Exam

Hello, everyone. It is fast to pass the time, because it will come the exam soon. I should study many subjects. But I want to get all A, so I should have study hard!!

By the way, I will took the TOEIC on March 13. So I want to take it long time. When I became a university students, my scholarship came to down. I do not study so much. Then I will take the test, so I have to study English. I want to go to America in the future. If I study English now, I am not trouble there. Therefore I will study.

I am not good at listening, so I have to listen to something in English every day. When I go to the university, I would like to listening. It is important to keep it every day. And I think good that listen to Western music.

I want to to go university to study during the spring vacation. I will do my best.

(164 words)

☆Today☆

Hello. I would like to write about today.

I got up at 8:00 a.m. I have no class today, so I have much time. I watch the TV drama every morning. The drama's title is WERUKAME. The drama is broadcast from 8:15 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. It is very short time, but I like it. Because my favorite actor is performing in the drama. The actor is Shunsuke Daitou. He is very cool, and I want to meet him once!! If I am overlooking the drama, I become very shock. So I have to get up at 8:00 a.m. every morning. After watching the drama I had to go to the university, because I follow a procedure for a scholarship. And I should have returned the book to the library. Then I readied to go to the university. My home is not far from K.G.U. It takes me about 20 minutes to go the university by bicycle. When I was high school student, it took me about 45 minutes, so I don't think it is far.

I have finished preparing, and I left my home at 10:00 a.m. Today was cold, and the out was little snow. But today was littler than yesterday. It had heavy snow yesterday. I have never seen such heavy snow in Kumamoto, so I was moved. I made a snowman with my pet. I was very fun!! But in the outside, it was very cold. I can't stand. So I put on my muffler and gloves today, and I went to the K.G.U. When I arrived at K.G.U., there were few people. Because nowadays is supplementary lecture class. It was fresh for me. First I followed a procedure for a scholarship. After that I returned the book to the library. Then it was about 12:00 a.m. I was hungry, so I came back my house. I wanted to eat hot apple pie. But I decided to endurance to the house, because I have no money.

I came back my house, and I opened a refrigerator. Then there was a pudding. And the taste was a caramel!! I was very happy, and I was good that I did not buy a hot apple pie. And I ate a pudding and lunch.

I have to study, because it will start exams soon. But I always watch the TV. I would like to study tomorrow!! So I bought a fashion magazine. The name was nonno. When I look the fashion magazine, I always think that I have to diet. Because the models are very smart and beautiful. My favorite model is Nozomi Sasaki. She is very cute. If I am able to reborn, I want to be her. So she is my yearning. And I read it about one hour. I felt that it was fast to pass the time, because it was 5:00 a.m.

Today my mother went out with her friends, so I had to cook dinner. I cooked many pumpkin tempuras. It was delicious. I want to cook it again.

When I wrote about today, I found many things. And I thought I wasted the time. Time is money. I do not forget these words.

(530 words)

BR 2-14: Mr. Putter and Walk the Dog

Hello. I read the book today. The book's title was Mr. Putter and Tabby Walk the Dog. I have read the book's series before. Then I like it, so I want to read this one.

Mr. Putter and his fine cat, Tabby appeared this book. And Mrs. Teaberry and her small dog, Zeke lived next door to them. She sometimes gave him eggplant for his supper. And he sometimes gave her kiwis for her lunch. They were very happy living side by side.

One day Mrs. Teaberry slipped on a kiwi and hurt her foot, so Mr. Putter took her to the doctor. The doctor's diagnostic outcome was a rest of one week. So she could not walk her dog, Zeke. She was very troubled. Then Mr. Potter said that I will walk your little dog. When she heard that, she was very happy. But she was a little worried, because Zeke tugs, and wraps around trees, and chases other dog. But Mr. Putter thought that Zeke was a dream dog.

The first day Mr. Putter and Tabby took him for a walk, he tugged. He tugged and tugged and tugged. He tugged them through yards and creeks and houses they had never been through before. When they got home, they had to have some warm milk and pudding and a nap.

