Object: A pen and a pencil.

Good morning, boys and girls. I brought along with me this morning a couple of items that I am sure you are familiar with and even use a lot. (Show them the pencil and pen.) Do you know what these are? That's right. Which one is the pencil and which one is the pen? Very good. You got it right. Now, the next question is, what do we use them for? (Let them answer.) That's right, we use them to write with. Both of them write, but one of them, we think, is better than the other. Do you know which one most people think is better than the other one? (Let them answer.) That's right, the pen. A pen is more permanent. That means that whatever you write with a pen will last longer than if you write it with a pencil.…