homework!

With Easter and my birthday all on the same day this year this weekend totally got out of hand! Also many happy returns go out to my niece as her birthday is just the day before mine. :) It's been lovely though but now on to the homework!! :)

1- Who wrote the obituary of Dumbledore in The Daily Prophet? Elphias Doge
2- What is a Squib? A child born to at least one wizarding parent with no magical ability. Arabella Figg (who watches over Harry for Dumbledore)is a good example.
3- Who stole the locket Horcrux from the Black House? Mundungus Fletcher
4- What are the Albus Dumbledores' siblings names? Ariana and Aberforth
5- Where did Hermione leave the money for the eggs and bread that they stole from the lonely farm? Under the chicken coop.
6- What is the quote Lily and James Potter have on their tombstone? "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death."
7- Why did Gilbert Grindewald leave wizarding school? He was expelled for performing magical experiments that harmed other students
8- Where does Xeno Lovegood first say that Luna is when Ron, Hermione and Harry visit? Out collecting plimpies.
9- What wood is the wand from The Deathly Hallows supposed to be made out of? Elder wood.
10- How did Harry, Hermione and Ron escape the vaults of Gringotts? A dragon was used by Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger to escape the bank following their break-in in 1998.
11- What is the name of the all-female Quidditch team that Ginny has a poster of in her room? Holyhead Harpies
12- Describe what the Undetectable Extension Charm is. A spell placed on any object to make the internal space larger than the external object appears. The tents that the Weasley's use at the Quidditch Cup are a good example.

And done! I have been really enjoying my homework this term. :) I know that makes me a terrible suckup but I can't help it! Time for a nice warm bath and bed.

Who would you be and why?

Centy posed an interesting question today for those of us just dying for some homework! ;) What a bunch of overachievers we are!! She asked us which HP character we'd be and why. I like to think that I'd make a good Tonks. She questions authority, has a wicked sense of humor and sees beauty in the unusual. Remus was one of my book crushes and so we share that too! I love her bravery and that she doesn't ever bow to convention be it fashion or her core values. I strive to be true to myself without compromise in my personal life and it causes me a bit of uncomfortableness at times. I wish everyone could be as accepting as Tonks and I hope that people see me as accepting of them in all their unusual beauty. And I actually LIKE the name Nymphadora! ;)

Mischief Managed!!!

I am so excited!! I finished my handmade item for Wisteria today. I think it looks really good!! I am waiting on a tiny little (super cool) piece from my last little purchase and it will be good to go!! I am so excited to see what she thinks. I really did a lot of looking around to find the perfect things. Nothing to do now but wait and send Ava out with some tiny parcels until the day I can send the big one!!
I love it when a big project comes together well. :)

Arithmancy homework!!

I love puzzles! The answer to our homework is Teddy Lupin! :) Thanks for the great puzzle guys!

History of Magic essay homework

Due to their close proximity, Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Magic and the town of Hogsmeade have a special relationship. One of the perks of having a magical town right outside of the school is the search for any and all secret passageways to and from each location. So far we know of at least eight passage ways to and from Hogwarts to Hogsmeade. All but two of the passageways were built for reasons unknown but it's possible that some of them were built in or around 1612 to be used during the goblin rebellion which centered in Hogsmeade. At least two of them were used in the final battle to defeat Voldermort.

There is one passageway from Hogwarts to a shop in Knockturn Alley in London. For the sake of completeness we will describe it here. The passageway is a link between two vanishing cabinets, one in the school and the other in Borgin and Burkes in Knockturn Alley. This link presumably worked until 1992 when Peeves (persuaded by Nearly Headless Nick) smashed the Hogwarts cabinet. The passage was reopened on or about December 1996 when Draco Malfoy fixed the cabinet. This passage is not shown on the Marauder's Map.

