⌦ When
Tuesday, September 3rd at promptly 6 pm
OOC date & time : Wednesday, May 8th @ 10 am GMT+9
⌦ Where
the Astronomy Classroom
⌦ Who
You, you, you, and you!
⌦ What to bring
Your wand, textbook, parchment, and quill.

Wearing a suit is not required as you all should be in your Hogwarts uniforms.

All students are welcome and encouraged to attend this lesson. I only ask that you familiarize yourself with my rules before attending - I will know if you have not done so.

Spreading the Noble Art Club (SNAC)

The Spreading the Noble Art Club is designed for aficionados, students, and practitioners of one of the most fascinating, resilient, and diverse forms of magic and is dedicated to helping others experience what Divination is all about! The club will explore various topics and delve deeper into ones taught in regular lessons.

Members of the Spreading the Noble Art Club will attend meetings in the Tea Room located in the Divination Tower and participate in tasks set forth by the club sponsor, Professor Elwood.

For more information, please see this thread

Transfiguration Lesson 1

The first Transfiguration lesson of this term is up and running. All Lions, get to it HERE and join the class, with Professor Sophia Bellaire.

Come on, lets go and participate and earn some points.

Ancient Runes Project

Make Your Own Gandr:
Steps:
1. Select a wood & locate a suitable living tree. (2 posts)
2. Communicate with your chosen tree. (1 post)
3. Ask permission from the tree to take from its bark for your Gandr. (1 post)
4. Make an offering to the tree, thank it by chanting the verse in your textbook, and cut your Gandr using your magical wand. (3 posts)
5. Thank the tree once again by chanting the second official verse in your textbook. (1 post)
6. Strip the bark off your cut Gandr & collect the shavings in a small pouch. (1 post)
7. Write a thank-you song to the tree with no more than 2 verses. (2 posts)
8. Go back to the tree and sprinkle the collected bark bits at its base, sing the song to it while walking around the base 3 times clockwise. (2 posts)
9. Leave the stripped Gandr for an entire moon cycle while working on smoothing its surface each day. (3 posts)
10. Use the spell "Intaglio" to carve the runes on the Gandr's smooth surface. (See next step)
11. State the purpose of each rune and sense the direction of its energy, this will help you decide where to start the cutting. Chant the Galdr of the rune you're carving on the surface to help you focus and evoke its energy. (5 posts)
12. Redden the runes using any reddening pigments. You don't have to use the galdrstaf to do it, use your wand or a brush or any other tool. (1 post)
13. Use beeswax to seal your wand by dipping it in the beeswax tank located in the classroom, then use your wand to dry it out. (1 post)
14. Personalize your wand by adding whatever accessories you want. However you cannot carve, burn marks or permanently change the Gandr's body. (1 post)
15. Deliver your Gandr to the classroom, choose a holster for it, and add a tag with your name/house/year on it. (1 post)

Notes:
- A neutral Gandr is what you're expected to make; Carve all runes (from Elder Futhark) equally on the Gandr's surface.
- Rune carving spell:

Incantation: Intaglio.
The wand movement: move your magical wand against the surface exactly where you wish to cut. Remember to always keep concentration on the chosen rune, chant the Galdr for more focus.

- This assignment is part of your Ancient Runes final, pay attention and be thoughtful.

ooc instructions:
- The deadline is the end of this term: 31st / July (11:59 pm GMT / 06:59 pm EST).
- There is no specific place where you're expected to do this project. As for steps 13 & 15, a thread will be created some time during the term for you.
- The minimum number of posts required for you to get full credit is determined at the end of each step.
- In step 7: a verse equals 4 lines.
- Title your posts with (AR project post #1/#2/#3..etc).
- When submitting, please include links to your posts in your PM.
- All rules about submitting a homework apply to this project too, please refresh yourself with them here.
- Refer to the textbook thread for more details about each step. If you still have questions, you can PM/IM/Tweet/DM me (do not VM because sometimes I use SS lite).
- Please read the instructions & steps carefully before asking any questions. I will know if you haven't read them and I will take that into consideration when grading your assignment.
- Have fun, be creative and don't fuss about it. It's the effort that counts in the end. :)

► Who?
All students first through seventh year.

► When?
Class will begin in the afternoon - evening time (Central US time) on Tuesday, May 14.

► Where?
The CoMC Class Area

► What to bring:
A pair of protective gloves, your textbook, quill and parchment, and your wand

Rules and Guidelines can be found here.

⌦ for 15 points
Using the vacuum you used in class, continue being a 'living black hole' around the castle and vacuum up some more dust, dirt, grim and felines. Find areas that look as though could really use a good cleaning. I personally recommend the Divination Tower and Professor Elwood's office. You will find the vacuums in a charmed wooden cabinet outside my office.

