Yu-ri's everyday

Important things

2008-01-30T11:11:00.000+09:00

I think the most important thing is keep writing on your blog. It is very important to keep typing speed and your English skills. If you have good typing skill, you can write good posts, essays, reviews. And if you get some homework, you can finish homework very short time!!

Next, please try to read English books in your free time. First, I didn't like read to English books but I tried to read easy English book in the library. I couldn't read first but I like English books to keep reading. There are many easy English books in your University's library so If you want to read English books, please go to library and rental them.

Last, please search article about your blog. I have to write blog so I always search article about my blog. If I get good article, I try to take a photo to use my mobile phone. Some photo to be easy to see my article and photo is help to understand article.

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Writing IVc: Portfolio

2008-01-09T11:19:00.000+09:00

0.0. Overview

Reviews, Posts, and Words

(See: Note 2, below.)


Months	08	09	10	11	12	01	Totals	fn	Indices
Book reviews	0	0	2	3	4	3	12	12/18*.2	.13
Blog posts	0	4	11	13	17	4	49	49/90*.2	.11
Words	0	129	1144	1496	1070	1130	4969	4969/7500*.2	.13
TOTAL	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	.37

1.0. Essays

(See: Note 3, below)

1.1. Showcase	Short titles [+ links]	Dates (yy.mm.dd)	¶	W	C	L	P	M	Notes
Mega- essay 07.10.12	Kumamoto	07.10.10	9	485	0	0	0	0
Favorite place(-s) 07.10.26	Favorite places	07.11.13	5	364	0	0	1	3
Movie review 07.11.11
Community life 07.11.25	Community life	07.11.14	5	519	0	1	1	0
TV in Japan 07.12.09	TV Programs	07.12.05	7	399	0	2	1	0
Learning w/ computers 07.12.21	Learning with Computers	08.01.03	15	755	0	0	1	0


Totals	---	---	41	2522	0	3	4	3	---

Key:

¶: number of paragraphs three or more sentences in length

W: number of words

C: number of comments

L: number of links

P: number of photos or other graphics
M: number of other media included

1.2. Best Essay

Selection and Assessment: Which of those essays do you feel is the best that you've written this semester, and why? Please remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, and give at least two reasons to support your assessment.

I think my best essay is my 4th essay, about community life, because of this essay has long sentence in each paragraph. I think this essay is plain and you can understand my community life easily.

2.0. Comments

Showcase	Titles of posts with links	Dates of comments (yy.mm.dd)	Numbers of words in comments	Qualities of comments**
2.1. Your first comment on your instructor's blog*	Wow! Get a Load of These Demographics.	07.12.11	34 words	It is good but it comment is a little short.
2.2. Your best comment on a classmate's blog*	Movie essy "toy story"	07.11.09	10 words	My english is very poor!!!
2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog*	I support ROSSO!!	07.12.05	24 words	It is very good comment!
2.4. Most comments on:	Titles of posts with link	Dates of posts (yy.mm.dd)	Total number of words in comments	Qualities of comments*
2.4.1. Any one of your essays*	Community Life	07.11.14	65 words	These comments are really useful.
2.4.1.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---		---	---
2.4.1.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---
2.4.2. Any of your other posts*	My part	07.10.08	71 words	These comments very good!!
2.4.2.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---	07.10.10	---	---
2.4.2.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	31 words	This respond is very poor.

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* Current semester comments on essays and other posts
** Please list the most important qualities of comments on each type of blog post.

2.5. Recent comments display

Does your blog display recent comments from blog visitors in a prominent location, for example in a sidebar, header, or footer widget? Where or why not?

... Yes, I display recent comments in my blog's sidebar. Because sidebar is very easy to see for my blog visiter.

2.6. Additional reflections on comments

[I was glad to get comments from my friends. There are very useful for my blog. I have some links in sidebar so I can look to my friends blog and write to comment in friends blog.]

3.0. Typing Speed Trials

Showcase	Numbers of words	Dates (yy.mm.dd)
3.1. Worst typing speed trial*	79 words	07.10.24
3.2. Best typing speed trial*	153 words	07.11.21
3.3. Improvement (best minus worst)	74 words	---
3.4. Average speed for three (3) most recent speed trials**	112 words 140words 153 words average 135 words	07.10.17 07.11.14 07.11.21

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* Current semester typing speed trials (five minutes)
** Please list all three dates.

4.0. Book Reviews

4.1. Showcase	Short titles with links	Dates (yy.mm.dd)	Words	Comments
Example:	Vampire Killer	07.05.16	39	1
2-01	BookReview 2-01: Give us the Money	07.10.10	45	0
2-02	BookReview 2-02:Mystery Girl	07.10.24	37	0
2-03	BookReview 2-03:FIFTEENTH CHARACTER	07.11.06	38	0
2-04	BookReview 2-04:Drive into danger	07.11.07	32	0
2-05	BookReview 2-05:The Lost Ship	07.11.14	46	0
2-06	Book Review 2-06: Black mail	07.12.13	142	0
2-07	Book Review 2-07: STAR REPORTER	07.12.17	92	0
2-08	Book Review 2-08: PSYCHIC PETS	07.12.17	137	0
2-09	Book Review 2-09: The Green Woman's Party	07.12.17	220	0
2-10	Book Review 2-10:Mr Jealous	08.01.08	114	0
2-11	Book Review 2-11:Roberto	08.01.08	150	0
2-12	Book Review 2-12:The Blue Cat Club	08.01.08	111	0
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Note: Please calculate book review words and comments totals without the example (above).

4.2. Best Book Review

Selection and Assessment: Which of those book reviews do you feel is the best that you've written this semester, and why? Please remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, and give at least two reasons to support your assessment.

I think my best book review is The green woman's party because of this review has long sentence and this review has many words. This story is very interested for me so I can read quickly. I like this story!!

5.0. Blog Layout, Labeling, Linking, & Media

Showcase	Yes	No
5.1. Does your blog have an archive?	0
5.1.1. Does the archive display the titles of posts?	0
5.1.2. Is the archive organized by month?	0
5.1.3. Is the archive at or near the top of the sidebar?	0
5.2. Does your blog have labels displayed in sidebar?	0
5.2.1. Do your labels include these required labels (typed accurately): books, essays, links, movies, photos, portfolios, quickposts, reviews.	---	---
"books" (plural) AND "reviews" (plural)	0
"essays" (plural) AND "portfolios" (plural, without "proto-")	0
"quickposts" (plural, with no space between quick and posts)	0
"links" (plural) AND "media" (plural)	0
"movies" (plural) AND "photos" (plural)	0
5.2.2. Does your sidebar display other labels?	0
How many other labels have you attached to three (3) or more posts? 2 other labels attached to three or more posts	---	---
Which labels, and to how many posts each? Please list those labels instead of www, xxx, yyy..., and list numbers of posts instead of n, m, o... (in parentheses), below. food&drink(6) hostfamily(8) yyy (o) zzz (p) ...	---	---
5.3. Links & media	---	---
5.3.1. Does your blog include pictures or other graphics?	0
Does your blog profile include a picture or graphic representation?	0
How many of your blog posts this semester include pictures or other graphics? 24 posts including pictures or other graphics	---	---
5.3.2. Does your blog include posts with multiple links?	0
How many of your posts this semester include three (3) or more links?* 5 posts including three or more links (including this portfolio!)	---	---
5.3.3. Does your blog include other media?		0
How many of your blog posts this semester include other media? 0 posts including other media	---	---
What kind(-s) of media have you included in posts this semester? Please list them here: ...I don't have media posts. ... ...	---	---

5.4. Overall presentation

What have you done to enhance the overall presentation of your blog? List and explain the three most important content, formatting, layout, or other presentation changes or enhancements that you have made on your blog this semester.

...Serching an article to new post in my blog. It is very important.
...Write many posts. I had homeworks about for my blog.
...Take a photo and add to blog. It to be easy to read.

6.0. Additional reflections on your blog writing

...I couldn't typing quickly but I had many typing chance so I could typing quickly. This skill is really useful for me.

7.0. Suggestions for your peers and successors

...I think to keep typing everyday it is very important to preservation your typing speed. And please try to serach article everythings. If you get interest news, please active write on your blog.

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Notes:

This portfolio template amplifies the template for Writing IIIc portfolios.
The overview section (0.0. Overview, above) derives from Proto-Portfolio 2-01.
This essays section (1.0. Essays, above) derives from Proto-Portfolio 2-02.