The second day they took him for a walk, he wrapped around trees. He wrapped around a pine tree, a pear tree and an elm tree. Ans he always wrapped them with him. When they got home, they had to have some warm milk and popovers and a nap.

The third day Zeke chased dogs, and he did not chase little ones. He chased big ones. For example, he chased a Russian Wolfhound, a Great Dane and a Saint Bernard. He chased them until they got bored with being chased. Then they turned around and chased Zeke and Mr. Potter and Tabby. The big dogs chased them through yards and creeks and houses they had never been to through before. Mr. Potter said to Tabby when they woke up. "Zeke was not a bream dog. He was a nightmare." And the two of them sat long time wondering what to do. They weren't sure they could live through four more days with Zeke.

But the fourth day he did not tug, he did not wrap, and he did not chase. He was a dream dog. So he had a hot fudge sundae with extra cherries. The fifth day was same. He was a dream dog again. So they took him to the swimming pool, and he jumped off the diving board fifteen times. On the sixth day Zeke went to a carnival. On the seventh day he went to the zoo. When they took him home for the last time, Mrs. Teaberry came, and asked them. "Was Zeke a good dog?"
They smiled and said "Yes." The day they said good-bye and went home and had a party.

I have a dog, too. And I often walk with him. He also tug, so I was hard. But he is my family, and I love him. This book was able to sympathize, so I want to read it again!!

(540 wards)

BR 2-13: Books Store Ghost

I read book today. The book's title was "The Books Store Ghost." When I become university student, I often read many English books. So I can read it fast. I want to read in the future.

This book was about book store. The storekeeper was Mr. Brown. He liked three things. It was some ghost books, cheese, and cats. Then he decided to buy a bookstore. The bookstore sold only ghost books. The book store's name was The Black Cat Bookstore. And he also decided to get a cat. He and the cat lived above the bookstore. And mice lived in their house, too.

The cat was strange, because she was not like other cats and fish. But she loved cheese, so they ate cheese for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

One day, a woman came in to buy a book, but she saw a mouse, and screamed. She ran out of the store. A man ran out, too. They said that The Black Cat Bookstore has mice. So nobody wanted to come to the store. Then Mr. Brown told his cat that catches the mice. The cat went to the mouse hole, so the mice were scared. But the cat likes mice. The cat and the mice played together. But Mr. Brown was not happy, because those mice were scaring people away. Mr. Brown told the cat to catch the mice during three days. Then the cat and the mice had a plan.

Day one came. A boy was walking by the store. Then a book fell off a shelf, and another book fell on the floor. The boys who watched it went into the store. In the store, more books fell. The boys said that The Black Cat Bookstore has a real ghost. Then his friends came into the store.

Day two came. The day also did the plan. So everyone watched to see the ghost. On day tree, the store was busier than ever. But Mr. Brow did not know who the ghost was. The cat decided to see it to him. It was the mice. The mice pushed many books on the shelf. He was surprised that.

Now they all live together. The store is always busy. As for Mr. Brown, the favorite things have increased. It was ghost books, cheese, his cat and his ghost.

I thought it was good that Mr. Brown liked the mice. The mice were wise, so the cat had not to catch the mice. If there is Mr. Brown's bookstore, I want to go there. This book was interesting!!

(425words)

BR 2-12: WAKE UP, SUN!

I read a book. The book's title was WAKE UP, SUN! I have read many books, but this one was legible for me. I was able to read it at once.

The story appeared a dog, a pig, a cow and a chicken. They lived in the farm. One night, in the middle of the night, a dog woke up, because a flea bit the dog on his ear. Then the dog said "It must be time to get up." Just then, a pig woke up too. The pig said "Be quiet." And the dog said the same thing little ago. The pig said "The sun is not up." The dog asked the pig " Where can the sun be?" "Maybe it fell in the well." answered the pig. They ran to the well. And they were shouting toward the well.

Then a cow woke up, and he said "What are you doing?" The pig said that we are looking for the sun. And the cow answered that maybe the sun is hiding behind the barn. The dog, pig and cow looked behind the barn. And they shouted "Come out, sun!"

