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| | Term 29: Sept - Dec 2011 Term Twenty-Nine: Year of the Elf (Sept. 2075 - June 2076) | |
10-20-2011, 12:31 PM
| | |  DADA: Know Your Spirit Guardian
The first floor was... certainly busier in a different way than Professor Schirmer's own usual haunt of the third level. Less injured children she supposed, and more Dash. She wondered if the professors of the first floor were more social as a result and made up her mind to befriend the healer. Third floor solidarity.
The classroom she'd chosen for the defense lesson had been one of her favourites as a student, and the tall blonde woman was a little bit dismayed to see how dusty and unused it was. Really, Hogwarts was it so hard to keep yourself clean? Even with elves that were off doing goodness knew what? A few quick charms and minutes later the room was sparkling.
Literally.
Unlike most of the Defense rooms, this one featured bright windows that allowed the light to stream in, diffused with colours and generally giving the room a bright and happy feel. The view looked out over the lake. There were no desks or chairs in the room and even the professor took a seat on the ground, waiting there with her feet tucked up comfortably beneath her for the students to arrive. She had a stack of books next to her and looked serene, if a bit distant.
When it was time, she charmed the doors to open, and greeted the students as they begin to file in. ooc: the lesson will begin approximately 7.5 hours from the time of this post I'm simply opening it now so you can post arriving if you want to. The lesson has begun! Please act as if you were here all along if you haven't yet posted, latecomers will likely lose points. Please remember to follow Professor Schirmer's rules which can be found here. Questions: What do you know, or think you know, about the Patronus Charm?
Discuss amongst yourselves some famous witches and wizards and their known Patronus forms. Given what we know about them; their achievements, their experiences, what do you think their Patronus form indicates about their personalities? For those of you who can cast a Corporeal Patronus and know what form it takes, see if you can match up how it fits your personality. Younger students, you can work with students who do have a known Spirit Guardian, or you can look up mine, which is a Dove, or Headmaster Tate's which is a Mountain Goat, or that of another adult you know, even some of the historical figures we were discussing. "I want you to think of your happiest memory. Something strong enough that you can focus on it easily, maybe something that makes you smile. It doesn't have to be relating to love. If you have more than one, lucky you! You can experiment to see which is best. You don't have to share it if you don't want to, but feel free to put your hand up and share if you do.
---------------------------------- Levitation party activity! Click here for instructions. Read the post carefully and please take note of your classmates posts following this one too. Worth ten points!
edit: Activity still running, only please focus on the third part, AKA testing out your happy memory with a levitation potion.
The party is still going, you can help yourself to food or drink while we wait for a guest fetched via a patronus message. In the meantime the professor wants to know who can cast a patronus already and whether its corporeal or non-corporeal. PLEASE be realistic with your character's abilities. The patronus charm is ADVANCED magic and little firsties should NOT be able to manage it. For the purposes of this class please pay attention to the following:
6th & 7th years: May be able to cast a corporeal or non-corporeal patronus, depending on character's skill level and experience. May learn how to do one or the other during the lesson.
5th years: May be able to cast non-corporeal patronus, depending on character's skill level and experience, very FEW and RARELY may a 5th year manage a corporeal patronus. May learn how to do one or the other during the lesson.
4th years: Depending on character's skill level and experience, very FEW and RARELY may a 4th year manage a non-corporeal patronus. May learn a non-corporeal patronus during the lesson.
3rd years: Depending on character's skill level and experience, may learn a non-corporeal patronus during the lesson. But its okay for them NOT to learn how yet too.
1st & 2nd years: Depending on character's skill level and experience, may learn an UNSTABLE non-corporeal patronus during the lesson. This means they might manage a slight whisp, but otherwise should NOT be able to cast a patronus. Its okay for them NOT to learn how yet too.