The first passageway from the school to Hogsmeade goes from Hogwarts third floor corridor to the Honeydukes cellar. To enter this passage from Hogwarts, one needs to tap on the statue of the one-eyed witch in the third floor corridor and say "Dissendium." It leads to a trap door in the floor of the Honeydukes cellar. The original Marauders found this passageway and marked it on the Marauders map. Fred and George, who also possessed this map, used it extensively when in attendance at Hogwarts and showed Harry how to use it.

The second passageway is from the Whomping Willow to the Shrieking Shack. It was built when Remus Lupin came to Hogwarts to allow him a place to go when he transformed every full moon. The tunnel is accessed by prodding a knot on the trunk of the Whomping Willow, and it leads to the basement of the Shrieking Shack.
The third passageway goes from the Room of Requirement to the Hog's Head Inn. This secret passage opened in 1998 to allow renegade Hogwarts students, Dumbledore's Army, who were in hiding to access food. Though the door is in plain sight in the Room of Requirement, the passageway can only be accessed from the Hog's Head through the portrait of Ariana Dumbledore on the second floor of the inn.

The fourth secret passageway is behind the mirror on the fourth floor and leads to a hallway in the back store rooms of Dervish and Banges. Fred and George used this passageway, which was unknown to Filch, extensively until it caved in winter 1992. This was a great way to check out the new magical equipment that was going on sale.
A fifth passage way entrance is located behind a statue of Gregory the Smarmy and leads to an opening behind an especially garish tapestry in Madame Puddifoot's tea shop. It's a favorite of trysting couples trying not to be seen arriving at the tea shop together.

A seventh passage way is located in the owlry on the Hogwarts grounds and leads to a underground passage that comes out right behind the Post Office of Hogsmeade. This passage was possibly used to smuggle out owls that needed to be seen going out as regular post instead of being sent from the grounds of Hogwarts.
The last two passage ways are lost to us. Only cursory mention of them is made in some of Filtch's papers as well as some cryptic notations in some of Tom Riddles notebooks.

One seems to have been in the "chamber" which we might assume means the Chamber of Secrets where the basilisk lived below Hogwarts. In such a maze of tunnels it is impossible to know where an entrance might be located. Though the entrance to the Chamber is still accessible through the bathroom on the second floor students are strongly encouraged not to attempt a search for this passage.

We only know about the last passageway as a full number of eight was mentioned in a History of Hogwarts written after the final battle. This last passageway is called "the eight" or sometimes "the final" but has never been confirmed or found by anyone in modern times.

a cypher!!

It took me a day or so but once I got "harry" and "ginny" and "kissed" it didn't take me too long!

Original:
CVMMT GJJFZY VMJPIY; OCZMZ RVN BDIIT MPIIDIB OJRVMY CDH; NCZ CVY V CVMY, WGVUDIB GJJF DI CZM AVXZ VN NCZ OCMZR CZM VMHN VMJPIY CDH. VIY RDOCJPO OCDIFDIB, RDOCJPO KGVIIDIB DO, RDOCJPO RJMMTDIB VWJPO OCZ AVXO OCVO ADAOT KZJKGZ RZMZ RVOXCDIB, CVMMT FDNNZY CZM.

Solved!
"Harry looked around; there was Ginny running towards him; she had a hard, blazing look in her face as she threw her arms around him. And without thinking, without planning it, without worrying about the fact that fifty people were watching, Harry kissed her."

Homework II : Electric Boogaloo

Whew! OK I misread the directions and thought we could only use 4 letter words, not 4 or MORE. So too bad for me but here are the 4 letter ones I found and their attendant Potter meanings! :)

Muggle Studies - 4 letter words

• mule - an obstinant burrow see also Ron Weasley
  
• stud - Cedric Diggory
  
• glug - what we do with butterbeer
  
• mess - what the whomping willow made out of the Weasley's car
  
• glue - what you use to keep your copy of Tales of Beadle the Bard together
  
• less - Draco's company is something we want LESS of
  
• mugs - what we drink butterbeer out of
  
• smug - Draco Malfoy's usual expression
  
• dies - Our hope is that Lord Voldermort does
  
• digs - What one does when one wants to bury a baby mandrake
  
• diet - Something Crabbe could certainly benefit from
  
• duel - a contest of speed and endurance of the wand or knit variety
  
• legs - what we use to run from dementors
  
• ties - what we must wear with our uniforms at all times on campus
  
• deem - a word Professor McGonagal uses in many sentences eg: "Your punishment is whatever I deem necessary Mr. Potter."
  