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Book Review 2-12:The Blue Cat Club

2008-01-08T22:24:00.000+09:00

I read about The Blue Cat Club. This story is very interested. Man and woman went to Blue cat club in the evening. This club was really good feel and dishes. They really enjoyed this club. Suddenly, Magic show was start. Magician had interesting magic with customers. Then, Magician stolen man's wallet. Man didn't feel good. Magician entry about dangerous magic for customers. Man stand up and up to stage. Man enters big box and magician stick 5 swords to box. Suddenly, Man shouted!!! Magician was really surprised and open the box, man's stomach is red!! He was dead!? ..... Man is alive!! He painted about tomato juice on his stomach.

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Book Review 2-11:Roberto

2008-01-08T22:10:00.000+09:00

I read Roberto. Sarah is a student. She had a important exam so she want to take some good photos of the river. Then a man talked fo her. His name is Roberto and he is Italian. She likes him. They talked about camera so Sarah only at school but she doesn't want Roberto to know that. Roberto says 'Can I be in your film? What do you think?' She answers 'Yeah, OK.' They meet next day two o'clock. But next day morning Sarah is worry about films. Beacause of she can't make films!! but she likes him and she wants to see him again. They meet again. Sarah and Roberto try to make films but Sarah's camera doesn't work!! Roberto said 'Sarah, I only came here today to see you. Not because of the films.' Sarah said 'Oh, Roberto. And I only wanted to see you!!' Perhaps it's LOVE!!

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Book Review 2-10:Mr Jealous

2008-01-08T21:56:00.000+09:00

I read about Mr Jealous. This story is very interested. Cathy is Rob's new girl friend so he likes her a lot. They can meet almost everyday but sometimes can't keep in touch to Cathy. So Rob is really worried about her. That weekend when Rob saw Cathy he asked to her. She said 'I went to Tom's on Monday and Wednesday.' Rob thinks 'Who's this Tom?' But he couldn't ask her. At the weekend, Rob phoned Cathy but she was not in. He asked to her about Tom. Then, she answers for Rob about Tom. Tom is 3 years old.....a little boy!! Rob said 'I'm sorry' for Cathy. But Cathy likes Tom's brother!!

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Learning with computers

2008-01-03T17:43:00.000+09:00

Introduction
6th essay title is ‘Learning with Computers’. We use computer now. So we have to study about computers. I use computer in some classes. Computer is needed to study for me.

Body

Before Writing III

Internet
I use computer in my house. I search something by Yahoo and Goggle. These can search many, many things. I can study everything. These are very useful for us. I studied many things from internet.

E-mail
I sometimes sent to e-mail for my friends. When I was junior high school student, I didn’t have mobile phone. So I sent e-mail by computer for my friends. It was a little inconvenience. Because of I couldn’t read answer mail for my friends immediately. But e-mail can send to a long mail. E-mail can send to all over the world so I can send to my host family in America. My host family lives in Minnesota and I stayed Minnesota in during summer vacation. I and my host family change many e-mail to know each other before I went to America. When I went back to Japan, we can keep in touch by e-mail.

Class
When I was high school student, I had to take computer class. I studied to use internet, word, excel, power point and so on. And when I was fresh man in this university I must take basic computer class so I can use computer a little.

During Writing III ＆ IV

Writing III
I started study about writing to use computer in this class. I haven’t studied writing class to use computer yet so I feel a little difficulty.

Writing IV

Listening
I must understand to speak teacher in the class. Teacher said very important things. For example, class contents, homework and so on. I couldn’t understand to say teacher first time. But I can understand a little to say about teacher in the class.

Writing

Essays
I have to write many essays in this class. First I couldn’t write many words and write good essays. I didn’t like write essay. But I wrote essays I could write more than the first semester. I gradually like write essay.

Comments
We must comment for friend’s post in their blog and my friend write to my post. Comment is my blog to be better than now. It is very important opinion for my blog. And I’m grad to get comment for my friends so I want to write comment for many friends.

Posts
I have to up to posts on my blog. I always write about books, essays, food&drink and so on. I sometimes put on picture and link on my blog. I like take picture by my cell phone.

Portfolios
We must make Portfolio on my blog. It likes summary. I have to count word and check date about all posts. My teacher can easy know my blog’s state. It is very useful!!

Reviews
I write reviews. I wrote café review, movie review and so on. I must write good point about shop and movie. It is difficult!! But I like read reviews for my friends. I want to can write better reviews.

Reading

Book review
I have to read about English books. I can rental to library in my university so I always check bookshelf. After read books I have to write book review in my blog. It is very difficult. I can’t write particular about books story. But I like read about English books.

Friends blog
I like read for my friend’s blog and I have to write comments. I can watch some beautiful picture and good posts. I sometime write comment to friend’s posts.

Typing

Typing speed trial
I must to do typing speed trial in writing class. We must type 100 words or 150 words during 15 minutes. First, I couldn’t type 100 words. But I can write 100 words gradually in the class.

After Writing IV
I like use computer before writing class but I couldn’t use well. First writing class is difficult for me. And I think my typing speed and English skills but I take writing class during this semester I think my type speed and English skills are a little good. But I want to get English skills and computer skills better than now. So I want to more study about English.

Conclusion
I think computer is very important tool our life in the future. We have to use computer and English. So writing class is very useful for me. I want to more study English and computer skills.

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Book Review 2-09: The Green Woman's Party

2007-12-17T14:05:00.000+09:00

This story is a little scary. Stuart and Jan plans to party in country. Their friends want to come. But this country place said there are ghost. Stuart says 'It will be an exciting party!!' They went to this place. This night is very beautiful. They danced under the night sky. Jan and Stuart walked away to a quiet place. Suddenly, there was a woman near them. She was tall and beautiful, with a long green dress. 'Do you like dancing?' she asked. 'Come to my house! My friends are dancing there too. We dance all night.' So Stuart and Jan walked with woman into the night. But they felt scared. Then, the woman in the green dress said 'Here's my house.' In the woman's house, there were a lot of people. it was all green. The woman's face was green too. Stuart and Jan noticed these are not people, they are ghost. Stuart and Jan were ran to the door. Then, Jan's shoes had come off. But they couldn't stop and they ran buck to their friends. They talked about all things but their friends couldn't believe it. So they went back woman's house but it was not there. 'No house, Jan, but here's your shoe,' said a friend. 'My shoe was black,' Jan said. 'This shoe is green'.

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Book Review 2-08: PSYCHIC PETS

2007-12-17T13:47:00.000+09:00

I read about 'Psychic pets'. It is very interesting story. This story says 'Pet is clever or psychic.'

Janet has dog in her house. This pet's name is Bertie. One day, Janet came back from school and went into her bedroom. She found her new dress on the floor. She said 'Bad dog!!' It is handiwork about Bertie. She is really angry for Bertie. But Bertie went to walking with Janet's brother. So she waited for Bertie and her brother. They came back home but Bertie was not came Janet's side. So she call to Bertie, Bertie was not coming. She said 'Look!! Bertie knows! I'm angry with him because he made my dress dirty, and now he doesn't want to come near me! But I didn't talk to him. How does he know??'
... Pet is very psychic.

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Book Review 2-07: STAR REPORTER

2007-12-17T13:29:00.000+09:00

I read about Star reporter. This story start from south africa. Joe says 'There is a new girl in town,' for steve. Steve goes to town for look a new girl. Then, a new girl is find soon. Her name is Marietta. She takes picture and buy for Cado star. Cado star is newspaper company. This company's manager is steve's father. So Steve has to get interesting news.

Marietta and steve sees every time. Steve get bad things in a day, Marietta takes picture Steve. ... So they are to be lover.

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Book Review 2-06: Black mail

2007-12-13T23:02:00.000+09:00

I read about Black mail. This story's character is Dave and Jo. They are lover. Jo is a college student. So she works in holiday. Her work is cleaning rich people's house. One day, she talks to him about her job. Then, Dave asked her a lot of questions about rich family and their house. Two weeks later, the family went to holiday. And when they were away, some burglars broke into thier house. Jo was doubt to Dave so she met Dave and they talked. Then Dave talked about theif. So he was a burglar!! She said 'I never want to see again!!' to him. But Dave didn't stop. He watched her all the time. Dave always asked her about rich people's houses. She talked with him only one time. But Dave and his friends didn't stop. So she called about police.

