Fountain Pen - licence to write

To finish off a class on teaching pupils how to write, letting them go for this licence could be the final step.

This is how it goes:

• The Fountain Pen - licence to write consists of three parts:
  • Theory
  • Praxis
  • The Exam
• The contents of the licence to write can be downloaded at the end of this article and easily printed out. Each Teacher can arrange the Exam individually (e.g. Certain parts of the Praxis part could be left out, or new ones added).
• The actual licence can also be downloaded at the end of this article
• After the Pupils pass the Exam, the Teachers hand out the Fountain Pen - licences to write.

We hope you enjoy!

1. Theory

The different parts of a Fountain Pen.

The structure of a typical fountain pen for beginners:

The most important part of fountain pen is the nib with the ink feed.

2. Praxis

Discovery with a Fountain Pen.

My Fountain Pen can: write, draw, create different lines.

The Practical part consists of six tasks:

Task 1+4:

Here different lines and letters are to copied. The goal is not to write outside the marked areas.

Task 2+6:
The shapes and figures are to be completed on the right side.

Task 3:
A capital W has to be written three times in a row along the guidance lines

Task 5:
On this figure only the area is to be completely coloured in, that covers every figure.

3. The Exam

Printed handwriting, Joint Handwriting and of course nice Handwriting.
The following poem describes the story of Humpty Dumpty. Write the first two lines in Printed (Separate) Handwriting, the next two in Joint Handwriting and the last two in your nicest Handwriting.

Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall,

All of the Kings horses
and all of the Kings men,

couldn't put Humpty
together again

4. The licence to write

A passed Exam earns you a Fountain Pen - licence to write from your Teacher.