Post by Headmistress Watson on Jul 30, 2005 19:09:13 GMT -5
THIS POST IS AN EXAMPLE! THIS TEACHER NO LONGER IS ACTIVE AND I HAVE DECIDED TO USE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE BECAUSE IT IS EXCELLENT EXAMPLE! MAKE SURE YOU READ THIS ESPECIALLY IF YOU WISH TO BECOME A TEACHER!
So you've chosen to take Transfiguration. Congratulations. For many of you, you are here because you have a true desire to learn this powerful branch of magic. Others of you are here because you think it will be an easy 'O'. Well, you are wrong. I may as well be the toughest, most detail-driven teacher in this school. Complain about me all you want, and watch your house's points tick away and find yourself in the middle of the hardest detentions that you've only had nightmares about.
The following are to be brought to each and every single lesson no matter what. Failure to do so will result in a lose of five points for your house for each item you forgot for each time you forget them.
-Textbooks:
-A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch for first and second years.
-Intermediate Transfiguration by Emeric Switch for third and fourth years.
-Transfiguration for the OWL Student by Siobhan Watson for fifth years.
-Transfiguration for the NEWT Student by Siobhan Watson for sixth and seventh years.
-Parchment: 5 to 12 roles on average.
-Quills: 3 black inked quills minumum; extra 2 colored quills (restricted to red, gold, green, blue, purple, silver, or bronze) for note taking.
-Wand: No wand, no seat.
You may only leave my class to go to three places: the bathroom, the Hospital Wing, or to another teacher.
-Bathroom: You can only leave this class to go to the bathroom once a semester. Transfiguration is not the time to wait to use the lavatories. I don't care how much you drank at lunch, it's your own fault for drinking all of that liquid when you knew what would happen in the end.
-Hospital Wing: There are many accidents in this classroom. Some that result may damage you or a fellow student. If I feel that this accident was truly that, an accident, than the injured party may go to the bathroom. However, if you don't listen to the directions and thus detach your legs from your body and reattach them to the ceiling, you'll just have to figure out how to get them down because that is a learning experience you must suffer through, and I need a laugh every now and then too.
-Leaving to go to another Teacher: If another teacher calls on you while you are in my class, or you have an appointment with them during my class, than you may go to them only if they tell me, in person, that they will need you. Any other matters will just have to wait, my class comes first.
-If you are absent and records show that you were either in the Hospital Wing or had an absense cleared by the Headmaster, than it is your resposability to come to me and see what you have missed. I will only give you hand-outs and in-class graded assignments such as quizs or essays, you have to copy the notes on your own time.
-If you fail to come to me and ask what you have missed after a week, you will a 'T' for all missing assignments. Tough luck.
-If you skip my class you get a 'T' for the day and lose 50 points from your house and land yourself a month of detentions with the lovely moi, so don't try anything.
-Grading:
-From first to fifth year I will grade you using the OWL grading system. It's never to early to prepare.
-Only O, E, and A are passing.
-The grades P, D, and T are failing.
-The grade I give you is the grade you earned. I only give three extra credits a year, and they are very tough.
-You must have maintained an average of A or higher and have less than four missing assignments in this class to take it again next year. I'm not going to waste your time. and you're not going to waste mine.
-In-Class Assignments:
-In-class assignments include essays, quizzes, tests, group research projects, and major exams.
-These assignments make up 35% of your final grade.
-Homework:
-Homework is to be done on your own free time, not in my class, not in another teacher's class, not during the school hours.
-Miss five homeworks in one semester and you’re not coming back into my class.
-Homework makes up 25% of your final grade.
-Projects:
-There is two projects a year, one before midterm and one before finals.
-You will be told six weeks before either of those majors exams what the projects is.
-Projects make up 15% of your final grade.
-Term Paper:
-In the beginning of the year you will all sign up for a topic that you will research and write about over the course of the year to be handed in on the last day of class.
-If you fail to hand in a term paper you are not coming back to my classroom.
-Your term paper is 25% of your final grade.
Every weekday from 4 pm until 7:30 pm you are allowed a seat in my classroom. During this time you can do homework, make up assignments, discuss your grade or another topic with myself, etc. This study hall is a grace period from me so you will not fool around at any point during this session or you're not coming back.
Teachers have favorites too. I will, over the corse of the year, pick seven lucky students to join the club and become a Teacher's Pet. If you are choosen, I will PM you with all the information about the club. You are than expected to uphold our secrets and follow our rules, or risk being thrown from my class with only half your memories.