When we get to the spell casting aspect of the lesson, please note that anyone not being realistic may have their post edited or deleted, which I don't WANT to do but we're not all Harry Potter! For reference, Althea learned hers in 6th year non-corporeally, and managed a corporeal patronus in 7th year. Remember, just because your character might not be able to do it yet, it doesn't mean they never will! As you saw, Professor Scabior came because I sent him a Patronus message. What do you think are the benefits of communicating via Patronus? "Alright are you all ready to give it a go? Stand up if you are and make sure you give each other a bit of space. Wands out. The incantation is Expecto Patronum. Ecks-PEK-toh pa-TRO-num. You simply need to point your wand and focus really hard on that strong happy memory. Practice the incantation a few times to get the hang of it and then you may start. Those of you who can already manage it, please do encourage the younger ones and let them see how you do it. I have an activity for you too, that we'll start in a little while!" Please note, I'm waiting to get an all clear regarding the recent Malware threat on SS before continuing, not because of any risk, rather because several people may be staying away right now and I'd rather be sure nobody is left at a disadvantage because they don't feel safe accessing the site. Expect that the lesson will continue on sunday. Everything is all clear  Sorry for any trouble.
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11-29-2011, 02:48 PM
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 Harvey looked around he was bored of standing around doing nothing so he then closed his eyes and thought of his memory and let it fill him up inside completely until he felt that he would explode "EXPECTO PATRONUM!" he chanted and he looked at his wand to see a smoky wisp, he was disappointed that it had not improved even though he had been practicing throughout this class. He was still ending up with that wavey, smokey, wispy thing that could definitely NOT count as a patronus. Having watched the older students' patronus' he knew that his was definitely NOT a patronus, more like a tiny explosion at the end of his wand, but nothing more than that. | 
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11-29-2011, 08:51 PM
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Salima looked around at the class to see how much they had succseded. Some ok. The rest...Well... 'Ok Salima' she thought aloud 'concentrate on yourself.'
She closed her eyes... thought of something happy... great memories started to bundle in her head... she opened her eyes, held her wand high and-
'EXPECTO PATRONUM!' she bawled but just a silver whisp. Of corse it wouldn't work she started to forget all the happy memories in life and her mind had been penetrated by all the horrible things in her life.
'Worth a try.' She muttered.
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11-30-2011, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Jason Potter Weasley  " Thank you for your advice" William told the professor. "That's what I'm here for." She assured him. Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Sort of still in a pile on the floor taking her break and nibbling on her newest piece of chocolate, Kurumi squeaked a bit when Professor Schirmer asked her a question. She hadn't entirely been expecting that, but she had put a bit of thought into the answer already. After all, it was why she had been able to produce anything at all. "I guess...the simplest way to explain it would be myself, professor," she said with a shy laugh. "When I saw that other students, older and younger, were producing something I felt ashamed that I had done nothing and my focus was more on my seemingly lack of ability to perform the spell than anything else." That was part one at least. Kurumi was oftentimes focusing more on the negatives which always resulted in her bashing her head against a figurative wall.
She nibbled a bit more on her chocolate. "Also...when you mentioned using our negative experiences help us really feel the happy ones, that they were necessary to truly understand our happy ones...I realized that I had been trying to ignore them. Sort of reliving a terrible experience that was related to my happy memory made that happy one seem even more happy." And THAT was a lot of happy said in the same sentence. "I guess, one of the things needed to conjure a proper patronus is one's ability and willingness to explore the darker side of your own memories." Something that the Gryffindor was not very good at doing. She would think about them and usually use them to push herself down more, but she never really tried to use them in a positive way and they were the last thing she thought that she needed to rely on in producing a patronus.
"Sounds like you've learned something about yourself today, Miss Hollingberry." Professor Schirmer observed and then smiled encouragingly at the Gryffindor prefect. She'd done well.