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Learning with Computers

2007-12-12T11:05:00.000+09:00

I think computer is really important tool now. We need to study abut computer. Computer has very high techniques. So it is really useful. Now, we have to use computers. I think computer more and more convenience from now on. I want to more study about computer.

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5th essay: TV

2007-12-05T11:50:00.001+09:00

Introduction

5th essay title is ‘TV’ so I will write about TV programs. TV is very important and need to tool in our life.

Cable TV

I like cable TV programs. I sometimes watch cable channel. Cable channel has many TV programs. For example, MTV, FOX TV and Shop channel. I like MTV. MTV is music channel. I watch music video and interview for singer. I watched FOX TV too. Fox TV is popular channel in America. This channel has many interesting programs. I like American idle. It is really good TV program. My mother likes shop channel. She always watches about this channel.

Japan TV

I like television. My house’s television always turns on. I watch news, drama, animation, music and so on. News channel is really important channel. It inform to politics, economy, matter and so on. Drama is performance channel. It is really fun. I like watch about drama. Japan has many TV Company. There are NHK, Fuji television, TBS, Asahi TV and Japan TV. These companies are really good and very big. I went to Fuji television’s building. It is really big!!!

Movie

I like movie too. I think movie is very good entertainment tool. Movie can feel power, emotion better than TV. So movie is very popular in Japan. I watched ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the phoenix’. This series is very famous in the world. I like this series so I wanted to see this movie. This movie is a little scare and exciting!! I want to see various movies in my life.

Music

I like music. Because of it can watch about many singers and their performance. I think it makes good feel for us. So I like watch about music channel. Japan has many music channels. These are containing funny element. The most famous music program is ‘Red and White sing battle’. This program broadcast in December 31. It is appearance very famous singer in Japan.

Animation

Japanese animation is very famous in the world. For example, dragon ball slam dank and one-piece. These are really popular in the world. And Japanese animation movie has good evaluation from world. The most famous supervision is Hayao Miyazaki. He is very famous person in Japan. He makes many animation movies. These are really good movies.

Conclusion

I think TV is very good communication tool. We talk about TV programs almost every day.

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I support ROSSO!!

2007-12-05T10:52:00.000+09:00

I watched soccer game on last sunday. I like watch sports game but I watched first time about Rosso Kumamoto's game. It was really exciting!!! This game won Rosso!! I was really happy!!!

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Tasting Party!!

2007-11-28T11:29:00.000+09:00

I will hold to coffee tasting party in December 6. I work on Starbucks coffee so I planning tasting party. This party cost is free!! So anyone can participation! Please come in!!

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Very beautiful

2007-11-28T11:21:00.000+09:00

I went to watch about illumination yesterday. This place is very famous illumination spot. So yesterday has very many people. I saw the illumination in the car but I was really enjoy this time. I want to go to again this spot!!

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Cheerful Harupi--ni: Book Review 2-9

2007-11-28T10:48:00.000+09:00

Cheerful Harupi--ni: Book Review 2-9

Hi!! I'm Yurina!! I read about your book review. I think your book review is very interesting and good!! I can't write like your book review.

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Coming soon

2007-11-21T11:56:00.000+09:00

This picture is downtown in Kumamoto city. Every year downtown decorate to ilumination near the Christmas. It is very beautyful!!!

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My lovely pet

2007-11-21T10:56:00.001+09:00

I have one female dog. Her name is cookie. She is very cute and active girl. She is 1 and half years old. Her kind is Pomeranian. She is very small but She is my precious family. I like take a nap with her. She has very warm body. I always feel very happiness. She is always running my living room. She likes running!!!! I think she is very active girl. She always plays with bowl with me. It is really fun!! She likes chicken. My mother cooks chicken for her. She is really glad to eat chicken!! She is very quickly to eat. She likes potato and carrot. …like human!! So she is little fat now…. She always walks with my father. She likes walking. My father and she go to every night. I want to go to with them but me always loss the chance. I want to walk with her.

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4th essay: Community Life

2007-11-14T11:56:00.000+09:00

Introduction
4th essays title is community life. We have many community tools in our lives. So I introduce to my community life.

Classmate

I have many friends in my class. We are called to ‘frecan member’. I always take class and eat lunch with them. We hold to each birthday party in our birthday month. I like this time!! For example, we went to bowling and joyful, we went to Italian restaurant. We absolutely eat cake!! It was really fun time. My friends are very good!! I think my friends one of the very important community lives.

Part-time job
I work in Starbucks coffee. I like this part-time job. Starbucks is very famous coffee shop. I think almost people know the Starbucks. We are called in ‘partner’ for each other. It mean nothing relationship to between boss and our. I like this system. Starbucks is driving for customer’s satisfaction. So we must study about service skills and coffee’s knowledge. It is really difficult for me. I am studying about coffee beans now. It knowledge is rally deep so it is very difficult for me. I tried to tasting coffee and study to process until finish to coffee beans. I want to be better clerk.
Club
I belong to flower arrangement club now. It club is only girls. We sometimes arrange flower with teacher. It is really difficult. We had to city parade to down town in Kumamoto. We made to costume for this festival. It was really difficult for us. I sewed many skirts in my house. It was really hard but we were very glad to finish to made costume. My club makes flower display in the school festival every year. This year’s theme was ‘south land’. So I made jungle. We made flower display and many gadgets. This flower display was really beautiful. So we got the most excellent prize in the display section. I was really happy!! We will go to Aso farm land in December with club’s member. I’m looking forward to going to Aso!!
My family
I have five family members. I have father and mother and two older brothers and one female dog in my family. My father is office worker, my mother is house wife and my oldest brother is elementary school teacher, another brother is office worker. My father has many hobbies. For example, he plays golf. He likes play golf with his friends. He sometimes goes to practice for golf it is emission about stress to him. And he goes to fishing. He always goes to Ashikita. Then our dinner is very fresh fish. I like fresh fish!! My mother is very good mother. She can cook very well and she can sew anything. I like talk with her to cook dinner. I learn cooking from her. I want to be my mother in the future. My brothers are really kindness person. They are very hard worker. I like them.

Conclusion
I think community is very important things in our life. We have many communication tools it is very important and difficult. There is no communication tool I can’t live.

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BookReview 2-05:The Lost Ship

2007-11-14T11:23:00.000+09:00

The Captain and his men are looking at the strange ship. The Captain into this ship. He watched about hot dishes and so on... He thought 'This ship is very strange...' He discovered to one photograph. This photograph came out to himself!! He is very surprised!!!

[46 words]

Texts

2007-11-14T10:55:00.000+09:00

I use to g-mail for communication to my teacher and friends. I used g-mail communicated my mother and my friends during summer vacation. This summer vacation I went to Minnesota. So I couldn’t communicate to Japan. I always use to g-mail. It was very useful. I think Internet is really useful. I research to everything to use Internet. I like Internet. I have blog. It is very difficult. I’m really lazy. So I need to try to up for blog’s post. But It is very interesting! I like watch my friend’s blog and I want to watch my blog for my friend!! I can understand to everyday for my friend to blog. So blog is very good for talk to us. I think blog is very good communication tool for us!! I want to be more better to my blog.

[140 words]

My favorite places!!

2007-11-13T15:13:00.000+09:00

My house
I like my living’s sofa. This sofa is very big and comfortable. I always stay on the sofa. I take a nap on the sofa, read book on the sofa, use cellular phone on the sofa and watch TV on the sofa. And I play with dog on the sofa. My dos likes sofa too. She is always sleeping on the sofa. I like sleep with my dog.

Sea
I like sea in amakusa. I sometimes go to amakusa’s sea with my friend. It is very beautiful and big. I couldn’t go to sea to swim in this summer but I went to drive. It was really fun time!!! I could to watch fish. Amamkusa’s sea is good to make my good feeling. I like sea in winter. It is very cold but winter’s sea is really beautiful!!

Mountain
I like go to Mountain. I went to Daikanbou in Mt. Aso last Sunday. Daikanbou is very famous sightseeing place. It has so beautiful view. I went to Daikanbou by car. I like driving to go to Aso. Aso has many mountains. There are beautiful locations. I want to go to Mt. ASo again!!

