Potty Game: Five Words (Vol. XV)

as some spectacular failures. Consistency

Comments later. I have to run!

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Looking forward to them, Mona.

And Verity, I just realized, you'll need to update your location in your profile, won't you?

work on if he wants

Good point, PAH. I'll do that now.

We're off to a pretty slow start with this one. I hope it picks up.

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In the Snape reports, we generally followed this structure: some sentences in a paragraph about academics, with a specific example, and another paragraph of similar length about behavior. We're aiming for approx. 125 words/ 25 posts per report, and this makes 40 words / 8 posts. Since this is the last story of this thread, maybe a countdown for each report will help? Or instead of 9 reports, we write 8? I'll start a countdown, and we'll see how it goes.

Verity, Mona, may stop in again soon.. And I just posted an old story/new story announcement on the Chat thread... ya never know, someone might get curious enough to mosey on by... Also, have you had a chance to find out about those 'Delving...' story topics? I think you participated in most, if not all, of them.

I decided my location was maybe too specific, so decided to change it. Okay, off to school to sort out my closet and file cabinet! Also, my principal would like to 'lend' my furniture to other teachers while I'm on leave, so I need to sort that out as well. So Verity, if you're around, maybe you can keep an eye on things here re: when it's time to move on to the next report? I won't be online again until I get home later this evening.

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Verity, yes, I see... I needn't have worried. Well, let's see what happens on August 31st. And re: engraving my classroom furniture, great idea!

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used the wrong incantation on

Comments on the previous story -

I have to confess that I didn't like the first half of the story at all. Sev is way too awkward with the girl he's been best friends with for three years now, and Lily's not much fun either. All that moralising about the truth serum made me wonder what James (or even Sev) saw in this Goody-Two-shoes!

Things started improving with Sev's thoughts about 'the troll Eliza Goyle' and Lily's Halloween card, and when Lily and Sev start brewing a bit of mischief together, I thought, now that's more like it!

The ending was very good, and the effect of the potion on Slughorn was very funny. It also dovetails neatly into cannon - we know that Severus adjusted the recipe, adding a sprig of peppermint etc, to reduce the potion's side effects, so now we know why!

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Excellent work on the Five Words Archives, PAH! So far I've only only had time to look at the featured story of the week (great choice, Verity!) but hope to read more in the future, including the first story I participated in!

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It looks like we're finishing up the academic comments section and ready to start the behavior paragraph soon.

Thanks, Mona! Hope you get some time soon to read the story that marked your first foray into Five Words. Is there anything you wanted to add about our 'Featured Story of the Week'?

And re: the Lily and Sev story, I guess it's a case of different people having different ideas of their friendship, yet who are all trying to write the same story. I think that's why I prefer the stories we write about characters that are less familiar to us... there's less established in our minds about how they would/wouldn't think, act, speak, etc.

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    willingness to practice and demonstrate

I was thinking about when teachers ask for volunteers to share their work.

I wonder what Minnie McG was saying in this shot?

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new skills for his peers

I'm sure she's saying something a little sarcastic here, like excusing Harry from homework if he dies!

I'm afraid I won't be around much over the weekend. The school is organising a trip to the beach for all the new teachers and their families. We leave straight after school tomorrow. It's about a two hour bus ride, then a short hop on a speedboat (it's an island - Koh Samet). I'm kind of feeling a bit ambivalent about the whole thing. I'm sure it will be lovely and fun to be at the beach, but I'm not so keen on appearing in my swimsuit in front of work colleagues!

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    like the spell learned recently,

... transforming something to something, or the name of a spell, if someone feels creative! (I was just thinking, how many examples do we have in the books of any of the students actually transfiguring objects into other objects in their lives outside of class?)

Verity, very likely. I'd bet a few Galleons on it, even.

And have fun on the beach excursion, Verity. Believe me, I feel your pain. But you can always wear a sarong, or some other sort of beach cover-up? I have one that I don't go to any beach without!

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My creative juices are running low, too! I need to go to . A short paragraph about Harry's behavior, and then it's on to

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classmates but succumbs to misbehavior

time to mention outside of class?



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    by his Slytherin classmates outside

Just 15 more words to go before we start 's report.

Welcome to the story, BB. Did you get a chance to read the previous one? What did you think? And how about Verity's choice for our 1st 'Featured Story of the Week'. It's great to hear other opinions.

An almost 12 year-old girl I tutor, who just happens to be a huge HP fan, LOVED the reports we wrote as Snape. She watched the last () movie dressed as Luna (her friend was dressed as Umbridge ), and thought our reports for Luna and Neville were "the best!" She loved them all, actually, but loved Luna and Neville's the most. So much so, that made a screen capture of both these particular reports, and she has them as her screensaver! She would like to Five Word, and hopefully will be able to do so soon. ***fingers crossed!***

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She might not be so restrained when writing about 2 of the 3 Slyths, not because she's a Gryff, but because they may not be the best of students. And Verity, no for me, either.

I miscounted at the beginning of the countdown, so we are actually ready to start Ron's report in the next post.

And re: my tutee, she's going to register soon!

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LOL, I was here, Verity, but couldn't post. :handstied: I knew it would be quiet, while you were away. Glad that you had a great time, except for your husband's ankle, and also glad that you're back!

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work. His homework assignments were

Sorry, I wasn't even able to lurk here these past three days. Now to get caught up on the chat thread (and find out what happened to Mr Verity's ankle? )

PAH, it's great that your pupil is a HP fan and interested in this forum!


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