History of Magic -- Lesson Two

[Bean]

Disorganised as always, Professor Bean sat at the front of the classroom trying to find some papers she had graded the night before. Maybe she had left them in the staff room... either way, she couldn't leave now. Her class was starting to assemble, and she had a lesson to teach. Giving up, Vicky closed her folder and looked around the classroom with bright brown eyes.

"Good afternoon. I'm sure you all had a good Christmas and New Year? And I'm also hoping you've had chance to talk about them, because we have a lesson to do!" Clapping her hands, four names appeared on the blackboard behind her.

[glow=red,2,300]Godric Gryffindor[/glow]

[glow=blue,2,300]Rowena Ravenclaw[/glow]

[glow=yellow,2,300]Helga Hufflepuff[/glow]

[glow=green,2,300]Salazar Slytherin[/glow]

A smile came on Vicky's face as she watched the bemusement appear on her student's faces. "Today, we will be looking at the founding witches and wizards of your houses. If you open your textbooks, you will find some information on each, and the questions are on the board. Begin."

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[Anne Gwish]

Anne instantly did as instructed, and opened her book, her attention soley on the teacher. She sat up strait and she gently tapped her quill on the desk ready to work.

[~<3~Morgan Voltaire~<3~]

Morgan stepped into class, sporting a new look and hairdo. green plants, black hoodie, choker, and boots, a purple t-shirt and short spiky black hair. She took a seat next to Anne, and opened her book, studying the assignment.

1) Write a short sentence about each of the founders, putting across the qualities they looked for in the students they chose for their houses.

Well, as for my house founder, Godric Gryffindor wanted all his students to be courageous, spirited and fiercely loyal.

Miss Rowena Ravenclaw, wantedThe students placed in her house to have wisdom, intellect, awareness and life experience.

Helga Hufflepuff wanted the sudents in her house to have motivation, loyalty, determination, selflessness and pride.

Salazar Slytherin had decreed that Slytherins are chosen for their determination, their desire for power and thirst for life generally.

2) Take your house founder, and write a few details about why they chose these qualities, and also describe a bit of their past.

Godric Gryffindor probably picked these qualities in likeness of himself, as he was Brave, loyal and spirited. His past was that of Heroism, as he single handely, made waste of a dark wizard, making his name noted even in the present times.

3) Do you feel your qualities match up to those that the founders looked for?

Well, as I am loyal to all that know and love me, Brave in the face of danger, and spirited when it comes to sticking up for my house, I think I was chosen correctly. But what I am concerned about is my thirst for vengeance, and lust for power. But those are minor problems.

~Morgan Le'Dire

Satisfied with her parchment, she stood and handed Professor Vicky Bean her assingment, smile on her face.

14 points. Good answers here, Morgan.
-VB

[Abrena Nott]

Sitting in the back of the class, fairly isolated as per usual, Abrena watched the names of the school's founders scrawl themselves across the board, followed by the questions for the assignment. Abrena scanned them, and a tiny smile flickered across her face. This assignment certainly wouldn't chew up much time, at least. Without wasting another moment, she pulled quill and parchment out of the bag resting at her feet and set to work.

1. The school's founders came together with a common goal, but each had his or her own values, and they chose those students who would be in their houses accordingly. Godric Gryffindor valued bravery, and so those in the Gryffindor House are those who possess courage in a stock far beyond most people. The blue-eyed girl just barely stopped herself from writing, 'as well as good sense' at the end of that sentance, but figuring that the joke might not be too appreciated, she restrained herself and moved on to answer the rest of the question.

Rowena Ravenclaw was a woman who admired intelligence, and so she picked those of intellect, logic and knowledge to be a part of the house of Ravenclaw. Salazar Slytherin, an ambitious man, set great stock in purity of bloodlines, and so his house became something of a haven for those of old wizarding families. Finally, Helga Hufflepuff would take in those who were hardworking, just and loyal to their friends and companions.

2. When looking into the past of the founder of my House, Salazar Slytherin, you will be sure to find the two things he was most famed for: one, his ability as a Parselmouth, and two, the construction of the Chamber of Secrets. Naturally, the founding of the Slytherin House is also something that you would come across. As previously stated, the value that Slytherin perceived in purity blood became one of the qualities used to sort students into the Slytherin House. However, there are also a numerous amount of personality traits, based on Slytherin himself, that are used to determine what makes a Slytherin: cunning, pride, a desire to succeed. That someone must be Dark-inclined to be chosen for Slytherin is of course a myth, although many Slytherins have, in their search for power, turned to the Dark arts.

