All of these classes are a lot of fun. You can do all three classes, or just one or two. It does not matter. E-owl all of your homework, name, and house to Deputy Headmistress Shadow. We will send you your grade and how many house points you have earned. Have fun!
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Divination
Hello Class! My name is Professor Future! Today we are going to be learning a lot.
We are going to learn what some signs mean that will help us tell the future. Below is a list of what the sign looks like and what it means.
:O = you are tired
*_* = something bad is going to happen
{:} = you are going to win something
k:" = you are going to lose a friend to something horrible
#@ = if you make a wish it will come true sometime in the future
Those are 5 things that will help you prdict the future. That is the class lesson for today. As you can see, it is very short.
But, I do give a lot of homework. I want you to predict the future for 7 days, or a week. You can write a story about what you are going to do next week. It must be at least 1 page long with size 12 font, and no skipping lines or double spacing in between words. I will find out. The work is due on the date specified on your schedule. It will be graded. Have a nice day!
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Astronomy
Hi! My name is Professor Moon. We're going to learn about the constellations for a while. We will go in ABC order, so first up is Andromeda.
Andromeda was the princess of Ethiopia, daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia. Cassiopeia was a boastful woman, and foolishly bragged that she was more beautiful than Juno, the queen of the gods, and the Nereids. In order to avenge the insult to his nymphs, Neptune sent a sea monster to ravage the Ethiopian coast. (Some accounts state that the constellation Cetus represents the sea monster, but a more common view of Cetus is that he is a peaceful whale.) The horrified king consulted Ammon, the oracle of Jupiter, who said that Neptune could be appeased only by sacrificing Cassiopeia's beautiful virgin daughter, Andromeda, to the monster. Andromeda was duly chained to a rock on the coast, fully exposed to the monster. Fortunately for her, the hero Perseus happened to be flying by on his way back from killing the Gorgon Medusa: When Perseus saw the princess, her arms chained to the hard rock, he would have taken her for a marble statue, had not the light breeze stirred her hair, and warm tears streamed from her eyes. Without realizing it, he fell in love. Amazed at the sight of such rare beauty, he stood still in wonder, and almost forgot to keep his wings moving in the air. As he came to a halt, he called out: "You should not be wearing such chains as these--the proper bonds for you are those which bind the hearts of fond lovers! Tell me your name, I pray, and the name of your country, and why you are in chains."
At first she was silent; for, being a girl, she did not dare to speak to a man. She would have concealed her face modestly behind her hands, had they not been bound fast. What she could do, she did, filling her eyes with starting tears. When Perseus persisted, questioning her again and again, she became afraid lest her unwillingness to talk might seem due to guilt; so she told him the name of her country, and her own name, and she also told him how her mother, a beautiful woman, had been too confident in her beauty. Before she had finished, the waters roared and from the ocean wastes there came a menacing monster, its breast covering the waves far and wide. The girl screamed. Her sorrowing father was close at hand, and her mother too. They were both in deep distress, though the mother had more cause to be so (Metamorphoses IV 674-692)Perseus says to Andromeda's parents that he'll kill the monster if they agree to give him their daughter's hand in marriage. They of course give him their consent, and Perseus kills the monster. (His exact method of doing so varies in different versions of the myth. Ovid has Perseus stab the monster to death after a drawn-out, bloody battle, while other versions have the hero simply hold up the head of Medusa, turning the monster to stone.) Andromeda is freed, and the two joyously marry. Andromeda is represented in the sky as the figure of a woman with her arms outstreched and chained at the wrists.
I hope you learned a lot! That was a looooooooooooooong lesson! I hope I wasn't too boring!
Homework: Answer these 5 questions.
1. Tell in your own words Andromeda's personality.
2. What happened to Andromeda before she met Perseus?
3. What did Perseus do?
4. What represents Andromeda in the sky?
5. What is your oppinion about what should have happened to Andromeda?
Homework is due on the date specified on your schedule.
Muggle Studies
Hello Class! Sorry I am so late! My name is Professor Calling! We are going to have to shorten the lesson a little because of my being late. Me being late gives NONE of you an exscuse to be late, okay?
Now, for the lesson. Today, we are going to learn about the computer. Now, the computer is used for a lot of things. Muggles use it to go on the Internet, whatever that is. You can also type up papers on it and print them out of something called a printer. You can play games and listen to music on computer, too. As you can see, they are very interesting.
Now, for your homework, I want you to right about 2 appliances that you have in your house. I know what you are thinking, we are witches and wizards!, but go back to your regular life and pretend you are muggles while you write this paper. The paper has to be 2 paragraphs long, 6 sentences in a paragraph. It is due on the dat given on your schedule. That is the bell. Have a nice day!
E-owl Deputy Headmistress Shadow!
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