How to Impress Your Friends by Learning to Pen Twirl!

 

	What?	How long?	Materials?
Bridges	Check this out!  Have you ever been in class and saw someone do this?	30 seconds
Learning Objectives	Each student will be able to perform the most basic pen twirl – The Thumbabout
Teaching Objectives	To include everyone in participating and attempting to twirl their pens or pencils
Pretest	Has anyone ever done this before?  Can anyone perform any type of twirl?	30 seconds
Participating Learning	Give each student a pen or pencil.  Then show them the steps to twirl the pen.  Put pen inbetween thumb on one side and forefinger and middle finger on the other side.  Apply force with the middle finger.  Move forefinger out of the way and allow pen to twirl using your thumb as an axis.	6 minutes	Pen or Pencils.
Post-test	Can anyone demonstrate a Thumbabout?  If not, is there anything that you think you need to practice?  What do you think you need to do differently?	2 minute
Summary and Wrap-up	Great jobs.  Now it’s time to annoy teachers and other students and twirl your pens as much as possible!	1 minute