Supplies: - Wand - Paper of Some Sort - Writing Utensil
Class Rules: - Show up on time - Be ready to learn - Listen and follow directions - Raise your hand to speak - Be Respectful - Ask Questions - Do your best - No wands on Mondays - Work Hard - Have fun
Office Hours are for additional questions, casual chats, or hanging out. Feel free to schedule some!
Alarick had written his rules on the chalkboard at the front of the room on the first day of class - he hated the chalk board. He wondered if he could find someone to turn the chalkboard into a white board. or just. magic all words in the air? He shrugged, he would see to it another day.
Now, he kind of knew who the kids were, and was ready to teach them. He wasn't sure if he had them all convinced that they didn't need a textbook - why spend extra money on something when the library was right there? He had planned to do short notes for all his classes, and it had worked pretty well last year - or at least no one had complained directly to him (except August of course, who had assigned many textbooks).
He jotted some notes on the chalk board as he waited for everyone to come in, he was most excited about this class - his daughter was in it and he loved seeing his little girl.
Chalk board
Accio - Summoning Charm - Brings object toward caster - Need to say name of object - Can not be used on buildings, or living things
Wand movement:
Fun (but unnecessary) facts: - From latin term acacia meaning "I call" "I summon" or "action" - One of the oldest spells around - Found being used in The Tales of Beedle and the Bard -
Additional Reading: - Standard Book of Spells, Grade 4 by Miranda Goshawk
♡ Aria ♡ Artemisia Rosalie League ♡ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xxxxxx
Wearing: Gryffindor Uniform Skirt and Red hair pulled up into a ponytail with a gold bow ------------------------------------------------------------------------xx
Aria loved charms. It was a part of her family's legacy both good and bad. She could not think of anyone with the Avery blood that was bad at charms. Of course the Avery blood was not blood to pride oneself on. Her great grandparents were monsters who killed her grandfather partially to try to gain custody of her aunt Leah. Still, Aria was determined to use her gift at charms for the betterment of the world. Someone had to make up for the past Averys though her uncle David was a mediwizard so that was good.
Taking a seat, Aria quickly pulled out paper and a self-inking quill. The summoning charm. Fun and useful. While Aria originally found Professor Lorien-Knapp's unconventional approach to teaching a bit jarring Aria was beginning to find it charming in its own way. She was sure she was learning so that was the important thing.
The Professor set the hat down carefully on the student's head. For a moment the hat was silent before speaking.... Not your mother, indeed Looking for bigger, better things, are you? Well, I'm sure you'll find them in Gryffindor!
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Ronald David Quinn-Smith Hufflepuff │ Fourth Year │ Fourteen Years Old │ Single
Charms was one of Ron’s best subjects, what his mother termed ‘bread and butter’ magic, meaning one really couldn’t call themselves a proper wizard if one couldn’t cast them. As it was, he felt comfortable casting Charms, which was more than he could say about one of his least favourite subjects, Defense Against the Dark Arts.
What he wasn’t quite sure what to make of yet, was their teacher, Professor Alarick Lorien-Knapp. Just seeing what was on the chalkboard was all he needed to know the man was a bit eccentric, but, for the Wizarding World, this was a trait which was par-for-the-course. As it was, if the professor’s unconventional approached helped him to learn how magic worked, Ron was of the mind to pay attention all the more. If nothing else, it might give him useful insights for his other classes.
Arriving at class, he was unsurprised to see Aria was already there, getting herself prepared for class. Ron gave her a warm smile, as took a seat beside her, and got his own class notes and fountain pen out.
╔════════════════════════════╗ Taylor Olson Fourteen Years Old - Fourth Year - Gryffindor - Halfblood Member of the Daily Dragon, Art Club, and Dueling Club ╚════════════════════════════╝
Taylor was surprised to see she was one of the first students to arrive to Charms class, but that didn’t mean she wasn’t in a particularly chatty mood. Prior to class, she had stopped in the girls’ bathrooms to not only use the loo, but to also gossip with her fellow schoolmates. Alas, 13:00 rolled around and it was time for yet another boring class. She wasn’t particularly good at charms, but she wasn’t dreadful either. Upon walking in, she took notice of her housemates immediately. “Ron, Aria – hey!” she called out, rushing over to sit next to the boy. Even when the two had choices of any seat in the room, of course they sat together. Taylor highly doubted that they didn’t fancy each other, and may have also started a rumour many moons ago that they were secretly dating. She didn’t mean for that to become a rumour – she was only discussing with her friends and others that listened nearby that she didn’t believe they weren’t dating.
Regardless of their secret love life, Taylor knew both Aria and Ronald were pretty good in charms, even with Professor Lorien-Knapp’s unconventional methods of teaching (and writing – which Taylor thought was both atrocious and beautiful at the same time. After all, his letters looked fun and swirly, and she’d be lying if she said she hadn’t tried doodling letters in the same format). It sure made reading the chalkboard by glancing at it difficult at times. Speaking of the chalkboard, it looked like they’d be learning Accio today, a summoning charm. “How’s your spell work coming along?” Taylor asked, wanting to bring up the idea of them helping her out in this class considering OWLs were going to crash down on her hard next year if she didn’t start practicing now. Plus, if they (namely Ron) scratched her back, she could scratch theirs. Her defensive magic was pretty strong, and as far as she had heard, Ronald struggled with Defense Against the Dark Arts.
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If there is a question about my i n t e n t i o n s, I'll tell ya I'm not here to sell ya or tell you to go to hell (I'm not a brat like that)
Alarick had yet to make his chalkboard into something he loved, he was almost to the point to have it spelled perfectly when he left for the year, and even though he had been back for a while he had to start from scratch on his spell work on it, curse their temporary charms teacher having wiped the board clear of past charms.
There were some kids that did better in charms than others, but they were all kids and learning beautifully.
It was just past winter break, so he didn't feel hesitation of teaching the kids these spells now, he had some concerns that before Christmas they would shrink presents, grow presents, explode pumpkins, really a lot of things could still go wrong but they might be able to handle it now. He finished up writing notes on the board as the first few kids walked in he welcomed them,
"Hello my small ficus!" He smiled at his fourth years as another entered, "Why hi there Sparkly door!""What a great day it is today purple dryer sheet!"
Chalk board
Engorgio - Engorgement Charm - Causes the target to swell immensely - circle of icy blue light emanating from the tip of the wand
Wand movement:
Fun (but unnecessary) facts: - engorge means "to fill to excess" - Also known as the Growing Charm
Reducio - Shrinking Charm - Causes the target to shrink immensely - circle of icy purple light emanating from the tip of the wand
Wand movement: V
Fun (but unnecessary) facts: - from the latin to reduce" or "is reducible" - Counter of Engorgio
[Class will start up on July 7/July 8; I'll quote anyone who has replied in the thread]
╔══════════════╗ Thinking about: These little punks I love them Aldrick Description: 6'1" Dark hair Green Eyes. Wearing: Penguin suit jacket; blue suit pants
Charlotte walked into class with a small yawn. She was still recovering from Christmas break. The family had gone to Scotland, really not all that far from Hogwarts, to spend Christmas with some of Dad's family. In their giant manor house. On several hundred acres. Charlotte was well aware that every side of her family had people with a certain...status, but she was still surprised every time. Her attention was drawn from her thoughts by Professor Knapp greeting her as "Sparkly Door" because...of course he did. She didn't even question anything any Knapp did at this point. Charlotte took her seat and pulled out a piece of parchment. She enjoyed Charms, finding she had a certain knack for it. She looked over the notes on the board and began to jot down a few things about the spells on the paper in front of her.
