Post by Draco Malfoy on Oct 8, 2004 11:43:34 GMT -5
[glow=green,2,300]As you walk outside to your COMC class, you a little excited because you have a new professor and are not sure what you will be learning about. As you arrive you see Professor Amy standing there with a great big smile awaiting her students. "Welcome to Care of Magical Creatures class!" Today you will be learning about nifflers! Now I want to tell you that the Ministry of Magic has rated these creatures a level XXX. As you can see they are black fluffy long-snouted creatures which burrows in dirt as if it were water. Nifflers are strongly attracted to anything shiny, and they can be very useful for finding treasure, and are often kept by goblins for this purpose (GF28, FB). Native to Britain, nifflers live in lairs up to 20 feet underground and have litters of 6 - 8 young (FB).
Fred and George left a couple of nifflers with Lee Jordan when they left school. He levitated them into Umbridge's office through her window, where they cheerfully trashed the place and attacked her when she walked in (OP31). Although nifflers are gentle and even affectionate (FB), Umbridge had a habit of wearing rings, and nifflers are prone to attempt to bite off jewelry (GF28).
"niffer" (Scotland and northern England) to exchange, mutually exchange, or barter [NSOED].
Now that you know a little about them I've buried 200 peices of gold in this patch of earth. Each of you will pick one of these nifflers, then see who gets the most gold. Here *points to collars and rope on the floor* take the rope and collar and put it on the Niffler. Niffler's love shiny things, so you can just hold onto the rope and let them dig. When they find anything shiny, they'll pick it up in their mouth and bring it back to you.
"So pick a niffler and get started!"
*****DO NOT GO OVER THE 200 PEICES OF GOLD! COUNT TO SEE WHAT YOUR FELLOW CLASSMATES HAS ALREADY FOUND AND THEN GO FROM THERE! DON'T BE RUDE AND SAY 200 PEICES OF GOLD! I WILL TAKE AWAY POINTS FROM YOUR HOUSE IF YOU ARE UNREASONABLE!*****
Homework:
1. Name
2. House
3. Did you sign up for my class before doing the assignment?
4. Where are Nifflers Native to? How far underground do they live? How many young can they have at one time?
5. Nifflers are _____ fluffy ____-_______ creatures which _______ in ____ as if it were _____.
6. Who left a couple of Nifflers for Professor Umbridge in her office?
7. Would a Niffler attempt to bite someone if they have jewlery on?
8. The Ministry of Magic rated them?
9. What are Nifflers attracted to and who keeps them for that purpose?
10. I want you to write a little story about you and your Niffler and how he/she got you the gold. Also how many gold peices did your niffler find? You need to put the number of gold peices in BOLD so your class mates are able to know how many gold peices are left.
The person with the best story will earn 100g's from me and 10 extra credit points. Also the person with the most gold peices from there Niffler will earn a surprise!
Class dismissed.[/glow]
Fred and George left a couple of nifflers with Lee Jordan when they left school. He levitated them into Umbridge's office through her window, where they cheerfully trashed the place and attacked her when she walked in (OP31). Although nifflers are gentle and even affectionate (FB), Umbridge had a habit of wearing rings, and nifflers are prone to attempt to bite off jewelry (GF28).
"niffer" (Scotland and northern England) to exchange, mutually exchange, or barter [NSOED].
Now that you know a little about them I've buried 200 peices of gold in this patch of earth. Each of you will pick one of these nifflers, then see who gets the most gold. Here *points to collars and rope on the floor* take the rope and collar and put it on the Niffler. Niffler's love shiny things, so you can just hold onto the rope and let them dig. When they find anything shiny, they'll pick it up in their mouth and bring it back to you.
"So pick a niffler and get started!"
*****DO NOT GO OVER THE 200 PEICES OF GOLD! COUNT TO SEE WHAT YOUR FELLOW CLASSMATES HAS ALREADY FOUND AND THEN GO FROM THERE! DON'T BE RUDE AND SAY 200 PEICES OF GOLD! I WILL TAKE AWAY POINTS FROM YOUR HOUSE IF YOU ARE UNREASONABLE!*****
Homework:
1. Name
2. House
3. Did you sign up for my class before doing the assignment?
4. Where are Nifflers Native to? How far underground do they live? How many young can they have at one time?
5. Nifflers are _____ fluffy ____-_______ creatures which _______ in ____ as if it were _____.
6. Who left a couple of Nifflers for Professor Umbridge in her office?
7. Would a Niffler attempt to bite someone if they have jewlery on?
8. The Ministry of Magic rated them?
9. What are Nifflers attracted to and who keeps them for that purpose?
10. I want you to write a little story about you and your Niffler and how he/she got you the gold. Also how many gold peices did your niffler find? You need to put the number of gold peices in BOLD so your class mates are able to know how many gold peices are left.
The person with the best story will earn 100g's from me and 10 extra credit points. Also the person with the most gold peices from there Niffler will earn a surprise!
Class dismissed.[/glow]
