Post by Protégé on Aug 18, 2009 13:12:03 GMT -5
(I apologize for ridiculously long. I am really really really going to try and make these things shorter.)
Protégé stood at the front of his classroom, ready for the second class. In boxes behind his desk were materials that would be useful for the class. He had already put the new textbooks on the desks for the students (TEXT BOOK). This class would actually get into some transfiguration. Designing the lesson had been difficult, but Protégé had decided starting with the ability to fuse items together would be a good start. It would be a useful one for anyone who got in trouble, he thought, smirking slightly. However, before he got into the whole actual magic, he'd give students a bit of an intro.
"Welcome to the first actually useful Transfiguration class of the semester. I'm your usual teacher, so everything's nice and in order. Rather different from normal. Anyway, I'd figure before we got into anything, we'd talk a bit about Transfiguration."
"Now, Transfiguration is one of the magics that Muggles have been able to imitate with their methods. They can't achieve anywhere near the level we can achieve with magic, but they can do a decent amount, with large amounts of effort. That's the nice thing we have, we get away with a lot for less effort. However, a bit of studying what muggles know is always useful. They might know a few tricks or two that make things easier. For example, if you know anything about making glass, it might be a bit easier to make glass using the materials muggles use than using something like your textbook."
"With practice, transfiguration isn't that difficult regardless of materials. However, as beginners, or whatever level you may be, it will always be easier the less you try and change the nature of what you are working with, or make objects into something they can't naturally become. Which brings us to our lesson."
Picking up the boxes, he began placing bags of broken porcelain and two pieces of metal: a small block of zinc and a slightly larger piece of copper. "Today's assignment is simple: look over what the text says about melding, and then try and use that spell to repair this vase." As he said this, he waved towards his desk, where a fully repaired vase sat for students to visualize. "The one on my desk is slightly larger, so I want you to look at the pieces and think a bit about what size it might be."
"Once you have done that, I want you to try and meld these two metals together. You may just meld them into a block that's part copper and part zinc. However, if you know a bit of metallurgy, you may be able to think of something else you can make with this."
Protégé wasn't going to be foolish enough to require they automatically know what two metals put together are. Had he assigned it as homework, they might have had time to research. However, he was interested to see how students would approach that piece of the puzzle. Returning to his desk, he sat down to watch the students. "If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Even if you just want to bounce an idea off of me."DERP!
Protégé stood at the front of his classroom, ready for the second class. In boxes behind his desk were materials that would be useful for the class. He had already put the new textbooks on the desks for the students (TEXT BOOK). This class would actually get into some transfiguration. Designing the lesson had been difficult, but Protégé had decided starting with the ability to fuse items together would be a good start. It would be a useful one for anyone who got in trouble, he thought, smirking slightly. However, before he got into the whole actual magic, he'd give students a bit of an intro.
"Welcome to the first actually useful Transfiguration class of the semester. I'm your usual teacher, so everything's nice and in order. Rather different from normal. Anyway, I'd figure before we got into anything, we'd talk a bit about Transfiguration."
"Now, Transfiguration is one of the magics that Muggles have been able to imitate with their methods. They can't achieve anywhere near the level we can achieve with magic, but they can do a decent amount, with large amounts of effort. That's the nice thing we have, we get away with a lot for less effort. However, a bit of studying what muggles know is always useful. They might know a few tricks or two that make things easier. For example, if you know anything about making glass, it might be a bit easier to make glass using the materials muggles use than using something like your textbook."
"With practice, transfiguration isn't that difficult regardless of materials. However, as beginners, or whatever level you may be, it will always be easier the less you try and change the nature of what you are working with, or make objects into something they can't naturally become. Which brings us to our lesson."
Picking up the boxes, he began placing bags of broken porcelain and two pieces of metal: a small block of zinc and a slightly larger piece of copper. "Today's assignment is simple: look over what the text says about melding, and then try and use that spell to repair this vase." As he said this, he waved towards his desk, where a fully repaired vase sat for students to visualize. "The one on my desk is slightly larger, so I want you to look at the pieces and think a bit about what size it might be."
"Once you have done that, I want you to try and meld these two metals together. You may just meld them into a block that's part copper and part zinc. However, if you know a bit of metallurgy, you may be able to think of something else you can make with this."
Protégé wasn't going to be foolish enough to require they automatically know what two metals put together are. Had he assigned it as homework, they might have had time to research. However, he was interested to see how students would approach that piece of the puzzle. Returning to his desk, he sat down to watch the students. "If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Even if you just want to bounce an idea off of me."DERP!