OOC: RP using your vacuum around the castle in any thread you please. Be sure to use the charm Professor Flamsteed taught in the lesson! You do NOT need RP going to his office to retrieve your vacuum - just pretend as though you already did. There is a 5 post minimum requirement for this assignment.

Please PM sweetpinkpixie with the links to your posts along with the other requirement stated in my rules.

Up to 5 points may be given for outstanding efforts.
⌦ this assignment is due May 26th @ noon GMT+9

Please be sure you have read through Astronomy & Space Navigation and paid particular attention to the rules regarding homework submission. Late homework submissions will not be accepted. Any questions, concerns, or what have you can be sent to sweetpinkpixie via PM.

⌦ Help Maintain Your School
As you all are aware by now, Hogwarts is going through some hard times. With my schedule, I cannot maintain everything in the Astronomy Tower. The Tower Patch is in shambles and this is why I am asking you for your assistance. There are no special gardening tools for you - you all have wands so that shouldn't be an issue - but if you feel the need for something specific you should seek out Professor Bentley.

Some things you can do in the Tower Patch include ::

• trim the hedges
• clean the fountain
• water plants
• plant and replant vegetation
• anything else you can think of!

Your efforts will not go unnoticed nor unrewarded!

OOC: In a nut shell, just RP taking care and cleaning up the Tower Patch in the Tower Patch thread. This activity will be open all term and there is no post minimum. Do whatever you and your character feel is appropriate. Any questions can be asked IC to Professor Flamsteed or OOC to sweetpinkpixie in a PM or VM. You do NOT need to PM any links, just RP in the thread.

ATTENTION LIONS:

Your laundry day is here! You and the Hufflepuffs will be allowed to use the laundry room on Mondays and Thursdays this month. Snakes and Eagles will be using the room on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Your Head of House, Professor Bentley, and the school librarian, Mr. Kitridge, will be available on those days to assist with the handwashing process and to answer any questions you may have. Remember to wear something old that you won't mind getting wet while you do your washing!

OOC note: Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs will be given first shot at the laundry room May 15-18. Go get it! ;)

Potions Lesson 1

This term's first Potions lesson has started. The class has opened HERE, so lions, get on over to the dungeons and participate!

Transfiguration Home Work 1

Assignment: You must make five or most posts with your character performing the spell and teaching your gargoyles new tricks then link them to me. This is your home work assignment...All home work rules apply..oh and you may PM Davvy_Wavvy instead of using the quiz.

Due: 17 May 2013

Should include:

Name of Character:
Username:
House:
Member ID:

CoMC Lesson 1

This term's first CoMC lesson has started. So go on and get in the classroom here.

Who: All students (1st-7th Years) are invited and encouraged to attend!

What to bring: Yourelf, a friend, your textbook, and parchment and quill for notes.

Where: Divination Classroom

When: May 14th @ 8pm EST

OOC: Before attending the lesson be sure to familiarize yourself with the Classroom Rules to ensure you behave correctly and don't lose points for your House. See you soon!

It's time to make a real profit on the Ashwinder eggs you collected in class!

Directions

1. Meet Professor Barlow outside the barn this Saturday morning at 9 A.M. sharp. (OOC: You don't actually have to RP doing this, and I won't actually have Barlow there to meet your character.)
2. Together, we will walk into Hogsmeade and to the center I've set up for us to sell our eggs. (OOC: Again, we won't actually RP this.)
3. At the center, you'll have the opportunity to sell FIVE jars of eggs. Professor Barlow has added in enough jars, so that everyone has the opportunity to sell five.
4. You will receive house points for the number of jars you attempt to sell, but you can not sell more than five. You can make as many posts as you wish; however, you must make at least five to get credit. You can RP people either buying or not buying your eggs.
5. When you are done, please PM me a link to all posts you made either selling or attempting to sell your jars of eggs.
6. Be realistic. You are RPing a young student wishing to sell an ingredient to adults in the village. They won't be paying hefty amounts, and it's not realistic at all to RP them doing so. I don't want to squish your creativity, but I do want you to keep it realistic. Let's say you can't sell a jar for more than five galleons.
7. Finally, no one will actually be RPing the adults considering a purchase. You can just RP your own character and the actions of the villager they're trying to sell to.

Most of all, HAVE FUN! Please ready my homework guidelines here, so you'll know exactly how I'd like you to submit this.

Here's a link to the center.

Also, I'm really sorry about how fast this will need to go, but you only have until this Friday, May 24, to get this done. Why? Because this is happening at Hogsmeade, and that's when Hogsmeade closes. I'm not sure exactly what time it'll close, so you may want to get this done as soon as possible. The deadline to submit your links via PM is Friday, May 24 at 11:59 PM EST.