You could take a pencil and mark behind the top of her head.

Taking paper and pencil, the old man began to write.

One day they will take pencil in hand and begin figuring.

She took a pencil from her purse and started to write.

I took a soft black pencil, gave it a broad point, and worked away.

He took a red pencil from one of the officers standing over a map.

"No need to take either a pencil or a notebook."

Then he took a pencil and made a tiny point upon the shore of Africa.

From a pocket he took a note pad and a pencil.

Take the pen or pencil in your hand and hold it very loosely.