Then a chicken woke up, and it said "What is wrong?" They explained that the sun was not found. The chicken said maybe the sun sleeping late. They decided that wake up the sun, and they began to yell. The yell was loud sound, so the farmer and wife woke up. Farmer ran to the window, and he fired his gun. Therefore the animals stopped yelling.

Then farmer's baby woke up just as the sun come over the barn. Then all the animals thought farmer's baby woke up the sun! From that day, the dog and the pig always played ball with the baby. The cow gave her lots of sweet milk to drink, and chicken laid eggs for her, every day.
Because?? They knew she was only one who could wake up the sun!!

I think this story was very cute. I felt warm, and I want to read it again. I recommend this book!!

(347 words)

My winter vacation

Hello. My winter vacation was fast for me, because I worked in post office. I don't have a part-time job now. So I have no money every day. At that time, I was asked by my friend. The friend's name is Ayaka. She said me "Shall we work together in post office?" When I listened to that, I wanted to work there. But I didn't know what I would work. The work was to sort the New Year's card.

I have never done it before, but my friends also were same. The part time job started on December 25. The day was Christmas!! But we started to work on that day. We usually worked from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 or 7:00 p.m. I had to stand all time, so my foot was tired. My job was to sort many New Year's card. The address is written in the cards. And I got the card which was written the address. I should have arranged the New Year's cards in order of the address that was written on the card. I used my eyes hard, so I worried about whether eyesight had fallen.

There were a lot of people in the post office. It was impressive for me that there were many high school boys. And they, all members, baseball club. The Other people were high school students, university students and housewife. I worked with housewife in her fifties. She was very kind for me. She had worked the job before. When I did not know, I often asked her. And she gave me some chocolates and candies. She told me that "When becoming tired, the sweet one was good." I was very happy then. And I gave it my friends. They also looked to happy.

I thought December 30 and 31 were busy days most. We worked from 2:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. And there were a lot of New Year's cards, so they have not decreased easily. December 31 was snow, so I was very cold. I always went to post office by bicycle, but I was sent by mother in the day.

I worked there in January 4. The salary was cheap, I think. But it was great experiment for me. I want to work new part-time job.

This year's seeing the old year was different for me, because I did not go to Amakusa. My father and my sister went there. My grandmother and grandfather live in Amakusa, so we went there every year. But my mother, my brother and I did not go, because we had part-time job. I was a little lonely, but we watched on TV. When I got up at morning, a new year began. I was very shocked. I forgot to count down!! But I could sleep enough, so I felt comfortable.

(469 words)

Portfolio Writing IV (2009-10 )

Student ID: 08159

Portfolio for Writing IV, Section 1C

(See: Note 1, below)

0.0. OVERVIEW

Reviews, Posts, Words, and More

(See: Note 2, below.)

1.0. ESSAYS

(See: Note 3, below.)


Please complete this table with data gathered from essays on your blog. See the Key (below) for definitions of the symbols in row one, and complete columns four through nine with numerical values (0, 1, 2, 3, ...).

1.1. Showcase	Short titles with links to blog posts	Dates yyyy.mm.dd	¶	W	C	L	P	M
2-01a (2009.10.07)	My favorite places	2009.10.18	4	413	0	0	2	0
2-01b (2009.10.21)	My favorite places	2009.10.25	5	469	1	0	2	0
(2-01c)
2-02a (2009.11.04)	Coca-Cola and Pepsi	2009.11.01	6	386	4	0	3	0
2-02b (2009.11.18)	Coca-Cola and Pepsi	2009.11.17	6	401	0	0	1	0
(2-02c)
2-03a (2009.12.02)	My language learning story	2009.11.29	5	611	4	0	0	0
2-03b (2009.12.18/22)
(2-03c)
Totals	---	---	26	2280	9	0	8	0

Key:

¶: number of paragraphs five (5) 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 in post

1.2. Most Improved Essay

(See: Note 4, below.)


