The day the writing died :(

Well I guess it has already happened; my son doesn't like writing any more. I thought I could take advantage of the 2 hour delay (that I blame Todd, Vickie and Amy for) and make my own little case study of the kids. When I figured they had had enough video game time I called them both down and asked them to write a story. My son groaned, my daughter beamed. "But I am writing one is school about a boy who finds a dog..." So I told him he could write about whatever he wanted to, anything...ANYTHING! He could pick the paper, the PEN, the style, the topic... nope nothing got him interested. Sports, Pokemon (I think we were so against it, he had no choice but to like it), our toaster oven fire (he was our hero)...NOTHING. With in minutes my daughter told us a whole story and set out to "write" it. It is called The Vampire Who Eats Everybody ( who knows where she gets these things):

(See her name at the top-A_B_B_Y!) She proudly "read" her story, different from her original one she told, but hey that is part of the process...right? I praised her, made a huge deal, for her benefit but also as a way to try to entice my son to write ANYTHING. Nothing :( Wouldn't do it. My boy who loved writing last year: unstructured kid writing... wouldn't write a sentance, not a word after just half a year of this new reading/ writing program. My heart broke. I know I will make a big deal out of whatever writing he brings home, but it seems his enthusiasm is already lost.