Post by Filius Flitwick on Feb 7, 2011 20:35:29 GMT
“Welcome to charms,” chirped Filius Flitwick. He found himself teaching a mixed class of second and sixth years so he decided to make the best of the situation. It could prove a useful learning experience for both groups. In an attempt to prevent their respective charms interfering with each other, he had split the classroom down the middle, second years on the right and sixth years on the left.
Filius first turned to the assembled second years. They had each been issued with some form of broken pottery. Similarly the remnants of a clay bowl sat on Filius’s desk.
“Today, you will be practicing Reparo, a charm which is used to repair things. As you may guess, it is useful for a number of reasons. You may even find this particular spell keeps you out of detention if you inadvertently damage school property.” Reparo had saved Filius and Ravenclaw a number of house points back during his time at Hogwarts. To this day, no-one had ever found out about that vase on the second floor.
“Reparo!” Always one to favour teaching by demonstration, Filius pointed his wand at the clay bowl fragments. The bowl obediently reformed and sat good-as-new on his desk.
“After you have completed the spell successful, you have my permission to break your pottery again and continue practicing for the remainder of the lesson. Please do this in manner safe for both yourselves and your classmates.”
The sixth years on the other hand were to be tasked with Aguamenti. There were a number of buckets dotted around the classroom for students to aim the water jets into. Filius had also taken it upon himself prior to the lesson to cast an anti-slip charm on the floor and waterproofing charm on the desks. He didn’t fully trust his students aim, especially on their first try of the spell.
“Now, sixth years. May I regretfully say again welcome to your NEWTs,” Filius said, sounding as far from regretful as possible. “We will be beginning with conjuring spells.”
“Conjuring spells, as their name suggests, are used create an object or substance from thin air. Conjuring spells are advanced magic, this is an important point to bear in mind. This is because… In fact, there may be house points on the line if anyone can suggest a reason as to why these charms are so complex?”
“We’ll start with water, possibly the simplest substance to conjure,” continued Filius. “The incantation is ‘Aguamenti’ and remember concentration is the key with these spells. You are unlikely to achieve an impressive result, if any, on your first try but keep persevering. The result you are aiming for is something like this.”
Filius aimed his wand at a nearby bucket and muttered the spell. A jet of water emerged from the tip of his wand and landed in the bucket with a splash.
“I’d like you all to try this. Remember this is much more advanced magic than you have done before, and do try not to soak your classmates,” he beamed.
Filius first turned to the assembled second years. They had each been issued with some form of broken pottery. Similarly the remnants of a clay bowl sat on Filius’s desk.
“Today, you will be practicing Reparo, a charm which is used to repair things. As you may guess, it is useful for a number of reasons. You may even find this particular spell keeps you out of detention if you inadvertently damage school property.” Reparo had saved Filius and Ravenclaw a number of house points back during his time at Hogwarts. To this day, no-one had ever found out about that vase on the second floor.
“Reparo!” Always one to favour teaching by demonstration, Filius pointed his wand at the clay bowl fragments. The bowl obediently reformed and sat good-as-new on his desk.
“After you have completed the spell successful, you have my permission to break your pottery again and continue practicing for the remainder of the lesson. Please do this in manner safe for both yourselves and your classmates.”
The sixth years on the other hand were to be tasked with Aguamenti. There were a number of buckets dotted around the classroom for students to aim the water jets into. Filius had also taken it upon himself prior to the lesson to cast an anti-slip charm on the floor and waterproofing charm on the desks. He didn’t fully trust his students aim, especially on their first try of the spell.
“Now, sixth years. May I regretfully say again welcome to your NEWTs,” Filius said, sounding as far from regretful as possible. “We will be beginning with conjuring spells.”
“Conjuring spells, as their name suggests, are used create an object or substance from thin air. Conjuring spells are advanced magic, this is an important point to bear in mind. This is because… In fact, there may be house points on the line if anyone can suggest a reason as to why these charms are so complex?”
“We’ll start with water, possibly the simplest substance to conjure,” continued Filius. “The incantation is ‘Aguamenti’ and remember concentration is the key with these spells. You are unlikely to achieve an impressive result, if any, on your first try but keep persevering. The result you are aiming for is something like this.”
Filius aimed his wand at a nearby bucket and muttered the spell. A jet of water emerged from the tip of his wand and landed in the bucket with a splash.
“I’d like you all to try this. Remember this is much more advanced magic than you have done before, and do try not to soak your classmates,” he beamed.