Writer's Block

Today I had a little boy who could not for the life of him come up with anything to write about. I tried having him draw a brainstorm web. We talked about all the possibilities of things he could write about. Still, nothing. He sat for almost an hour looking really frustrated. So I came up with a brilliant idea (if I do say so myself.) I found a gel pen in my desk and announced to the whole class that I had been waiting to introduce my magic pen to them all year.

"The time has come for me to introduce you to the writer's block pen. This pen has magical abilities, and whoever holds it will be flooded with ideas for their writing. Today I'm going to give it to Zach."

All the kids watched in awe as he took the pen. He started smiling and immediately started writing. Hahaha....it's so funny that I can trick them so easily!

Anyway, it made me smile. I'm really going to miss these kids.