Hot spring
My family likes go to hot spring. My family often went to hot spring. Hot spring is very good to relax my body. But I can’t go to hot spring recently… So I want to go to hot spring to refresh my feeling. I like to talk to my mother in the hot spring. It is really fun time. I think it is very precious time for us.

Starbucks coffee
I work in Starbucks coffee. Starbucks coffee is very famous café in the world. I like Starbucks. Starbucks’s coffee is really delicious. I like Café Mocha. Café Mocha is very sweet coffee flavor. But it is good to relax my feeling. I think Starbucks is very good place to chat with friend or lover. And Starbucks is good to study. Starbucks can’t to smoke in the shop so there are always hang to good coffee flavor. I like it!!!!

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Proto-Portfolio 2-02: Essays

2007-11-07T11:18:00.000+09:00

Fall Semester Essays

Essays	Short titles [+ links]	Dates yy.mm.dd	¶	W	C	L	P	M	Notes
Mega- essay 07.10.12	Kumamoto	07.10.10	9	485 words	0	0	0	0
Favorite place(-s) 07.10.26	Favorite places	07.11.13	5	364 words	0	0	1	3
Movie review 07.11.11
4th essay 07.11.25	Community life	07.11.14	5	519 words	0	1	1	0
5th essay 07.12.09	TV Programs	07.12.05	7	399 words	0	2	1	0
6th essay 07.12.21	Learning with Computers	08.01.03	15	755 words	0	0	1	0


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Key:

¶: number of paragraphs three or more sentences in length

W: number of words

C: number of comments

L: number of links

P: number of photos or other graphics
M: number of other media include

culture

2007-11-07T10:58:00.000+09:00

I like Japanese culture. I think Japanese culture is really beautiful. Japanese culture is very delicate. I belong to flower arrangement club. Flower arrangement is very beautiful Japanese culture. Japanese culture has many delicate things. I like tatami and kotatsu. Tatami is good feeling floor. I like tatami’s touch. Almost Japanese people have tatami’s room in the house. My house has tatami’s room too. I like tatami’s room. Kotatsu is very comfortable and warm. Kotatsu is prerequisite condition in winter. I like take a nap in the kotatsu. But my house doesn’t have the kotatsu. I want to get to new one.

[102 words]

BookReview 2-04:Drive into danger

2007-11-07T10:57:00.000+09:00

'I can drive a truck'. says Kim on her first day at work in the office. When Kim's pssenger Andy finds something strange under the truck thungs get dangerous - very dangerous.

[32 words]

BookReview 2-03:FIFTEENTH CHARACTER

2007-11-06T13:54:00.000+09:00

It's an interesting job, says Sally about her work at Happy Hills. And today is a very exciting day because Zapp the famous singer is coming. Everybody is having a wonderful time. But suddenly something goes wrong-very wrong.

[38 words]

BookReview 2-02:Mystery Girl

2007-10-24T11:04:00.000+09:00

Teenstories Four stories for you!
Mystery Gorl who's that girl watching the band? True Ghost stories so you want to be a ghost-hunter? Luke's Trainers Luke loses his shoes! Rock Band jerome and his school band.

My friends

2007-10-24T10:53:00.001+09:00

I have always together friends. We called to our ‘Frecan member’. We are English subject student. I study with frecan member everyday!! We met in freshman camp in last year. We always lunch together. We hold to everyone’s birthday party. My birthday party was bowling party!! We enjoyed bowling and we went to joyful after bowling. My friend’s birthday party went to Italian restaurant. We like Italian food!! So we really enjoyed this party. I have very good friends.

Proto-Portfolio 2-01

2007-10-17T11:50:00.000+09:00

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Proto-Portfolio 2-01: Reviews, Posts and Words
Months	08	09	10	11	12	01	Totals	fn	Indices
Book reviews	0	0	2	3
Blog posts	0	4	11	13
Words	0	129	1144	1496
Sub-totals	0	133	1157	1512				---

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appetite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-10-17T10:59:00.001+09:00

I like Italian foods. For example, pasta, pizza and so on. I always went to Italian restaurants. And I like cooking. I make to anything. I like Italian so I made Italian foods and I like hamburger so I made it with my mother. My usually lunch is bread. I bought it in my university bakery. There is really good taste bread and cheap. I like there. I always chat with my friends there. I like sweets. I am working in Starbucks coffee in Kumamoto city. So I always drink coffee and eat sweets. I like cinnamon roll. It is really sweet. And I like café mocha. This is very good sweet.

Mega Essay!!!!!

2007-10-10T11:45:00.000+09:00

1st Sight seeing

Kumamoto Castle

There is a big castle such as Kumamoto　Castle. It's a famous place of Kumamoto. And If you want , You can see in the castle. It is really beautiful and you think, very huge !!

Green land

Do you know No.1 amusement park in Kumamoto ? It is a photograph of the amusement park. The amusement park is near my house such as a certain "Green land". I work in a hotel of this amusement park. When here came close to Kumamoto, please come there.　It is really fun.

Aso

Both air and water are pure , So , both rice and water are delicious.There are a lot of places where scenery is beautiful. 　There is really much nature.　If you watch such a scenery, you will be surely healed. In addition, Kumamoto is famous because there is an active volcano. We say Mt. Aso, and it is a very big mountain.

2nd Foods

Basashi

Kumamoto has many delicious and special dish products. The first one is named Basashi. It is a rear meat of horse. We can eat it with sashimi. This product is very famous and popular. When tourists will come to Kumamoto most of them will eat it.

Karashi renkon

Second product is Karashi renkon. It is a kind of lotus root and it covered with mustard and flies it. So it is very hot and spicy! But when we drink we often eat them with garnish. In a New Year's Day, we eat Osechi that means special dish. In Kumamoto we eat karashi renkon.

Taipi-en

Third product is Taipi-en. It has a bean-strarch vermicelli and many vegetables and seaweed and so on. For example carrot, cabbage, egg, bamboo shoot, Judas's-ear and so on. These materials are very healthy and low calorie. It is very popular among young woman. Not only them but also all age people and tourists likes it.

3rd History

Kumamoto castle’s history

Kumamoto castle was build to 1601 by Kiyomasa Katou. This is the one of the most famous castle in Japan. This is very beautiful and very big. Kumamoto castle has very beautiful place. For example, many cherry blossom tree. These are open for spring. This season is very many people come to Kumamoto castle to watch cherry blossom tree.

Famous people

Kumamoto has very many famous people. For example, Souseki Natsume, Kiyomasa Katou, Musashi Miyamoto, Keigo Kiyoura. Souseki Natsume is very famous novelist in Japan. He wrote many books. These books very good and famous. Kiyomasa Katou is very famous SAMURAI. He build to Kumamoto castle. Musashi Miyamoto is very famous fighter. He wrote GORIN NO SHO. Keigo Kiyoura was president in Japan.

History of Kumamoto

Kumamoto was call about Higo. Higo is very old name. For along time ago, Kumamoto had war. This war caused about Christian people. This war’s name Amakusa Shimabara no ran. This war is very big and famous.

Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!

2007-10-10T11:30:00.000+09:00

I saw night view lans Monday. I went to Mt.Hanaoka. This night view is very beautiful!!!

BookReview 2-01: Give us the Money

2007-10-10T11:21:00.000+09:00

'Every day is the same. Nothing exciting ever happens to me,' thinks Adam one boring Monday morning. But today is not the same. When he helps a beautiful young woman because some men want to take her bag, life gets exciting and very, very dangerous.

School Festival

2007-10-10T11:01:00.000+09:00

I belong to flower arrangement club. I will make jangle. I will use many twigs and leaf. My group make jangle, so we will make animal. For example, rabbit, horse, deer and so on. These are made from ivy. These will be really cute and creative. Last year we made to Nihon mukashi banashi. This was very old Japanese history. My group made to Hanasaka jiisan. This story very famous in Japan. My club will make cotton candy and popcorn. I like cotton candy and popcorn. So I will try to buy many cotton candy and popcorn.

My part

2007-10-08T23:31:00.001+09:00

3rd History
Kumamoto castle’s history
Kumamoto castle was build to 1601 by Kiyomasa Katou. This is the one of the most famous castle in Japan. This is very beautiful and very big. Kumamoto castle has very beautiful place. For example, many cherry blossom tree. These are open for spring. This season is very many people come to Kumamoto castle to watch cherry blossom tree.