I can, at any time I wish too, change, add, or delete from the above list. It is your resposability to check back here, not mine. I know my rules.
Transfiguration Class Rules
Welcome
Welcome
So you've chosen to take Transfiguration. Congratulations. For many of you, you are here because you have a true desire to learn this powerful branch of magic. Others of you are here because you think it will be an easy 'O'. Well, you are wrong. I may as well be the toughest, most detail-driven teacher in this school. Complain about me all you want, and watch your house's points tick away and find yourself in the middle of the hardest detentions that you've only had nightmares about.
Supplies
The following are to be brought to each and every single lesson no matter what. Failure to do so will result in a lose of five points for your house for each item you forgot for each time you forget them.
-Textbooks:
-A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch for first and second years.
-Intermediate Transfiguration by Emeric Switch for third and fourth years.
-Transfiguration for the OWL Student by Siobhan Watson for fifth years.
-Transfiguration for the NEWT Student by Siobhan Watson for sixth and seventh years.
-Parchment: 5 to 12 roles on average.
-Quills: 3 black inked quills minumum; extra 2 colored quills (restricted to red, gold, green, blue, purple, silver, or bronze) for note taking.
-Wand: No wand, no seat.
Policy on Leaving the Class
You may only leave my class to go to three places: the bathroom, the Hospital Wing, or to another teacher.
-Bathroom: You can only leave this class to go to the bathroom once a semester. Transfiguration is not the time to wait to use the lavatories. I don't care how much you drank at lunch, it's your own fault for drinking all of that liquid when you knew what would happen in the end.
-Hospital Wing: There are many accidents in this classroom. Some that result may damage you or a fellow student. If I feel that this accident was truly that, an accident, than the injured party may go to the bathroom. However, if you don't listen to the directions and thus detach your legs from your body and reattach them to the ceiling, you'll just have to figure out how to get them down because that is a learning experience you must suffer through, and I need a laugh every now and then too.
-Leaving to go to another Teacher: If another teacher calls on you while you are in my class, or you have an appointment with them during my class, than you may go to them only if they tell me, in person, that they will need you. Any other matters will just have to wait, my class comes first.
Missed Assignments
-If you are absent and records show that you were either in the Hospital Wing or had an absense cleared by the Headmaster, than it is your resposability to come to me and see what you have missed. I will only give you hand-outs and in-class graded assignments such as quizs or essays, you have to copy the notes on your own time.
-If you fail to come to me and ask what you have missed after a week, you will a 'T' for all missing assignments. Tough luck.
-If you skip my class you get a 'T' for the day and lose 50 points from your house and land yourself a month of detentions with the lovely moi, so don't try anything.
Assignments and Grading
-Grading:
-From first to fifth year I will grade you using the OWL grading system. It's never to early to prepare.
-Only O, E, and A are passing.
-The grades P, D, and T are failing.
-The grade I give you is the grade you earned. I only give three extra credits a year, and they are very tough.
-You must have maintained an average of A or higher and have less than four missing assignments in this class to take it again next year. I'm not going to waste your time. and you're not going to waste mine.
-In-Class Assignments:
-In-class assignments include essays, quizzes, tests, group research projects, and major exams.
-These assignments make up 35% of your final grade.
-Homework:
-Homework is to be done on your own free time, not in my class, not in another teacher's class, not during the school hours.
-Miss five homeworks in one semester and you’re not coming back into my class.
-Homework makes up 25% of your final grade.
-Projects:
-There is two projects a year, one before midterm and one before finals.
-You will be told six weeks before either of those majors exams what the projects is.
-Projects make up 15% of your final grade.
-Term Paper:
-In the beginning of the year you will all sign up for a topic that you will research and write about over the course of the year to be handed in on the last day of class.
-If you fail to hand in a term paper you are not coming back to my classroom.
-Your term paper is 25% of your final grade.
Study Hall
Every weekday from 4 pm until 7:30 pm you are allowed a seat in my classroom. During this time you can do homework, make up assignments, discuss your grade or another topic with myself, etc. This study hall is a grace period from me so you will not fool around at any point during this session or you're not coming back.
Teacher's Pet
Teachers have favorites too. I will, over the corse of the year, pick seven lucky students to join the club and become a Teacher's Pet. If you are choosen, I will PM you with all the information about the club. You are than expected to uphold our secrets and follow our rules, or risk being thrown from my class with only half your memories.
Additions
I can, at any time I wish too, change, add, or delete from the above list. It is your resposability to check back here, not mine. I know my rules.