Lesson 3 - Potions
Now it is time to brew potions. Potions are an important tool in the Wizard’s tool belt. Want a drink that gives you super strength? What about a potion that makes you taller for a day? If you are squirmy, maybe you shouldn’t think too hard about the ingredients in them. Toenails, fox ears, spidersilk and such – no worry – you can not really taste them.
Before you begin.
In your class, you need to figure out what potion effects you want. Write a list on the blackboard . Help each other get ideas. Soon you need to create the ingrediens lists for the effects – so make sure you get a lot of ideas written down.
Ideas:
Become taller
Get stronger
Change your haircolor
Remove body odour
One thing to notice.
A potion is something you DRINK! And by drinking it, you get the effect. It does something to your mind or body
Task 1
For your first task, you need some “Hands on learning.”
On the worksheet, you can see 8 ingredients for potions. You can not see what the ingredients do, so you have to try for yourself.
Use the phrases on the right to write your recipe.
Example:
“Take a pinch of snot and add it to the pot.”
When you have your recipe – write the name of it and its effect on the worksheet.
Glossary for writing ingredients.
- a pinch of – en knivspids
- a dash of – et stænk
- a splash of – et skvæt
- a handful of – en håndfuld
- a bunch of – et bundt/en bunke
- a sprig of – en kvist
- a clove of – et fed
- a speck of – en lille smule
- a shred of – en trevl/stump
- a strand of – en streng/tråd
- a chunk of – en klump/stykke
- a lump of – en klump
- a heap of – en dynge
- a pile of – en bunke
- a grain of – et korn
- a drop of – en dråbe
Task 2
A day in the life of an animal
This task is to tell a story.
The story is about the day you have, as an animal that you transform into with a potion. There are several different ways to tell a story. Choose one.
You can start you story like this:
“I drank a potion that tranformed me into …”
Ways to tell the story:
– Write a story
– Create a comic
– Draw a large drawing that shows as much of the day you can
– A small play (easier when done in a group)
– Something else you can think of?
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