HP NEWTS

 

This year's HP themed challenge is based on the NEWTS.  It is hosted on FB on the HPOOTP  Flourish and Blotts site.  

Here is their official announcement.

It's time to officially unveil our 2024 reading challenge-the Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests (N.E.W.T.s)

In honor of our seventh year of the HPOOTP-Flourish & Blotts reading challenge, it’s time to take on your Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests (N.E.W.T.s)! In this year’s challenge, you’ll attempt to earn your N.E.W.T.s in all of your favorite subjects!

If you're not familiar with the Harry Potter universe, the N.E.W.T.s are the end of year tests that seventh year Hogwarts students take before they graduate. They're supposed to be harder than the Ordinary Wizarding Level exams students take in their Fifth year. If you've been with us for a bit, you'll know that our 2022 reading challenge was based on the O.W.L.s!

(Please note, you do NOT need to have completed the O.W.L.s reading challenge to participate!)

2024 HPOOTP-Flourish & Blotts Reading Challenge

The Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests (N.E.W.T.s) Reading Challenge

Each of the 12 classes have 5 prompts. Because the N.E.W.T.s are supposed to be harder than the O.W.L.s, we've added an action prompt to each subject in addition to the 5 reading prompts. This action can be completed while reading any book you use for a prompt in that subject. For example, if you're using the first Harry Potter book to complete a prompt in Astronomy, you can complete the action prompt (read under the stars) by reading the first Harry Potter book at night. As always with our challenges, you can set your own qualifications, but our rule of thumb is 2 chapters or 30 mins of an audiobook would complete the spirit of the action prompt. While it was our intention not to add an additional number of books to the challenge this year, if you'd like to make the challenge even harder, you can use additional books to meet these actions.

You can decide which grades to go for in which classes and which classes you want to attempt a N.E.W.T. in (receive a passing grade). Thus, you can build the challenge to the number of books you want to read! For example, you can choose to do only 1 subject and go for an O grade (5 books plus an action), or you could attempt to earn 3 passing grades in 3 subjects (12 books), or you can choose to go for all 12 subjects & all prompts (60 books + 12 action prompts) – or anywhere in between!

N.E.W.T. Grades are as follows:

Failing Grades:

Troll (T) : Finish 1 prompt in a subject

Dreadful (D): Finish 2 prompts in a subject

Poor (P): Finish 3 prompts in a subject

*Passing Grades: *

Acceptable (A): Finish 4 prompts in a subject

Exceeds Expectations (E): Finish 5 prompts in a subject

Outstanding (O): Finish 5 prompts in a subject & complete the action prompt.

I will aim for Acceptable with hopes of overachieving and finishing more.  Sharing books on the FB page

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Ancient Runes
Action: Ancient Runes: Read a book as you become more ancient 

Deathly Hallows: A book that has a symbol on the edges

Eihwaz: A book with a homophone word in the title

Ehwaz: Includes a great partnership

Parseltongue: Includes a fictional language

Dumbledore: A book with a character more ancient than you

Arithmancy

Action: John Williams-Read a book while listening to music

Iambic Pentameter: A book inspired by Shakespeare

Golden Trio: The third book of a series
Arithmancy: Includes multiple parts

Numerology: Written in a year with a double number (1993, 2020, 2011, etc)

Grammatica: Written by multiple authors

Astronomy

Action: Meteor Shower:  Read a book at night

Sirius: Includes stars on the pages

Andromeda: Contains star crossed lovers

Astronomy: An out of this world book

Star Gazing: A celebrity book pick

Moony: Related to the moon

Care of Magical Creatures

Action: Hagrid: Read a book while wearing something related to an animal (Animal print, a pic of an animal, mouse ears, etc)
Dobby: Contains a prominent animal character

Crookshanks: Includes a character with a pet name

Hippogriff: A book you flew through

Blast Ended Skrewts: Includes a slimy character

Niffler: A book that’s won a prize

Charms

Action: Charms: Read a book in a charming location

Wingardium Leviosa: Includes flight

Expecto Patronum: Includes a happily ever after

Repairo: Contains a repaired relationship

Accio: A book you have to get your hands on
Fidelius Charm: Includes a secret feature (Hidden artwork under dust jacket, pop outs, illustrations, a recipe, a playlist, etc)

Defense Against the Dark Arts

Action: Dark Arts: Read a book during a dark time

Umbridge: Read a banned or contested book

Dementors: Includes a kiss

Impedimenta: A slow developing book

Snape: An intimidating book

Mimblewimble (Tongue Tying Curse): A book with an alliterative title

Divination

Action: Prophecy: Predict your TBR for this subject before completing any prompts
Tea Leaves: A book that includes tea (gossip)

Crystal Ball: A book you predict to be a bestseller

Unfogging the Future:  A book with a foggy cover

The Grim:  Related to an omen

Star Chart: Related to a zodiac sign

Herbology
Action: Mandrake Repotting: Read a book in 2 or more locations

Greenhouse: Includes a character with a plant or flower related name

Devils Snare: Deadly fun (a risky situation)

Neville: Includes an underestimated character

The Forbidden Forest: Set in nature

Whomping Willow: A hard hitting book

History of Magic

Action: Hermione: Research something you find in one of these books (the definition of a word, an event, a person, a hobby, a location, etc)

Harry Potter:  A book that mentions Harry Potter

Ghosts: Includes a ghosting

Giant Wars:  Includes a war

Hogwarts, A History: Includes a history

Hogwarts Library: Read a borrowed book

Muggle Studies 

Action: Arabella Figg: Get a book recommendation from a muggle

Muggle relations:  Related to a muggle issue

World Cup:  Includes a sport

Eckeltricity: A book to screen (Bonus point if you watch the screen version too!)

Arthur Weasley: A book where rules are bent

Rubber Ducky:  A book that makes you nostalgic

Potions

Action: Cauldron:  Read a book while drinking a “potion” (A drink with 2 or more ingredients, preferably that you mix yourself!)

Liquid Luck: Choose a book randomly

Polyjuice Potion: Includes an impersonator

Skelegrow:  Includes something broken

Draught of Peace: A book where peace is restored

Essence of Dittany: A restorative read

Transfiguration

Action: Quill: Annotate a book from this subject

Animagus:  Includes a shapeshifter

Switching Spell: Read a book in multiple formats 

McGonagall: Includes a matriarch figure

Banishing Spell: A book you’ve banished

Aguamenti:  Set near water