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Originally Posted by EastonionNW Nate looked around, and what he saw was rather disappointing: nobody seemed to even care about class anymore. Professor Schirmer ought to just end it now... he thought as he got up and moved over towards the front of the room. "Professor..." Here goes nothing! "... I'd be interested in taking private Charms lessons, if that's at all possible. They don't have to start this term, but I'd like to look into it..." he asked nervously.
"We can look into it next term." She decided, giving the first year an assessing look.
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Originally Posted by EscapeTheFateOfLove Roxana tried and tried again. She just could not think about a memory that was happy enough to form a Patronus out of it. She concentrated on the time she got her Hogwarts letter and about the first time she went into the Great Hall. "Expecto Patronum", she cried and a white shimmer was visible in front of her.
"Oh, I formed a real one!", she said more to herself than to the rest of the class, which was chatting about something else. So Roxana tried agaian, and her Patronus started to take a slight form of something, the black girl could not define. But at least she could produce one! Happily, the black haired girl smiled.
"Good work, looks like you're starting to get the hang of it."
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Originally Posted by Hermione345 Namitha asked 'What decides the shape of a patronus, ma'am?'
"Your personality does, dear."
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Originally Posted by Hermione2286 Salima looked around at the class to see how much they had succseded. Some ok. The rest...Well... 'Ok Salima' she thought aloud 'concentrate on yourself.'
She closed her eyes... thought of something happy... great memories started to bundle in her head... she opened her eyes, held her wand high and-
'EXPECTO PATRONUM!' she bawled but just a silver whisp. Of corse it wouldn't work she started to forget all the happy memories in life and her mind had been penetrated by all the horrible things in her life.
'Worth a try.' She muttered.
"Definitely worth a try." Professor Schirmer agreed, noting one of the students getting a pretty good start on a non-corporeal patronus. Practice made perfect of course.
------------------------ "Alright, no homework I think. You've all worked hard enough during the lesson to deserve a bit of a break, but I do challenge you to each continue practicing and working on your Patronus. No matter how long it takes, its a worthwhile skill and who knows, you might have an epiphany about yourselves." Her eyes slid over to Professor Scabior and then back to the students as a whole.
No. She wasn't going to ask what the Patronus whispers message had been. She had a feeling she'd not like the answer.
"Class dismissed."
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11-30-2011, 12:17 PM
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Class dismissed?? No homework?? 
Raven packed her stuff and said goodbye to Professor Schirmer. "Thank you for your interesting class, Professor." said her glad.
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11-30-2011, 12:47 PM
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Nate packed up rather slowly. He didn't quite want to leave, despite the fact that he had lost ten points in class. He wanted to stay not because it was DADA class, per say, but because they had actually learned a charm. And Nate hadn't been able to perform said charm. This unsettled the kid whose best subject was Charms. Eh, I'll get over it. he thought Ashe made his way out of the room. "Bye Professor, have a good holiday!" he said a he left.
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11-30-2011, 01:20 PM
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Minerva got up and gathered her things. "Thank you for a great lesson professor." She hurried off to her common room.
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11-30-2011, 04:15 PM
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Salima placed her wand in her pocket then took her bag and said-
'thanks for the lesson Professor' then turned and walked out of the classroom.
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12-01-2011, 06:12 PM
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Namitha packed her stuff. She thanked the professor for the wonderful lesson- 'Thanks, Professor, for that really great lesson!!'.Then she headed towards the door.
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12-01-2011, 09:19 PM
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Violet was glad class was over; she felt she had conjured a wisp of smoke out of her wand just about as many times as she could bear for one day. She knew the practise was important, but it was a bit of a bore when you couldn't get anything more than smoke. Still, it had been nice thinking of all the nice things in her life--she realized there were a lot more of them than she had realized, and now she appreciated them all the more. But what was that about no homework? How were they supposed to earn grades and House Points without homework? No one else seemed upset by it, though, so she didn't say anything.
Heading out the door, she said, "Goodbye, Professor, thank you for the lesson...and for the food!" | |
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