Famous people
Kumamoto has very many famous people. For example, Souseki Natsume, Kiyomasa Katou, Musashi Miyamoto, Keigo Kiyoura. Souseki Natsume is very famous novelist in Japan. He wrote many books. These books very good and famous. Kiyomasa Katou is very famous SAMURAI. He build to Kumamoto castle. Musashi Miyamoto is very famous fighter. He wrote GORIN NO SHO. Keigo Kiyoura was president in Japan.

History of Kumamoto
Kumamoto was call about Higo. Higo is very old name. For along time ago, Kumamoto had war. This war caused about Christian people. This war’s name Amakusa Shimabara no ran. This war is very big and famous.

Rainbow!!!!!!!!!

2007-10-03T11:00:00.000+09:00

This is rainbow!!! It was really beautiful. I saw this rainbow on the way go home. I was really happy!!

School Festival!!

2007-10-03T10:56:00.000+09:00

I belong to flower arrangement club. My club will make flower object in school festival. And we have parade. This parade will do next Saturday. So I make costume now for this parade. This year’s concept is Hawaiian. We make pink and blue and yellow skirts. These are very cute!!! School festival is really fun!! We will buy cotton candy and popcorn. Last year we made Oshiruko. Oshiruko is Japanese traditional desert. This was really good taste. I’m looking forward to this festival.

eripopon♪: 4th Essay: Kumamoto

2007-09-26T11:49:00.000+09:00

eripopon♪: 4th Essay: Kumamoto

Hi!! I'm yurina. I read your essay!! It is very good and understandable.

madyu's room: Kumamoto

2007-09-26T11:46:00.000+09:00

madyu's room: Kumamoto

I read your essay. It is very good essay!!

cooking: 4th essay -Kumamoto-

2007-09-26T11:34:00.000+09:00

cooking: 4th essay -Kumamoto-

Hi!! Hiroko!! I read your essay. It is very good essay!! Kinbozan can see very beautiful view!!!

My memory!!

2007-09-26T11:02:00.002+09:00

I went to Minnesota in America. There were really good place. Minnesota has many beautiful places. I stayed in a woman’s house. She is really good woman. Her name is Barbara. Barbara is very busy woman. But I went to many places with her. For example, museum shopping mall. Minnesota has the biggest shopping mall. That name is ‘Mall of America’. This mall very big and has many shops. I like shopping in this mall. I went to this mall two times. I bought many clothes and shoes and souvenir.

My next semester's plan

2007-07-21T13:12:00.001+09:00

I want to study hard next semester. Because of I couldn’t concentration to study this semester. But we have a school festival next semester. I must preparation to flower arrangement display. My club has big display every year. I am looking forward to this festival. I enjoyed last year. So I can’t always study. But I want to study more English. I will go to America in this summer. I make use of experience in America. I want to speak English well. I hope to use English in my work. So I have to study English very hard. I can’t use English well now. I think I study English hard I use English better than now!!

My next semester, I will study English too hard!!

125 words

Yuck!!!

2007-07-18T10:50:00.000+09:00

This is “Coffee soda”. My friend present fo me but it is very tasteless. Unbelievable!!

☆KGU☆

2007-07-16T22:29:00.000+09:00

I go to Kumamoto Gakuen University (KGU). This university is big and it has a lot of student. This university has 11 special fields. It has economics, the department of commercial science, social welfare, and foreign language. My special field is English. I study English very hard everyday. But I like English very much. I have many homework and report. These are very hard but useful for me. In this summer, I will go to Minnesota in America. This is school curriculum. My friends will go to America with me. I’m looking forward to this program!!

My university has many clubs. KGU has many students but almost student belong to club. For example, photograph, youth hostel, walk and so on. I belong to flower arrangement club. This club is only ladies and small. But we are very friendly. We sometime arrange flowers. It is very difficult. I want to more good it!! We have school festival in November. This is very big festival. We make big flower arrangement and bazaar. This preparation is very hard but I enjoy this time. We have firework and laser beam show in last day in this festival. These are very beautiful and enjoyed. In this year, I’m looking forward to this festival!!

Portfolio

2007-07-11T11:08:00.000+09:00

Writing IIIc: Portfolio ID :6234
1.0. Essays

1.1. Catalog	Titles of posts with links	Dates (yyyy.mm.dd)	Numbers of words	Numbers of comments
Example	Restaurant: Star of India	2007.03.13	185	1
1st (introduction) April (150+ words)	Introduce myself	2007.04.18	161	2
2nd (campus life) May (200+ words)	♪My Campas life♪	2007.05.18	243	0
3rd (your choice) June 5 (250+ words)	Fiding NEMO!!	2007.06.20	251	2
4th (Kumamoto) June 18 (250+ words)	About Kumamoto	2007.06.11	251	0
5th (review 1) July 2 (175+ words)	Cafe Review	2007.07.04	203	5
6th (review 2) July 16 (200+ words)	☆KGU☆	2007.07.16	208	0


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1.2. Selection and assessment: Which of those essays do you feel is the best, and why? Please remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, and give at least two reasons.

...I think my best essay is Cafe review, because of this essay's photograph is very good!! And this essay is written by origin of starbucks. I think it is very interesting.

2.0. Comments

---	Titles of posts with links	Dates of comments (yyyy.mm.dd)	Numbers of words in comments	Qualities of comments*
2.1. Your first comment on your instructor's blog	Movie: Dreamgirls	2007.04.11	8	I think my english is very poor.
2.2. Your best comment on a classmate's blog	My favorite place	2007.04.11	10	My english is very poor.
2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog	Cafe review	2007.07.03	30	These are very useful comment.
2.4. Most comments on:	Titles of posts with link	Dates of posts (yyyy.mm.dd)	Total number of words in comments	Qualities of comments*
2.4.1. Any one of your essays	Cafe review	2007.7.3	61	These comments are very good!!
2.4.1.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---	2007.4.11	---	---
2.4.1.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	45	It is poor.
2.4.2. Any of your other posts	My favorite place	2007.4.18	24	These comments are very short.
2.4.2.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---	2007.4.25	---	---
2.4.2.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	22	It is very poor.

* Please list the most important qualities of comments on each type of blog post.

2.5. Additional reflections on comments:

...I was very happy. These comment is very useful in my article.

3.0. Typing Speed Trials (5 mins.)

---	Numbers of words	Dates (yyyy.mm.dd)
3.1. Worst typing speed trial	33 words	2007.05.09
3.2. Best typing speed trial	112 words	2007.06.06
3.3. Average speed for three (3) most recent speed trials	108 words	2007.05.23 2007.06.06 2007.06.13

4.0. Book Reviews

4.1. Catalog	Titles of posts with links	Dates (yyyy.mm.dd)	Number of words	Numbers of comments
Example:	Vampire Killer	2007.05.16	39	1
1-01	Seeing Eye dog Quile	2007.04.25	30	0
1-02	Diana	2007.05.09	32	0
1-03	TITANIC	2007.05.20	38	0
1-04	ESCAPE	2007.05.21	41	0
1-05	JUNGLE BOOK	2007.05.22	76	0
1-06	SURVIVE!!	2007.05.24	58	0
1-07	THE MISSING COINS	2007.06.13	46	0
1-08	THE WINNER	2007.06.13	46	0
1-09	Amazon RALLY	2007.06.14	42	0
1-10	STARMAN	2007.06.26	54	0
1-11	KING ARTHUR	2007.07.04	56	0
1-12	SALLY'S PHONE	2007.07.04	41	0








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4.2. Selection and assessment: Which of those book reviews do you feel is the best, and why? Please remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, and give at least two reasons.

...I think my best book review is JUNGLE BOOK. It is very difficult but very interested. and this book review has most words in my book review.