3. I was chosen correctly for the Slytherin House; I possess determination, pride and a desire to succeed and prove myself to others, as well as being from an old pure-blood family.

Abrena Nott
Slytherin House

Blowing on the ink to dry it, Abrena scanned over the assignment briefly and found it satisfactory. True, the answer to the third question was a little sparse, but putting even that much about herself down on paper made her uneasy. To say that she usually liked to keep her personality to herself would have been an understatement.

Finally, with an almost imperceptible shrug, the girl stood up and moved to the front of the room, where she placed the parchment on the teacher's desk. Without a word, the blonde girl wove her way around the desk and other students who were getting up to turn their own assignments in, or going to chat with friends who were seated elsewhere in the room, sat back down in her own chair and folded her hands in front of her, waiting patiently for the class to end.

Abrena - Excellent and detailed work. Well done. 17 points
-VB

[Maximilienne]

Maximilienne rushed into the classroom with her schoolbag full of books and all the things she needed. Max took a seat somewhere in the middle of the classroom and took out a peice of parchment. She had luckally heard the assignment in the corridors.

Maximilienne Luc Forest
Sub: History of Magic

Godric Gryffindor, founder of Gryffindor house. Godric wanted the students under Gryffindor house to be courageous, brave and loyal. Only thoes worth of having the qualities are sorted into Gryffindor.
Helga Hufflepuff is founder of Hufflepuff house. Helga wanted her students to be loyal, patient, true and able to overcome difficult times and choises. Thoes who had the quialities were sorted into Hufflepuff house.
Rowena Ravenclaw is the founder of Ravenclaw house. Rowena of course pleased for her students to be bright, willing to learn knoledge, and had a ready mind. Those who possesed the qualities were ofcourse sorted into Ravenclaw.
Last but not least was founder Salazar Slytherin head of Slytherin house. Slazar wanted his students to be pureblood, and cunning.((im in a hurry here)) Those only worthy of were sorted into Slytherin.

Maximilienne took a while and flipped through the book trying to find more information, she wanted to at least get an E.

Maximilienne - Short answers, could do with a little more detail - 10 points
-VB

[Ashlle G. Rainier]

OOC: Professor, your Link isn't working. I tried searching for it and it won't come up.
Is there another link you might give me so I can participate in the class?

[gabriel]

Gabriel made his way into class and sat down beside two Gryffindor girls. He read the board and then the books "Ok that seems simple enough i hope." He said with a bit of a grin trying to lighten his own mood.

Gabriel Windscar, Ravenclaw
Subject :History of Magic

1) Write a short sentence about each of the founders, putting across the qualities they looked for in the students they chose for their houses.

Gryffindor- Godric Gryffindor was one of the two wizards who built the school, he choise his house qualitys from his own beliefs as did every house founder. Gryffindor's beliefs lead him to chose ;noble spirit,courageous, spirited and fiercely loyal as the house quilitys


Ravenclaw- Rowena Ravenclaw was one of the top witches of the age who helped the other three founders build this schoo, her house was named after her. She chose as her qualitys;wisdom, intellect, awareness and life experience

Hufflepuff- Helga hufflepuff was one of the most unqiue founders this school had she tought everyone should be able to join in and her house proves it, her quiltys are as follows motivation, loyalty, determination, selflessness and pride

Slytherin- Salazar Slytherin was the only other wizard who built the school we now sit in. His house qualitys were chosen from his beliefs as were the others, he chose determination, their desire for power and thirst for life generally

2) Take your house founder, and write a few details about why they chose these qualities, and also describe a bit of their past.

Rowena Ravenclaw choise those qualitys because they fitted her personality and her beliefs or else she would not have founded the house on those princles. As for her past She was the one who held the 3 other founder together so to speak, it was her magic that bewitched the sorting hat on godrics head, as well as it was she who brought the idea of houses to the other founders. It was her kind of thinking that lead her to be one of the first recognised female intellectuals of wizardkind

3) Do you feel your qualities match up to those that the founders looked for?

I belive that i hold many fo the quilitys that fit with the Fair and proud Ravenclaw house, i only hope my work and personal standerds can match up with the schools.

He reread the paper twice and winced wishing he could have done better but he stood up and gave the parchment to the teacher

Gabriel - Very good - 17 points
-VB

[Claire]

OK, here are the house point totals for the class you have all completed! Well done to all who took part!

[glow=red,2,300]Gryffindor: 24 [/glow]

[glow=blue,2,300]Ravenclaw: 17 [/glow]

[glow=yellow,2,300]Hufflepuff: 0 [/glow]

[glow=green,2,300]Slytherin: 17 [/glow]