Talent Pool Writing: First Lesson

On the Friday a few weeks ago, some students of grades four and five were chosen to have the Talent Pool lessons.  I am one of them.  We had to go to the hall at the last hours before the school day ended.

When we arrived at the hall, we were asked to play "call out your number” and “make a guess”.  For "call out your number”, we formed into four columns and had to call out our number one by one.  However, all fifty-six of us mumbled slowly rather than  calling out our number.  It took us five minutes to finish.  Luckily, all of us got focused at last and managed to finish it in less than a minute.

Then it was "make a guess”.  Miss Wong used a projector to show us an enlarged image of a thing in a Japanese restaurant.  As I was wondering if it ought to be some chopsticks on a plate, a kid shot her arm up,“A sandal rack?”  In the end, Miss Wong pressed a button and a picture of an old Japanese lock appeared.  Oohs and ahhs filled the hall at once.

At last, the grade five students grouped into groups with the students from grade four.  Miss Wong invited all the groups to observe any creative and interesting new things in their daily lives.  However, I don’t have any clever ideas yet.  I hope lots of ideas will spring to my mind later so that I can have a wonderful presentation with my group.  Before dismissing the class, Miss Wong announced that we would pick a president, two vice-presidents and other officers in the future soon.  Also, the Talent Pool will visit the Museum of Coastal Defence.  It was a rather great beginning of the Talent Pool.