5.0. Blog Layout, Labeling, Linking & Media Presentation

---	Yes	No
5.1. Does your blog have an archive in the sidebar?	○
5.1.1. Does the archive display the titles of posts?	○
5.1.2. Is the archive organized by week?	○
5.1.3. Is the archive at the top of the sidebar?	○
5.2. Does your blog have labels displayed in sidebar?	○
5.2.1. Do your labels include each of these required labels (typed accurately):	---	---
"books" (plural)	○
"essays" (plural)	○
"quickposts" (plural, with no spaces)	○
5.2.2. Does your sidebar display other labels?	○
How many other labels have you attached to three (3) or more posts? ○ I have 7 labels	---	---
Which labels, and how many posts each? books(11) essays(6) hostfamily (8) food＆drink (6) portfolios (2) quickpost(26) review(13)	---	---
5.3. Links & media	---	---
5.3.1. Does your blog include pictures?	○
Does your blog profile include a picture or graphic representation?
How many of your blog posts include pictures or other graphics? ... 36 pictures	---	---
5.3.2. Posts with multiple links	---	---
How many of your posts include three (3) or more links? ... 3	---	---
5.3.3. Does your blog include other media?	○
How many of your blog posts include other media? ... 2 About Kumamoto, Spring widget	---	---

5.4. What would you most like to do to enhance the overall presentation of your blog?

... I think enhance the overall presentation of my blog is to repose on many pictures. Because of pictures makes very colorful to my blog. So I always take pictures with my mobile phone's camera and send to my blog.

6.0. Additional reflections on your blog writing:

...I can't make my blog well. It is very difficult for me but I'm enjoying it. This blog is my first one. I always tried to take pictures to put on my blog and easy to understand about article.

7.0. Suggestions for your peers and successors:

...I think, you always take picture in your cell phone's camera. This picture make colorful in your blog.

♪My Birthday♪

2007-07-08T21:14:00.000+09:00

Yesterday was my 20th birthday. Date is July 7th. This date call to “Tanabata”. “Tanabata” has very beautiful star in the sky!! But Kumamoto had very heavy rain, so I can't watch any star...
These are my birthday cake. Watermelon's cake was present by my mother and short cake was present by my friend!! I was very happy!!!!!!

Go to sale!!!

2007-07-04T12:04:00.000+09:00

Last sunday, I went to summer sale. Kumamoto down town are sale season. I bought new shoes. It is very cute!! But I can't put on new shoes... Because of Every day rainy recently!!

I don't like.......

2007-07-04T11:27:00.000+09:00

I don't like rain!! But today has very heavy rain. So I was saturate.... I want to fine weather!!!!

BookReview 1-12:SALLY'S PHONE

2007-07-04T10:50:00.000+09:00

Sally is always running - and she has her phone with her all the time: at home, on the train, at work, at lunchtime, and at the shops.

But then one afternoon suddenly she has different phone...and it changes her life.

BookReview 1-11:KING ARTHUR

2007-07-04T10:43:00.000+09:00

It is the year 650 in England. There is war everywhere because the old king is dead and he has no son. Only when the new king comes can the fighting stop and the strange, magical story of king Arthur begin. But first, Merlin the ancient magician has find a way of finding the next king...

Cafe review

2007-07-03T22:06:00.000+09:00

I’ll introduce about STARBUCKS COFFEE. I work in Starbucks coffee. STARBUCKS is very famous coffee shop. These are all over the world. STARBUCKS was land for about 10 years ago in Tokyo “Ginza”. This is first shop in Japan. In Kumamoto built in 5 years ago. Kumamoto’s first shop is in “New-s” and “PARCO”.
These shops opened at one time. “STARBUCKS COFFEE”, this name’s origin “Moby Dick”. It is very famous and old book. Starbuck is fisher man appear about in this book. Starbuck was really like to coffee. And this logotype is mermaid in Greek myth. She name is “Seiren”. Seiren has very beautiful singing voice. So she used it and very many people killed. This is legend. Starbucks coffee wishes for “please drunk with coffee flavor to all….” So, decided name and logotype Starbucks coffee by these.

My favorite menu is “Green tea cream frappuccino + espresso shot” with cinnamon role. These are very delicious!!! Green tea frappuccino is very sweet… but change bitter taste addition to espresso shot. I drink it, I cheer up. Cinnamon role is very soft and sweet. I like the best food in Starbucks coffee. If you come to Starbucks coffee, Please try it at once!!

Book Review 1-10:STARMAN

2007-06-26T21:13:00.000+09:00

The empty of Australia. The sun is hot and there are not many people. And when Bill meets a man, alone, standing on an empty road a long way from anywhere, he is surprised and worried.

And Bill is right to be worried. Because there is something strange about man he meets. Very strange......

Summer items

2007-06-26T15:34:00.000+09:00

These are my enamels. These are very beautiful color!! I work in STARBUCKS COFFEE so I can't paint on hand's nail. But I paint on my feet's nail. I enjoy it in summer time.

Flower arrangement 3

2007-06-26T15:20:00.000+09:00

My club hold to exhibition in the school. This is my work. Title is “firework”. It looks like “firework”.

Very fun♪

2007-06-24T22:17:00.000+09:00

I went to ROUND-1 stadium. ROUND-1 stadium is the amusement center. I played basketball, soccer, table tennis, bowling, billiard and so on. Today was very fun♪ I want to go to again.

From KOREA☆

2007-06-24T22:06:00.000+09:00

This coffee is made in Korea!! It is souvenir from Korea. My friend's father bought for me. This is very sweet. But very delicious!!!

Drinking Party♪

2007-06-21T22:43:00.000+09:00

Today was drink party with my friends. I went to “DOMADOMA”. DOMADOMA's foods very delicious!! This is desert. This desert's name is “Kiui-no-purupuru-zeri-ice”. This is good taste. Please try it!!

Finding NEMO!!

2007-06-20T11:41:00.001+09:00

I’ll introduce about “Finding NEMO”. It is made of Disney. It is very interesting and exiting. I have memory of this movie. This movie’s stage is sea. Hero’s name is NEMO. NEMO is very small fish. NEMO have longing about outside of coral zone. He go to elementary school, he tried to go to outside. But!! He caught to human!! So His father‘name is marlin’finding NEMO. Marlin meets Dolly about travel on the way. Dolly is very funny, but forgetfulness. Marlin and Dolly finds NEMO. But they don’t find NEMO. It is very difficult and too hard. Marlin and Dolly are meets about shark!! But Shark is very good person. Shark wants to friends for Marlin and Dolly. They make friends!! Next, Marlin and Dolly are attacked by angler fish. It is very scary. But angler fish has clue about NEMO. So Marlin and Dolly fights!! Angler fish was faint. So they get about clue about NEMO!! NEMO is caught for Sidney. They go to Sidney for on the current. In the current they meet about turtle’s troop. Turtle has baby. He’s name is ‘Sclash’. Sclash is very cute and brave. Marlin and Dolly arrived at Sidney. But they don’t know where NEMO is!! Then, sea gull taught them NEMO’s whereabouts. NEMO escaped by human and meet about Marlin and Dolly. They are very happy and go buck coral zone!! I like this movie. Because very happiness so I recommend it.

Flower arrangement 2

2007-06-20T10:47:00.000+09:00

This is my work. It is my club' s activity. This flower arrangement is very difficult!! But it is very beautiful. I want to more well. So I practice it!!

Tapioka!!!

2007-06-20T10:38:00.000+09:00

It is Tapioka. I ate Tapioka yestaday. It is very delicious!! I like it.

Japanese cake

2007-06-18T21:57:00.000+09:00

This is Japanese sweets. It called about “Dango”. “Dango” made of race cake. I like it. This is special and strange taste. Because of it is covered by chocolate!! But it is very delicious!!

Father's Day

2007-06-17T22:02:00.000+09:00

Today is Father's Day!! So, my mother and I went to shopping to get to present for my father. I got to nice T-shirts!! And today's dinner was very delicious food. I ate stake and champagne. I think, today is very good day!!

Rainy day......

2007-06-14T21:05:00.000+09:00

Today is heavy rain day. I don't like rain!! But, Japan is rainy season now. Please finish this season as soon as possible!!

My favorite time♪

2007-06-14T16:53:00.000+09:00

My favorite time is both time. I like bathroom. Beacouse of bath is very comfortable and refresh in my feel. So I like this time.

Book Review 1-09: Amazon RALLY

2007-06-14T16:26:00.000+09:00

Riding in a motorcycle rally across the Brazilian jungle is hard and exiting. But for Brian and David some things are worse than mud and motorcycle breakdowns. When they agree to help their Indian friends, they find themselves racing to save lives....

Book Review 1-08:THE WINNER

2007-06-13T11:17:00.000+09:00

ATV programme is looking for young peopele. The winners can talk to Leonardo DiCaprio.‘Talk to Leonardo! Be on TV! I'm going to win!’ says Kara. But her best friends, Hannah, is the winner not her. Now Kara wants to ask her friend a very important question.

