2010年1月13日水曜日

Book review2-18

I read “Alissa”. This story is about a poor girl.
One day, she read a book in her room. She likes reading very much. Then, her father said ‘My friend has work for you in the city. There isn't any work here in the village. You mast go with him.’ She went to school in her village and had a lot of friend, so she was sad very much. However she must obey her father. She looked the moment the friend of Alissa's father gave some money to her father. Alissa was angry and felt sad.
She worked at the clothes shop in the city. She worked all day with making clothes. She worked 12 hours in a day. At night, she slept in the floor. Each month the shop owner gives her a little money. Alissa bought a book with her money and read it after lunch.
The owner asked her ‘Can you write? Can you count?’ She said ‘Yes, I can.’ The shop owner take her in the shop and said ‘You are going to work in the shop.’
Alissa started to work in the shop and served the customers. There was a lady who always smiled at Allisa. One day, she left her purse in the shop. Alissa took the purse to the lady. However the owner was angry with Alissa because she went out of the shop arbitrarily. Alissa cried. Then, the lady run to the shop owner and said ‘Alissa is an honest girl. She won't work. Pack your things Alissa, let's go home together’ Alissa went with the lady and went to her new home. She lived happy with the lady.
I think Alissa is sorry girl but very lucky girl. I wish her happiness.
(301words)

Book review2-17

I read American Life.
Most people around the world know something about American life. We can see American movies on TV, listen to American music, and eat in American restaurants.
Of course, Americans are not all the same. The United States of America is a big coutry. There are many different ways of life. New York City is one of the most exiting and famous city in the world, but life there is not the same as life in a small American town. I saw the many faces of American life in this book.
Do you know how many people move to the U.S. every year? The answer is 750,000! Recently, many different kinds of people lived in the U.S. In 1798, more than 60% came from Britain, Ireland, Germany, and France. About 20% came from Africa, but they were slaves. Between 1880 and 1914, most immigrants cane from south and west of Europe. Today, most immigarants are from Latin America and Asia.
America is a big country. Americans loves their cars. There are 200,000,000 cars on the road. Only 5% of Americans catch buses and trains to work. In most states, American can drive when they are sixteen. Life without cars is difficult. Schools, stores, and work are usually a long way from home. When I visited the United States, I saw a lot of Japanese cars. When I saw them, I felt that Japan and America are close. In Montana, on some roads, you can drive as fast as you can. I want to go and drive there someday!
We can watch American movies in Japan. American movie-makers make about 570 movies each year. Not only American people but also people in many other countries love these movies.
Today, the name Hollywood means movies. Before 1910, Hollywood was only a small town near Los Angeles. Movie-makers moved there from New York because they wanted the Californian sun. Their job was easier with good weather.
There are many differences between American life and Japanese life. But I like both of them. I want to visit to America again.
(369words)

2010年1月11日月曜日

Went to Aso

I and Tomomi went to Aso to eat delicious food. We gathered at noon in Yamaga and she drove her car.
We went to Nishihara village. We want to go to "Milk's village"
and "Kugino in sweets village". They are situated in Kugino village in Aso city. First we dropped in Milk's farm and eat parfait ( including good soft cream). We enjoyed eating and chatting and viewing nice view.
Second we went to Kugino village in Kugino village. We couldn't reach the place because Kugino village is not familiar place for us. We asked how to go there and found the place.
It is the time maybe 4:3o to reach there. When we reached the place, the shopper was just going to close the shop. We thought it is so early to close the shop so we were going to go the shop. The shop owner explained there were not so much cakes to sell for customers so he wanted to close the shop.
We wanted to buy and eat cakes at there because it took so long time to reach the shop. Maybe 2~3 hours.
But shop owner showed us some cakes. maybe there are 8 cakes are there. We bought 2 cakes from them. The shop owner are so good man so he gave us 4 cakes at free! Because there are cakes but it is no use for him. Maybe he ate many cakes at there. We are very excited to his nice spirits.
After that we went to Yamaga city to eat dinner at joyful. We ate dinner and cakes (we went there with cakes secretly).
(291words)

2010年1月10日日曜日

Lovely

I have one female dog. Her name is Choco. 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.
(173words)

Busy

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.
(189words)

Cold

Today is very cold. I don’t like winter. Because, I don’t wake up in the morning. Its cold I scared every day. But, Kumamoto is little hot more than Aso. Aso is very very cold. Last winter I went to school by train. I wake up so early in the morning. It’s very hard for me. Because, train was very cold and I slept. Then, It’s takes 1houre 30 minits. Then, train times are very early. My parents worry to me. But, I am thanks full to my parents. And, I and my younger brother are move house in this springs. I cried every day. But, my younger brother was not cried. I proud of my mother and my father. Kumamoto is very nice place, but Aso is very nice place.
(150words)

