Herbology Notebook - Year One
written by Elizabeth Black
Here are my notes from my first year of Herbology! In the last chapter I included links to all my other note books! Be sure to check those out!
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05/31/21
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Lesson One
Chapter 1
Key: Anything in * these* are my notes on the note.
Anything in (these) are me adding on to the note
- As you may have guessed, this year is about laying the “groundwork” for further years *nothing too serious yet*
- We will start looking at plants in earnest in Lesson Five (learning introductions until then)
- Let it be noted that this course is not for the squeamish or faint of heart *not for people who aren't going to do it 100%*
- For these reasons, and for many others, you will be expected to treat all plants with the care and respect they deserve
- This means there are no due dates (since it is online)
- At the end of each year will be a final exam
- tests at the end of your Fifth and Seventh Years (O.W.L.S and N.E.W.T.S)
- Lastly, one policy I would like to make you aware of is the fact that all students are permitted to have their own plot in the public greenhouses. *Cool!!*
- You have to treat this opportunity with care, or else you will not be allowed to use it
- There will be an assortment of assignments in this class: from quizzes, to essays, to exams *some optional options*
- Each essay will have a rubric that specifically states the grading criteria
- don’t add your name, house, etc. because that might make someone biased)
- be sure not to plagiarize (will earn you a 1%)
Grading Scale
Outstanding – 90-100%
Exceeds Expectations – 80-89%
Acceptable – 70-79%
Poor – 60-69%
Dreadful – 50-59%
Troll – 0-49%
- it is useful to be able to tell the difference between elder and holly wood when assessing the aptness of your opponent for certain spells during a duel *looking at how well their wand is*
- As a healer, confusing a lesser celandine and a marsh marigold could put your patient into a very deep sleep rather than curing their constipation *a career that needs HERB knowledge*
- benefits that magical and non-magical plants offer to the world in terms of providing potion ingredients to cure illnesses, keeping ecosystems in check, and providing nourishment *a career that needed HERB knowledge*
- without proper knowledge of herbology this world would be a far less enjoyable place to live! (so take herbology)
- Herbology is no soft option! (it is not going to be easy)
- Herbology is the study, along with the use, of magical and non-magical plants
- You may find this odd *The fact that we study non magical plants* but as we will discuss in later lessons, just because something is not magical does not mean it is useless
- Each plant, magical or "mundane" is unique
- mundane means non-magical
- you will need to use the term “non-magical” in this class *not mundane*
- As long as you develop a healthy respect for all plants, you will be far less likely to run into this problem (of calling in mundane)
- A herbologist is any witch or wizard who understands the properties and nature of plants, particularly one who uses their knowledge not only to grow said plants, but to enrich the world around them in a multitude of ways
Anything in (these) are me adding on to the note
Classroom Introduction
- As you may have guessed, this year is about laying the “groundwork” for further years *nothing too serious yet*
- We will start looking at plants in earnest in Lesson Five (learning introductions until then)
- Let it be noted that this course is not for the squeamish or faint of heart *not for people who aren't going to do it 100%*
- For these reasons, and for many others, you will be expected to treat all plants with the care and respect they deserve
- This means there are no due dates (since it is online)
- At the end of each year will be a final exam
- tests at the end of your Fifth and Seventh Years (O.W.L.S and N.E.W.T.S)
- Lastly, one policy I would like to make you aware of is the fact that all students are permitted to have their own plot in the public greenhouses. *Cool!!*
- You have to treat this opportunity with care, or else you will not be allowed to use it
- There will be an assortment of assignments in this class: from quizzes, to essays, to exams *some optional options*
- Each essay will have a rubric that specifically states the grading criteria
- don’t add your name, house, etc. because that might make someone biased)
- be sure not to plagiarize (will earn you a 1%)
Grading Scale
Outstanding – 90-100%
Exceeds Expectations – 80-89%
Acceptable – 70-79%
Poor – 60-69%
Dreadful – 50-59%
Troll – 0-49%
Uses of Herbology in Careers
- it is useful to be able to tell the difference between elder and holly wood when assessing the aptness of your opponent for certain spells during a duel *looking at how well their wand is*
- As a healer, confusing a lesser celandine and a marsh marigold could put your patient into a very deep sleep rather than curing their constipation *a career that needs HERB knowledge*
- benefits that magical and non-magical plants offer to the world in terms of providing potion ingredients to cure illnesses, keeping ecosystems in check, and providing nourishment *a career that needed HERB knowledge*
- without proper knowledge of herbology this world would be a far less enjoyable place to live! (so take herbology)
- Herbology is no soft option! (it is not going to be easy)
What is Herbology
- Herbology is the study, along with the use, of magical and non-magical plants
- You may find this odd *The fact that we study non magical plants* but as we will discuss in later lessons, just because something is not magical does not mean it is useless
- Each plant, magical or "mundane" is unique
- mundane means non-magical
- you will need to use the term “non-magical” in this class *not mundane*
- As long as you develop a healthy respect for all plants, you will be far less likely to run into this problem (of calling in mundane)
- A herbologist is any witch or wizard who understands the properties and nature of plants, particularly one who uses their knowledge not only to grow said plants, but to enrich the world around them in a multitude of ways
