Herbo Lesson 1

Grabbing her bag, Charlotte starting rummaging through it and found some parchment and a quill and ink. She put the bag down and started to think. What is Herbology? She barely knew, since she's a Muggleborn, but thought it would be interesting, so she signed up. She didn't look through her book to get much of an idea. Was it like gardening?

Charlotte Willow
What is Herbology? To be honest, I don't know. I signed up for the class because it looked interesting, and if you're going to be a part of something, like a new world involving magic, I might as well learn as much as I can. I know that I'm not making myself sound like a very intelligent kid, but it's true.
If I know anything, Herbology to me sounds like it has an origin from "herb". When I think of herbs, I think of plants and medicine, so I would think that this has something to do with growing and planting, or gardening in general. So, it has a close relationship with Potions if I am correct.

Charlotte stood up and walked over to the desk to drop off her paper.

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+3 galleons for an honest, deductive answer. ~Erika

Kyra sighed, and pulled out a piece of parchment and a quill. She knew this. She knew that she knew this.

Kyra Henderson

Herbology is the study of magical plants, herbs, fungi and the like. It may seem boring at first, but when you get to the good stuff, it isn't. The plants are often used in potions and medicine. That's basically all I know.

Kyra knew that it probably wasn't the best answer, so it would have to do. She took in a deep breath and walked up to Professor Cooper's desk, dropping off the paper. She really hoped she did well...

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+2 galleons for a basic answer. ~Erika

Emily picked up her quill and thoguht for a moment, what was herbology?

Emily Sparrow

Herbology is the study of plants and things, both magical and mundane. Herbology teaches us about plants, how they can used in potions and medicine, but also how to identify and recognise them.

Emily didn't know what else to write so she got up and walked to professor Coopers desk and left the parchment before returning to her seat.

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+2 galleons for a basic answer. ~Erika

"I´m Gwen and I read upside down." she said smiling softly. Then .Gwen nodded before taking out her quill. What was Herbology.
Herbology is the study of plants and it is necessary for healers or Potioneers because one needs them in both fields of work. It is also a subject taught at Hogwarts.
She laughed internally and waited.

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+3 galleons for a basic answer plus additional information. ~Erika

Alyssa Lastwick

Herbology is the study of magical and mundane plants and fungi, according to our book. I really don't know a lot about Herbology, and I don't like looking through books and copying down every sentence I see. I want to make it clear that I am not lazy, just a little uneducated with this subject.

Alyssa put her quill down and crossed her fingers, hoping the professor would find her essay humorous, and not take it the wrong way.

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+3 galleons for a basic, honest answer. ~Erika

Gwen smiled and raised her hand, "A spade perhaps, for digging out plants to perhaps re-pot them." She offered looking at a few plants near them. She could have sworn one of them growled at her. She considered growling back but resisted and settled for giving it a small glare.
Why did everything always growl at her?

Kyra raised her hand and gave the answer she had on her mind.

"Speaking of Mandrakes, earmuffs would be quite useful. A fully grown Mandrake's cry can kill you in ten seconds flat," she added. She grinned, because she was very sure of her answer. Her mum and dad would be so proud.

She had an answer in mind, so, she raised her hand to answer it, "Professor, I believe something we could use in Herbology would be something of the sort, almost like a pair of small shears, to cut different magical herbs, roots, etc. to make up some of the ingredients in potions."

Hester wondered what she could say. She wanted to take part, but she couldn't remember anything from the textbook. There was so much new information to take in. She thought about the things her father used in his garden at home.

She put up her hand. She didn't know if her answer would count, but she tried anyway.

"I guess, well, muggle plants need water, and we use a hose, so for magical herbology, would a wand be used to give water to plants?" Her answer came out sounding like a question, but she went with it. At least she had tried.

"One would be Herbology books, Professor. We use them as a reference to determine what kind of plant we are dealing with, what useful parts we can salvage from it, where we can find it, how to care for it, and a lot of other useful information," Rowan said as she walked into the Herbology Greenhouses. Despite her being late, she spoke firmly and her head was high as she entered, her dark gray eyes scanning the room before turning back to the Professor.

"My apologies for being late. I was trying to help a fellow Slytherin, but it took longer than I thought.." she said, taking a seat in the back where no one sat on either side of her. Most of the teachers were being lenient since it was the first week, but Rowan never tried to slip into a class unnoticed when she was late. It was stupid to do so, because then the teacher called you out. Best to admit your mistakes than to get caught later.

Rowan took off her school messenger bag and placed it on the ground beside her, removing from it some parchment, one of her gold quills, and her Herbology textbook. She laid them all on her desk while her wand was pinning her hair up, like some Muggles did with pencils. Rowan like to think that her way was just a little more clever than Muggles, though.

Hester thought hard. Herbology, herbology. Things got made into potions, didn't they? The plants were all use.

She put up her hand.

"I... I guess perhaps things like strainers and grinders would be used, things to get the properties of a plant, like... I don't know... juice or sap. And to prepare them for potions."

Again, she wasn't sure of her answer, but she was feeling a lot better for answering in class, like she was worthy of being in Gryffindor.

Terry's hand shot in the air. "Ve'll need a pot! To put ve plants in, or else vey'll vither up and die vithout the soil- oh, ve need soil too." she added, nodding quickly. It was obvious enough that she didn't have to look like a fool flipping through her book. It was so obvious! I wonder why the others didn't answer that... she wondered idly, twirling her quill in one hand as she scrawled down the supplies- just in case they were quizzed.

Alli rolled her eyes as she listened to her classmates flounder around for answers. When she could take it no more, she raised her hand. Bloody idiots were missing what might be the most obvious answer in the entire world. "Plants," she said simply. It didn't really require any sort of explanation, especially not since the professor had not specifically asked for one.

Jude did his best not to snicker to himself as his classmates floundered around to get more answers that the whale-like professor was looking for. Finally Alli hit one that he thought was actually important, and it was so blatantly obvious that he couldn't believe someone else hadn't said it first.

He raised his hand, feeling bored, and said, "Dirt."

Alli was grateful that the insufferable lesson was over with. It was made even more pleasurable by the fact that they hadn't had to do anything dumb, besides listening to her other classmates fumble around to come up with answers to the professor's questions. She packed up her things and shoved them into her back before leaving quickly so she could go find Jasmine and do something fun.

Hester packed up her things and left the lesson, her mind weighted down with the home work she had been given. She would have to do a lot of research because she had stumbled over all of the questions in this lesson. She had enjoyed it, though, and would definitely be coming back to the next one.

Alli had left the classroom before Jude could comment on how useless the lesson, if you could call it that, had been. He packed up his stuff in silence. There wasn't any reason for him to bother trying to talk to any of the other students around him; he just wanted to get back into the castle so he could drop his stuff off in his room and do something more worthwhile.

Bri unhooked her bag from the back of her chair and carefully stored her book and parchment with notes on it inside. She didn't want any of it to get crumpled up as she started her long trek back up to Ravenclaw tower. She wondered what it was that the professor had planned for them for the next lesson, hoping that it would be something interesting.

Terry sighed in relief and packed up her stuff, glad to be out of the sun's unmerciful heat. Herbology wsa boring, but she couldn't wait for the practical. Thinking about which deadly plant she could research, she skipped out, wanting to sleep a bit before dinner.

After most had left Gwen smiled and gave her Mum a quick hug before gathering her notes and mentally starting her essay. She rolled her eyes when she thought about how..unbearable that Slytherin girl was. And she knew that they would never, ever be friends.
She wasnt particularily saddened by the thought. Infact, she preffered it that way.