Book Review 1-07:THE MISSING COINS

2007-06-13T11:03:00.000+09:00

Pete and Chala are students. One day they look at some very old coins and stamps in shop. Pete wants to buy some stamps, but they are very expensive. Later that day some coins are missing from the shop and the shopkeeper wants to find Pete...

Summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-06-13T10:58:00.000+09:00

I like summer!! Because of summer are very many events. For example, summer vacation, firework, festival, go to sea and my birthday. Kumamoto has many firework festivals. I want to go to a lot of festival in this summer. Kumamoto’s summer is too hot. So I want to more cool…Please!! But I will go to America in this summer for 1 month. It is very pleasure. I want to enjoy this summer!! And I like spring. Spring is very comfortable. I always watch cherry blossom. Cherry blossom is very beautiful. Spring has new encounter. I will meat new friends and teacher. This time is very exciting!! I like meat new friends!!

I respect Billy☆

2007-06-12T13:54:00.000+09:00

I have Blly's boot camp. It is hard tranning and very good exercize but very, very hard. I play hard, so I get slender body!!

BBQ day!!

2007-06-12T13:51:00.000+09:00

I did BBQ on May 31th with my club members. It is very delicious and fun!! I enjoyed this time.

My swim wear

2007-06-12T13:43:00.000+09:00

This is my new swim wear.It is very cute!! My favorite one. I want to go to sea and pool, I wear it!!

My part time job!!

2007-06-12T13:25:00.000+09:00

My part time job is STARBUCKSCOFFEE from September last year. STARBUCKSCOFFEE is very famous coffee shop and very busy. But food and drink are very delicious!! Please come to STARBUCKSCOFFEE.

Flower arrangement

2007-06-12T13:06:00.000+09:00

I belong to flower arrangement club so I did flower arrangement.It is very difficult. I made this flower.

About Kumamoto

2007-06-11T18:56:00.000+09:00

I live in Kumamoto for 20years. Kumamoto is south of Japan so very hot in summer. Kumamoto is a little country town but it is very nice place. Kumamoto has many famous sightseeing places, beautiful and traditional. For example, Mt. Aso. This mountain is very beautiful, and it has very big caldera. It is the biggest size all over the world. And Amamkusa is very beautiful place. Amamkusa is near the sea so this sea is very, very beautiful. Amamkusa has many delicious foods. Amamkusa come in freshness fish and vegetable. Next, Kumamoto has the big castle. This castle’s name is “Kumamoto castle”. It is very big, beautiful and historical. This castle built to Edo age by Kiyomasa Kato. Kiyomasa Kato is very famous parson in Kumamoto. In spring, cherry trees were blossom around Kumamoto castle. It is very beautiful!! I always watch about cherry blossom became spring. Then, Kumamoto has “Suizenzi park”. This park is Japanese style. This park is very famous.

Kumamoto has many good foods. For example, Basashi. Basashi is house’s frozen meat. Basashi is customs peculiar to Kumamoto. We eat horse!! But it is very delicious. And Karashirenkon is very famous souvenir in Kumamoto. Karashirenkon plugs a hole with mustard in lotus root’s holes and fry it. It is very hot, but very delicious. The famous sweets is Jindaiko. Jindaiko is Japanese-style confection. It is made of small beans and rice cake.

I want to come to Kumamtoto once at least. I like Kumamoto so much.

♪Gyoza Day♪

2007-06-06T12:01:00.001+09:00

I went to “ni-no-ni” with my friends on May 28. I ate many, many gyoza!! It is very delicious. I enjoyed this dinner time!!

My family introduction

2007-06-06T11:24:00.000+09:00

I live in Kumamoto near the Kengunmachi. I have five family members, father mother, two elder brothers and female dog. But my brothers are living different place now. My father is office worker. My mother is house wife. Elder brother is elementary school teacher. Another elder brother is university student in Fukuoka. My pet is one female dog. She name is cookie. Cookie is one year old. She’s kind of Pomeranian. She is very cute and pretty. I like her very much. My father good at write picture very well. It is very beautiful. I like my mother’s cooking. My mother can be cook very well. It is delicious. I respect her.

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Book Review 1-06:SURVIVE!!

2007-05-24T16:24:00.000+09:00

This book is very interesting and exciting. It likes game. This book's heroine in a small plane, going across the Rocky Mountains. Suddenly, the engine starts to make strange naise..... Soon, She is alone, in the snow, at the top of a mountain, and it is very, very cold. Can you find her ways out of the mountain??

I like dog very much!!

2007-05-23T11:02:00.000+09:00

My favorite animal is dog. Because of My pet is female dog. She name is cookie. She is 1 year old. She’s kind of Pomeranian. She is very active girl, but she is very cute!!! Her hobby is play with bowl and sleep. I sometimes play with bowl. And she is always sleepy. She is sleep on sofa all day long. She face is very cute. She likes Potato and carrot. She eats boiled potato and rare carrot. My mother always boiled potato to eat cookie. She is very pleased. My family likes cookie very much. She is my important family members.

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Book Review 1-05:JUNGLE BOOK

2007-05-22T09:37:00.000+09:00

In the jungle of southern India the seeone Wolf-not a wolf-he is Mowgli, a human child, but he knows nothing the world of man. He lives and hunts with his brothers the wolves. Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther are his friends and teachers. And shere Khan, the man-eating tiger, is his enemy. Kipling's famous story of Mowgli's adventures in the jungle has been loved by young and old for more than a hundred years.

Book Review 1-04:ESCAPE

2007-05-21T17:53:00.000+09:00

This book' s lead is Brown. He is caught in thief. But “I'm an innocent man,” shouts Brown. He is angry because he is in prison and the prison guards hate him. Then one day Brown has an idea. It is dangerous.

Book Review 1-03:TITANIC

2007-05-20T22:32:00.001+09:00

I like Taitanic's movie, so I choose this book. Taitanic's history is very sad.The Taitanic was the most famous ship in history. Taitanic is very big and gorgeous. On April 14, Taitanic hit the iceberg. Many pepole die.

♪My Campus life♪

2007-05-18T20:57:00.000+09:00

My campus life is very hard. Because of the second grade is harder than freshmen. I always have much homework and class is very difficult. But, it is very useful.

I belong to flower arrangement club. This club is only ladies and small. But we are very friendly and funny. We sometimes arrange flowers. It is very difficult but so beautiful and challenging. I like flower!! Recently, we add to new members from freshman. They are very cute!! I want to be friend.

My friends are very funny. I have 10 members in my friend. They are called by "frecam members". "frecam members" met by Freshman camp. We always always together!! We eat lunch together, take the class together. If I have free time, I go to bakery with them. We chat forever!! I like this time. This time is release from stress.

I work in STARBUCKS COFFEE for 8 months. There is middle of Kumamoto town. This part-time job is very busy!! We have always many customer. Because of STARBUCKS COFFEE is very famous coffee shop. I make drink, register and I study about coffee. It is very difficult. But I like coffee, so I enjoy this part-time job.

My campus life is very hard. But I enjoy everyday!!

Proto-portfolio

2007-05-16T11:46:00.000+09:00

1.0. Essays

1.1. Self-introduction essay

About Myself
203 words
2007.4.17

1.2. Second essay

My campas life
210 words
2007.5.18

1.3. Third essay

About Kumamoto
251 words
2007.6.13

1.4. Fourth essay

Finding NEMO!!
251 words
2007.6.20

1.5. 5th essay

Cafe review
222 words
2007.7.3

1.3. Best essay: Which do you believe is better & why?

I think best essay is 「Campas life」. This essay is very particular and fun.

2.0. Comments

2.1. Your first comment on instructor's blog:

Movie: Dreamgirls
Friday, March 16, 2007
8 words

2007.04.11

Do you believe that is a good comment? Why or why not?

No, I think this comment is very poor.

2.2. Your best comment on a classmates blog

my favorite place
15 words

2007.4.18

Why do you believe that is a good comment?

No, I think this comment is very poor.

2.3. The best comment by a classmate on your blog by a classmate

My favorite place
15 words

2007.4.25

Why do you believe that is a good comment?

Tes!! This comment is very interenting.