Selection and Assessment: Which of the three essays that you've written and revised this semester shows the most improvement? What did you do to improve it? Remember that complete answers are better than short answers, focus on your writing (accuracy, appropriacy, content and organization, rather than graphics or other media), and explain at least two major improvements.

Essay 2-01b: My favorite places

• I divided some long sentences.
• I added my feeling.
• I wrote more in detail.


2.0. COMMENTS

Showcase	Short 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*	Social Media and Social Networking Explained	Wed Oct 14, 11:19:00 AM	49	I should have write more, but it was my opinion.
2.2. Your best comment on a classmate's blog*	Essay 2-02a: Gucci and Tiffany&Co. websites	Novemver, 4, 2009 11:12 AM	13	I could understand her essay and adviced.
2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog*	Essay 2-02a: Coca-Cola and Pepsi	Norvember, 4, 2009 11: 55 AM	18	She understood what I said most.
2.4. Most comments on:	Short 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*	Essay 2-03a: My language learning story	2009.11.29	81	I was happy that everyone had the same idea with me. It was great that I knew that.
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*	I'm happy	2009.11.09	17	The post was about passing the qualification. When I look this post, I feel happy.
2.4.2.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---		---	---
2.4.2.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---

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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. That is, explain briefly what makes comments good.

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? Please explain.

• My blog display recent comments in a sidebar.

2.6. Additional reflections on comments

・　I got the comments, and I could know my bad points.

　　・ After got some comments, I could write my essays better.

3.0. BOOK REVIEWS

3.1. Showcase	Short titles with links	Dates: yyyy.mm.dd	Words	Comments
Example:	Vampire Killer	2007.05.16	39	1
BR 2-01	BR 2-01: SHAWN and KEEPER	2009.10.09	220	0
BR 2-02	BR 2-02: Burglar's Breakfast	2009.10.19	223	0
BR 2-03	BR 2-03: Noises in the Night	2009.10.29	280	0
BR 2-04	BR 2-04: More Macdonalds	2009.10.31	320	0
BR 2-05	BR 2-05: Young Cam Jansen	2009.11.03	424	0
BR 2-06	BR 2-06: ARHUR AND THE SCHOOL PET	2009.11.08	431	0
BR 2-07	BR 2-07: A Night Out	2009.11.10	331	0
BR 2-08	BR 2-08: TALES OF OLIVER PIG	2009.12.06	442	0
BR 2-09	BR 2-09: Young Cam Jansen	2009.12.08	472	0
BR 2-10	BR 2-10: I Am a Star	2009.12.12	273	0
BR 2-11	BR 2-11: The Giant Jelly Bean Jar	2010.01.05	419	0
BR 2-12	BR 2-12: WAKE UP, SUN!	2010.01.07	347	0
BR 2-13	BR 2-13: Books Store Ghost	2010.01.09	425	0
BR 2-14	BR 2-14: Mr. Putter and Walk the Dog	2010.01.13	540	0
BR 2-15
BR 2-16
BR 2-17
BR 2-18
---	---	Totals:	5147	0

Note: Please calculate and list book review Totals for words and comments without including those from the example (above).

3.2. 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? Remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, focus on your writing, and give at least two reasons to support your assessment.

• My favorite book was "I am a star." When I was young, I want to be an astronomer. The book remembered me the dream. And the picture was cute, so I wanted to read it many times.

