. He'd never bothered asking his Appa what type they usually used... though.. he certainly supposed he could imagine what it looked like. Trying to conjure up the image in his mind, he focused long and hard before lifting his wand. "Focalia!"

It produced wood! Which excited the Ravenclaw, until he stepped towards it to pick it up and put off to the side and noticed... driftwood. He'd conjured driftwood. Which was essentially useless for fire making.

Back to the drawing bored, he kicked the first attempt gently off to the side with a small frown, before once again focusing and trying to find a different image. Once in his mind, he focused and lifted his wand again, "Focalia!" And this time, what was produced was mere twigs. Which... he supposed still somewhat fit the assignment and he would need some of those. Putting them at the start of the pile, he readied himself to try again.