• diss - what we commonly do to Slytherins ;)
  
• dime - a common form of American muggle currency
  
• dues - what we pay every semester for upkeep of our House
  
• duet - a song sung together with someone else
  
• dust - everything in the room with the mirror of Erised was covered with this
  
• duit - another form of muggle currency, Dutch
  
• edge - what the death of Albus Dumbledore pushes Harry over
  
• edit - what Hermione does to Ron's papers to make them look halfway decent
  
• eels - creatures that live in lakes and rivers and look a lot like Nagini
  
• eggs - what dragons hatch from, see also Hagrid, Charlie Weasley
  
• egis - armor plate that protects the chest like the ones on the suits of armor at Hogwarts
  
• Eide - A village in the muggle country of Norway, sometimes thought to be near the unplottable Durmstrang Institute
  
• elms - a wood said to be the abode of faeries, resistant to splitting and used in wands. Lucius Malfoy's wand is made of elm
  
• else - other, different
  
• emit - to throw or give off or out, when Harry opens the dragon egg it emits a screeching noise
  
• emus - the largest bird native to Australia
  
• geld - what Hagrid has to do to the Gryffin's so they don't reproduce
  
• gels - a colourful filter cover over a light, gelatin
  
• gelt - gold covered coin shaped chocolate similar to Shock-o-Choc from Honeydukes
  
• gems - jewels, sometimes set in jewelry
  
• gest - A notable adventure or exploit, A verse romance or tale. eg: Harry Potter's adventures
  
• gets - Hermione really "gets" Ron
  
• gigs - The Weird Sisters get great gigs like the Yule Ball
  
• gild - To cover in gold, the very apt beginning of Gilderoy Lockhart's name
  
• gilt - Gold coloured, Gilderoy Lockhart's hair was like a gilt picture frame!
  
• gist - the idea of, It takes Ron a little while get the gist of what Hermione tells him.
  
• gits - Crabbe & Goyle are little gits.
  
• glee - what Hermione has when punching Draco in the nose
  
• glum - how Ron feels when Lavender will not stop hanging all over him
  
• glut - an abundance, Fred & George have a glut of extendable ears when they start Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes
  
• gums - what your teeth are in!
  
• gust - a strong wind, though you might feel a gust if the Whomping Willow swung a branch by you
  
• guts - what the Dumbledore Army has in abundance
  
• ides - the 15th of the month, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter will open on the ides of December
  
• idle - what Gryffindor's never are
  
• isle - a small island, the Isle of Drear is a small island located off the northern most tip of Scotland. The Isle is the home of the Quintaped,and has been made Unplottable for this reason.
  
• item - an object, the horcruxes that Harry looks for are magical items.
  
• lees - residual yeast from fermintation, when yeast is used in making butterbeer you can see lees in the container after straining
  
• leis - beautiful flower necklaces usually made from orchids, sometimes seen on Veelas
  
• lest - for fear that, Harry left school after his 6th year lest Voldermort take over the magical world.
  
• lets - contraction for let us, Let's head into Hogsmeade this weekend.
  
• lids - coverings for jars
  
• lied - told a lie, Harry's Aunt and Uncle lied to Harry about his parents death.
  
• lies - untruths, Rita Skeeter writes various lies about Harry for the Daily Prophet.
  
• lieu - instead of, Ron depends on Hermione to help him with his studies in lieu of actually doing the work himself.
  
• lime - a green tart fruit, Cornielius Fudge has a habit of wearing a lime green bowler hat.
  
• list - a collection of items, Dumbledore's Army members all signed up on a list.
  
• lite - lighter, when you want a less calorie drink, drink Butterbeer-lite!
  