4.0. BLOG LAYOUT, LABELING, LINKING, and MEDIA

Showcase	Yes	No
4.1. Does your blog display an archive?	v
4.1.1. Does the archive display the titles of posts?	v
4.1.2. Is the archive organized by month?	v
4.1.3. Is the archive at or near the top of the sidebar?	v
4.2. Does your blog display a cloud or list of labels in the sidebar?	v
4.2.1. Do your labels include these required labels (typed accurately):	---	---
"books" (plural) AND "reviews" (plural)	v
"essays" (plural) AND "portfolios" (plural, without "proto-")	v
"quickposts" (plural, with no space between quick and posts)	v
"links" (plural) AND "media" (plural)		v
"movies" (plural) AND "websites" (plural)		v
"brainstorms" (or "brainstorming"), "essay prep.," AND "free-writing" (or "free-writes")	v
4.2.2. Does your sidebar display other labels?	v
How many other labels have you attached to three (3) or more posts? 11 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. books (26) essay prep. (6) Essays (11) favorites (4) links (3) movies (3) reviews (28) revisions (5) speaking (6) university (3) websites (3)	---	---
4.3. Links and media	---	---
4.3.1. Do your blog posts this semester include photos or other graphics?	v
Does your blog profile include a photo or graphic representation?		v
How many of your blog posts this semester include photos or other graphics? 35 posts including photos or other graphics	---	---
4.3.2. Does your blog include posts with multiple links?	v
How many of your posts this semester include three (3) or more links? posts including three or more links (including this portfolio!)	---	---
4.3.3. Does your blog include other media?		v
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 the kinds here: ... ... ...	---	---
What media content that you originally produced, if any, do your blog posts for this semester contain? Please list and explain each item briefly, and add short links and dates (yyyy.mm.dd) for reference. ... (short link, date) ... (short link, date) ... (short link, date)	---	---

4.4. Overall presentation

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

1. ... I read many English books, and I acquired the reading comprehension.
2. ... I widened my display to see easily.
3. ... I took care about the spell miss.

5.0. ADDITIONAL REFLECTIONS ON YOUR BLOG AND YOUR WRITING FOR IT

Please feel free to include reflections on both class work and homework, as well as on the content of this portfolio (proto-portfolios, showcases, selections, and reflections).

• ... I was hard to write my essay.
• ... I came to read many English books.
• ... I could type earlier than before.
  

6.0. ADVICE AND SUGGESTIONS FOR YOURSELF, YOUR PEERS, AND YOUR SUCCESSORS

• I should have posted more links.
  
• I am glad that many people read my blog.
  
• It was good that I attached many graphics.
  

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3. The essays section (1.0. Essays, above) derived from Proto-Portfolio 2-02 (2008).
   
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BR 2-11: The Giant Jelly Bean Jar

A happy new year,everyone. I could spend great days in last year!! And I want to do hard as much as last year.

I read a book yesterday. The book's title was The Giant Jelly Bean Jar. The pictures were very cute, and I wanted to watch it many times. The story was about Ben who loved jelly beans. It were sold in the Jo-Jo's jelly bean shop. Jo-Jo had a contest in every weekend. And he read a riddle. The person with the right answer won a jar full of jelly beans. Every Saturday, Ben went to Jo-Jo's shop with his sister, Jill. Ben always knew the answer to Jo-Jo's riddles. But he never won the jelly beans. Jill said him that you are too shy in every week. And she told him to raise his hand high and speak up.

Jo-Jo's shop has a lot of jars full of jelly beans. There were apple jelly beans, bubble gum jelly beans, and grape jam jelly beans. And there were even popcorn jelly beans! The day, Jo-Jo had a question. He said "I'm a long, yellow fruit with skin you peel back. I'm tasty with breakfast and I make a great snack." Then kids waved their hands in the air. But Ben was very nervous, so he lowered his hand. Jo-Jo looked at the children, and he pointed to Jill. She answered "Banana." He could not answer again. He wanted to answer the jelly bean riddle himself.

The next Saturday, they went to his shop and tried to answer. But another boy won the jelly beans. He knew the answer, so he was shocked.

The next Saturday, they went to his shop again. But this week was different. It was special, because Jo-Jo's Jelly Bean Shop had been open for one year. Jo-Jo was having a big party. The store was more crowded than ever. Jo-Jo raised a very , very big jar of jelly beans over his head. Then everyone cheered. And Ben listened carefully to Jo-Jo's riddle. He knew the answer right away. This time, he lifted his hand high. Jo-Jo looked out at the big crowd. And he pointed to Ben. At last, he could answer. Jill asked him " How does it feel to be the Grand Prize Jelly Bean King?" Ben said her "Great!!"

This book was very interesting. Ben's sister was very kind. If there was not his sister, he was not able to won the prize. I want to read it again!!

(419 words)