First Year Survival Guide
written by ☠ Eʟɪ Tʜᴏʀɴ ☠
Your first year here at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry should not only be focused on this year's academic successes, but should also be focused on how you apply yourself in the years to come. Throughout the chapters of this book you will learn how to apply yourself and take notes so you can ensure the best grade for this year and years to come. Enjoy!
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05/31/21
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Scheduling
Chapter 3
Hogwarts used to have a weekly or bi-weekly schedule. Classes were to be attended daily and at certain times. Since the Battle of Hogwarts classes have become much more flexible to allow the students to study when they want, especially if they have muggle studies going on simultaneously. However, just because you have this freedom, you still may want a little bit of structure to it. Below I have listed possible scheduling options that you might want to do for yourself in order to still have some structure.
1. If you want a schedule that's more like what attending Hogwarts would actually feel like, I would suggest that you do your classes weekly. Lesson plans are written out as if the student would be attending them once a week over a course of nine weeks. There are seven classes in your first year of Hogwarts so this would equal one class per day. This is also good for students who are on time restraints, as lessons typically take 30 minutes to an hour to complete.
Estimated completion time: Nine weeks.
Another schedule option is to do one lesson per class per day. This structure symbolizes what many muggle students do, as muggle children grades 6 to 12 typically go to 7 classes per day as well. This is only for students who have 7 to 10 hours per day to complete their classes.
Estimated completion time: 1 1/2 weeks.
3. If you're anything like me, you find it easier to focus on one class at a time. This allows much less room for distraction in my opinion. Switching from topic to topic was always my downfall in muggle school and this caused my grades to plummet. Being able to focus on one class for however long I needed to really helped me. I was able to spend at least 15 hours per day on each class and was able to finish each class and around two days time.
Estimated completion time: 1-2 weeks.
Of course there's always the option of doing what you want, when you want, especially if your rebellious. There are no time restraints on quizzes and essays, and no due dates.
1. If you want a schedule that's more like what attending Hogwarts would actually feel like, I would suggest that you do your classes weekly. Lesson plans are written out as if the student would be attending them once a week over a course of nine weeks. There are seven classes in your first year of Hogwarts so this would equal one class per day. This is also good for students who are on time restraints, as lessons typically take 30 minutes to an hour to complete.
Estimated completion time: Nine weeks.
Another schedule option is to do one lesson per class per day. This structure symbolizes what many muggle students do, as muggle children grades 6 to 12 typically go to 7 classes per day as well. This is only for students who have 7 to 10 hours per day to complete their classes.
Estimated completion time: 1 1/2 weeks.
3. If you're anything like me, you find it easier to focus on one class at a time. This allows much less room for distraction in my opinion. Switching from topic to topic was always my downfall in muggle school and this caused my grades to plummet. Being able to focus on one class for however long I needed to really helped me. I was able to spend at least 15 hours per day on each class and was able to finish each class and around two days time.
Estimated completion time: 1-2 weeks.
Of course there's always the option of doing what you want, when you want, especially if your rebellious. There are no time restraints on quizzes and essays, and no due dates.