• luge - a luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face up) and feet-first, a common sport at Drumstrang Institute.
  
• lugs - a four sided sail as on the Durmstrang ships
  
• lust - what Lavender has for Ron
  
• lute - a stringed instrument, the Weird Sisters have a lute player in their band
  
• meet - what the 3 wizarding schools did at the tri-wizard tournament
  
• meld - what Harry's mind does with the memories in the pensieve
  
• melt - what Harry does when Ginny Weasley is around or what Ron does when any Veela is anywhere near!
  
• mete - to give out, Harry metes out some mighty punishment on Lord Voldermort
  
• mild - what everyone thinks Neville Longbottom is and oh how wrong they are
  
• mile - a sneakoscope is a type of Dark Detector and can detect dark magic up to a mile away
  
• miss - what we do to each other when our swaps are over!
  
• mist - what hangs around in the Forbidden Forest making it super creepy
  
• mite - a tiny thing, Colin Creevy was a mite of a guy.
  
• muse - what Hermione is to Ron.
  
• muss - what Harry's hair normally looks like.
  
• must - fermentation residue from wine making, I'm sure Fleur Delcore's family is familiar with must and all aspects of wine making.
  
• mute - silent, something Molly Weasely never is, unless something horrible has happened
  
• seed - the germ of a plant, something we see a lot of in Professor Sprout's Herbology classes.
  
• seem - to be like, Draco likes to 'seem' like a good student when really he's a horrible git.
  
• sees - to see, It takes another guy (Viktor Krom) to make Ron see how much Hermione means to him.
  
• semi - half, Hagrid is a semi-giant.
  
• sets - series of things on a common theme, Dumbledore's Army is a great set of wizards.
  
• side - a place, space, or direction with respect to a center or to a line of division (as of an aisle, river, or street), you need to PICK A SIDE and we pick Dumbledore's.
  
• slit - a narrow opening, A loophole is a slit in a castle wall for light, air,or shooting through and Howart's has many of them.
  
• site - place, The site of the Battle of Hogwarts was within the castle and on the grounds of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
  
• sits - to sit,Neville spends his first year at Hogwarts sitting down rather a lot.
  
• sled - a seat with runners to slide on snow, another popular Durmstrang sport.
  
• slid - to slide, as in the Durmstrang luge.
  
• slim - Fleur Delacour is described as slim in all her descriptions.
  
• silt - the dirt on the bottom of lakes and rivers, Harry encounters a lot of silt in the tri-wizard challenge underwater with the mer-people.
  
• slug - a snail without a shell, The Slug Club is a club started by Horace Slughorn.
  
• slut - something I'm quite sure none of us are. ;)
  
• smit - to be smitten! For a while Harry is in deep smit with Cho Chang.
  
• smut - trashy writing, Rita Skeever is a muck raker and a smut writer.
  
• stem - the thing that the flower sits on, or great legs!
  
• suds - soap bubbles, If you use the scouring charm you get great suds!
  
• sued - to be involved in a lawsuit
  
• sues - to involve someone in a lawsuit
  
• suet - raw beef or mutton fat used to feed birds, if you need some you can usually find it in the owlry.
  
• suit - a set of clothes, a suit of armor is handy for fighting dragons
  
• sums - what you need to do your arithmancy homework!
  
• teem - to swarm, sometimes the owlry at Hogwarts is simply teeming with owls
  
• tide - the rising of Earth's ocean surface caused by the tidal forces of the Moon and the Sun acting on the oceans
  
• tied - to tie up, the Death eaters tie Harry to a tombstone in Goblet of Fire
  
• tile - small ceramic piece used for decoration, the bathroom the Moaning Myrtle lives in has many tiles
  
• time - what Hermione turns
  
• tugs - pulls on, Colin Creevy is always pulling on someone's robe so he can get a better picture.
  
• tule - a hardstem bulrush found on the shores of Hogwarts lake
  
• used - to use up, once you have drunk your polyjuice potion it is all used up!
  
• uses - to use, Harry uses his wand on many a different spell.