2.4. The greatest numbers of comments on your blog

My favorite place

2.4.1. The greatest number of comments on any of your essays

Title of your essay with link: Finding NEMO!!
Date of essay: 2007.06.20
The total number of comments on that essay: 2 comments
Best comment on that essay by a classmate: nami
Date of best comment on that essay: 2007.06.21
When did you respond to those comments? 2007.06.26
What did you do in response to those comments?

I like this story!! So please watch this movie.

2.4.2. Greatest number of comments on any of your other posts

Title of your post with link: My favorite place
Date of post: 2007.04.18
The total number of comments on that post: 4 comments
Best comment on that post by a classmate (Blogger ID):Triphaina
Date of best comment on that post: 2007.04.25
When did you respond to those comments? 2007.04.25
What did you do in response to those comments?

I like Japanese history too!! It is very interesting.

2.5. Additional reflections on blog comments:

...I was glad to these comments. These comments very useful for mｙ　blog.

3.0. Typing speed trials

3.1. Worst speed

25 words

2007.4.18

3.2. Best speed

102 words

2007.5.23

3.3. Average speed

51 words
number of trials

Other comments or reflections:

4.0. Book Reviews

4.1. Book review 1-01

4.2. Book review 1-02

Book Review 1-02:Diana
32 words
2007.5.9

4.3. Book review 1-03

Book Review 1-03:TITANIC
38 words
2007.5.20

4.4. Book review 1-04

Book Review 1-04:ESCAPE
41 words
2007.5.21

4.5. Book review 1-05

Book Review 1-05:JUNGLE BOOK
76 words
2007.5.22

4.6. Book review 1-06

Book Review 1-06:SURVIVE!!
58 words
2007.5.24

4.7. Book review 1-07

4.8. Book review 1-08

Book Review 1-08:THE WINNER
46 words
2007.06.13

4.9. Book review 1-09

Book Review 1-09:Amazon RALLY
42 words
2007.06.14

4.10. Book review 1-10

Book Review 1-10:STARMAN
54 words
2007.06.26

4.11. Book review 1-11

Book Review 1-11:KING ARTHUR
56 words
2007.07.04

4.12. Book review 1-12

Book Review 1-12:SALLY'S PHONE
41 words
2007.07.04

5.0. Visual presentation

5.1. Archive at top of sidebar (Yes/No): Yes

5.1.1. Displaying titles of posts: Yes

5.1.2. Organized by month (or week): Yes

5.2. Labels displayed in sidebar (Yes/No): Yes

5.1.1. Including: books, essays & quickposts: Yes

5.1.2. Including other labels that you've attached to more than one post: Yes

List of other labels that you've used: Yes

5.3. Links & media

5.3.1. Pictures

Does your blog profile include a picture?

How many of your blog posts include pictures?
I have 11 posts.

5.3.w. Posts with multiple links

How many of your posts include three or more links?
I have 8 links.

5.3.3. Other media

How many of your blog posts include other media?

I have 1 link.

Which other media have you used?

About Kumamoto

I want to go to Italy someday!!!

2007-05-16T11:00:00.000+09:00

I went to some foreign country. Because of my parent’s hobby is travel. I went to Hawaii,L.A Paris and so on. I like Paris. Paris is very beautiful country. I looked to many Pictures and sightseeing. Next I want to go to Italy. Italy is my longing country. I want to eat home Italian and sightseeing famous place. I want to go to many countries!!

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Book Review 1-02:Diana

2007-05-09T11:58:00.000+09:00

Diana is called "the people princess".
She is very beautyful and kindness.
Diana Soencer was born on 1 July 1961 at sandringham in England.
Diana always tried to help unhappy people.

Watching sports!!

2007-05-09T11:08:00.000+09:00

I like watching sports. I like watching soccer!! Soccer is very fun and exiting!! I played classic ballet between 3 years old and 17 years old. I like watching dance and play.

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☆My pet☆

2007-05-03T14:50:00.000+09:00

She is my pet.

She name is cookie.

Cookie is 11 months years old.

She's birthday is May 21th.

She is very active girl and wheedling child but She is very cute!!

I always play cookie with ball.

It is very fun!!!

I like Italian

2007-05-02T11:24:00.000+09:00

I like Pizza and Pasta for Tomato fervor. And I like Italian. I like chocolate cake and ice cream. I like the most meat is chicken. Chicken is very healthy and delicious. And I like cooking. I can make Japanese food and so on. I like an omelet containing fried rice. This is very easy and delicious.

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Book Review 1-01: Seeing Eye dog Quile

2007-04-25T11:43:00.000+09:00

I read a book. This book's name is 「Seeing Eye dog Quile」. This story impression. This book is written by little difficult English, but very interesting content.

R＆B forever

2007-04-25T11:38:00.000+09:00

My favorite music is Japanese pops, hip hop and R＆B. I always listen to music when I go to the school.

I can’t sing a song well. But I like to go to Karaoke. I like cheerful song.

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My favorite place

2007-04-18T11:13:00.000+09:00

My home

My room

School

Bakery

Cafeteria

Bath

Car

Movie Theater

Shopping mole

Park

Hawaii

Paris

Australia

Kyoto

Tokyo

Disney land

Fukuoka

Osaka

Hokkaido

America

Introduce myself

2007-04-11T11:36:00.000+09:00

Hello. Nice to meet you. My name is Yurina. I live in Kumamoto.
I have five family members, father, mother, and two old brothers. But my broters are living diffrent place now.

My father is the office worker, my mother is the house wife, and the older brother is the elementary school teacher, younger brother is the college student in fukuoka.

I have one female dog. She name is cookie. She is very rascal, and active girl, but so cute. She is 7 month years old. I love her.

I think, my character is very cheerful. I like chat with friend. This is my divergence from stress. and I like to go to Karaoke with my friends. This time is very cheerful. I love my friends very much.

My part-time job is the Starbucks coffee. Do you know Starbucks coffee? I study
about coffee, it is very hard, but I like coffee very much. So I am enjoying this part-time job.

first post

2007-02-21T13:21:00.000+09:00

Hello!!
My name is Yu-ri.
I live in wakaba.

Yu-ri's everyday

Important things

Writing IVc: Portfolio

0.0. Overview

Reviews, Posts, and Words

1.0. Essays

1.2. Best Essay

2.0. Comments

2.5. Recent comments display

2.6. Additional reflections on comments

3.0. Typing Speed Trials

4.0. Book Reviews

4.2. Best Book Review

5.0. Blog Layout, Labeling, Linking, & Media

5.4. Overall presentation

6.0. Additional reflections on your blog writing

7.0. Suggestions for your peers and successors

Book Review 2-12:The Blue Cat Club

Book Review 2-11:Roberto

Book Review 2-10:Mr Jealous

Learning with computers

Book Review 2-09: The Green Woman's Party

Book Review 2-08: PSYCHIC PETS

Book Review 2-07: STAR REPORTER

Book Review 2-06: Black mail

Learning with Computers

5th essay: TV

I support ROSSO!!

Tasting Party!!

Very beautiful

Cheerful Harupi--ni: Book Review 2-9

Coming soon

My lovely pet

4th essay: Community Life

BookReview 2-05:The Lost Ship

Texts

My favorite places!!

Proto-Portfolio 2-02: Essays

culture

BookReview 2-04:Drive into danger

BookReview 2-03:FIFTEENTH CHARACTER

BookReview 2-02:Mystery Girl

My friends

Proto-Portfolio 2-01

appetite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mega Essay!!!!!

1st Sight seeing

Aso

2nd Foods

Basashi

Karashi renkon

Taipi-en

Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!

BookReview 2-01: Give us the Money

School Festival

My part

Rainbow!!!!!!!!!

School Festival!!

eripopon♪: 4th Essay: Kumamoto

madyu's room: Kumamoto

cooking: 4th essay -Kumamoto-

My memory!!

My next semester's plan

Yuck!!!

☆KGU☆

Portfolio

1.1. Catalog

1.2. Selection and assessment: Which of those essays do you feel is the best, and why? Please remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, and give at least two reasons.

2.0. Comments

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3.0. Typing Speed Trials (5 mins.)

4.0. Book Reviews

4.2. Selection and assessment: Which of those book reviews do you feel is the best, and why? Please remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, and give at least two reasons.

5.0. Blog Layout, Labeling, Linking & Media Presentation

♪My Birthday♪

Go to sale!!!

I don't like.......

BookReview 1-12:SALLY'S PHONE

BookReview 1-11:KING ARTHUR

Cafe review