Excellent article to be reviewed by teachers BEFORE Back to School Night & Parent Conferences. Suggestions: "Special Places": make a room with a nice rug or cushy pillows and a lap clipboard. "Go to Library": this is a VERY UNDERRATED resource; go when the authors of books are presenting their books and ask them how they get over "writer's block." Also see if they have a "self-publishing" site for teens to post their poems. "Help brainstorm"/Clarify the content/Check for Org.": use graphic organizers. "Read Alooud/Pursue forms of writing": Use a tape recorder to record voice and edit text as child rewrites. My thought: if teachers can no longer give "F" ( now "E") because it was psychologically damaging to be called a "failure", then maybe teachers should no longer use "red ink pens" to grade papers. This also adds to the apprehension of students writing; "everytime I turn in a paper she/he red-lines all over it."