2010年1月9日土曜日

Book review2-16

Guccio Gucci, who was a creator of Gucci, was born in 1881 in Florence, Italy. When he was 19 years old, he went to London and England and worked at the famous Savoy Hotel. There were rich people who wore nice clothes and jewelry in the hotel and he often saw these people. It gave him many ideas for his future.
In 1901, he went back to Florence and met Aida Calvelli who became his wife. Aida made clothes and he learned about money and customers and gradually he wanted to sell leather products so he found a new job. One Sunday in 1921, he and Aida went for a walk around Florence and saw a little store and he wanted to have a store. Then, he bought a little store.
Guccio and Aida had six children, five sons and one daughter. Everybody in my family helped at the store. Guccion and Aida made luggage and leather products for horses and sold them and their children took packages to customers on their bikes. One day, Guccio had a good idea. He wanted to use the designs of the leather products for horses and make handbags, so the famous Gucci GG logo came from a strap and the Gucci lines of green/red/green came from the design of a horse's saddle.
Many people liked these products and in 1937, he moved the company to a larger place. The Gucci logo became famous in Italy. Gucci became more and more famous and the family opened a store in Rome.
Guccio wanted all of sons to work for the company but one of the sons died when he was nine years old and the other son wasn't interested in the family company. He liked movies and he became a movie actor.
In 1953, Guccio Gucci died and gave the company to his sons. His sons opened a store in New York. Gucci name was very famous and meant beautiful Italian fashion around the world.
In the 1960s, one of his sons made Gucci a greater success in the United States. He opened stores in Chicago, San Francisco, and Beverly Hills and in 1965, he opened the first Gucci store in Japan.
In the 1970s and in the 1980s, Gucci products became very famous and rich people wore Gucci clothes and used Gucci products. Gucci became too famous so the Gucci logo went out of fashion; however, today, Gucci is in fashion again.
Maurizio, who was the last of the family at Gucci, was shot outside of his office by somebody. He worked hard for two years but he died. Many people talked about it and it was very big news. In the case, Patrizia Reggiani Marintelli, who was Maurizio's wife from 1976 to 1990, wanted more money from him and she paid people and they killed Maurizio for her. Patrizia and they are now in prison.
Now Gucci is very famous!! Gucci has fashion shows and Gucci has a famous fashionroom in Florence, Italy. Also, Gucci sells its perfumes and we can see Gucci productions on the newspaper or on the Internet. Many people wear Gucci clothes and have Gucci products and Gucci is loved by people around the world.
I also like Gucci. Gucci products are cute and we can use them for a long time. I didn't know who was creator of Gucci. He started a little store and he succeeded. It is great and I think Gucci will become famous more and more.
(602words)

2010年1月8日金曜日

Book review2-15

I read Animal in Danger.
There are more than thirty million species of the animal in the world but some of these species disappear every year and we never see them again. If all animals disappear in the world, what happen to us? I think we can't live without animals. We are given many things from animals so we have to help them because people and animals live in one world and protecting animals is protecting our world.
A million years ago, there were many species of animals than there are now. It is natural that some species disappear but recently its speed is faster than before. Weather is changing and it affects their extinction. Also, making new roads, moving rivers, or taking away trees affects their extinction. Animals are in danger because human beings damage their ecology and because of natural accidents.
Some dolphins live in rivers and some live in the sea. Recently, environment of the water changed. Most of river and sea became dirty so dolphins can't see well in the water. There is much noise in the water so they can't talk with other dolphins. This changing is by human beings.
There are birds which are needed to help by people, for example, Kakapos. They can't live with people or other animals. They can't have many babies and they can't fly like other birds. People protect them and they prepare quiet place for Kakapos. Then they can make new house and can live freely.
In the world, there are many kinds of animals but recently many animals are in danger. People have to think it and we must act for them. If we aren't change our life style, maybe many kinds of animals will die. Animals are very important for people and our life. Also, I think I have to think about animal and their life.
(330words)

2010年1月7日木曜日

Free day

I went to a restaurant to have dinner with mu friends on Friday. We ate a pasta, and we became full. The restaurant was closed at 24:00, so we went out there. However we wanted to talk more, we looled for the place to talk each other. We sat benches, and we talked for a long time! We talked until 5 a.m.! We ware so sleepy, but we spent very nice time!
On saturday, my sister came to my house. She loves shopping, so I brought her many shops. She already has many clothes, but she bought many clothes. She was happy because she could get what she wanted to buy. On Sunday, my mother also came to my house! She also buy clothes! We enjoyed shopping very much!
(149words)

2010年1月6日水曜日

Portfolio

Student ID: 06237



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)



Favorite places: outline


2009.10.07



36









2-01b (2009.10.21)

Favorite place


2009.10.21



306









(2-01c)
















2-02a (2009.11.04)

Website Review




2009.11.04




309








2-02b (2009.11.18)


Website review02b




2009.11.18



353









(2-02c)
















2-03a (2009.12.02)

My English ability 2-03a


2009.12.23




259








2-03b (2009.12.18/22)
















(2-03c)
















Totals
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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.
  • My most improved essay is "Website review 2-02b", because I wrote a most number of words in my essay, and this review had a change greatly for me.


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*








2.2. Your best comment on a classmate's blog*








2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog*








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*








2.4.1.1. When did you respond to those comments?
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2.4.1.2. How did you respond to those comments?
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2.4.2. Any of your other posts*








2.4.2.1. When did you respond to those comments?
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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.
  • ...

2.6. Additional reflections on comments

  • [Please remove these remarks, including the square brackets; then write out your reflections on both giving and receiving comments here.]
  • ....


3.0. BOOK REVIEWS

3.1. Showcase
Short titles with links
Dates: yyyy.mm.dd
Words
Comments
Example:
2007.05.16
39
1
BR 2-01
2009.10.03
378

BR 2-02
2009.10.04
218

BR 2-03
2009.10.07
258

BR 2-04
2009.10.15
188


BR 2-05
2009.10.17
358

BR 2-06
2009.10.18
270

BR 2-07
2009.11.2
306

BR 2-08
2009.11.6
267

BR 2-09
2009.11.13
363

BR 2-10

Book review2-10

2009.11.20
438

BR 2-11
2009.11.23
346

BR 2-12
2009.12.08
339

BR 2-13
2009.1216
320

BR 2-14
2009.12.22
283


BR 2-15
2010.01.08
330

BR 2-16
2010.01.09
602

BR 2-17
2010.01.13
369

BR 2-18
2010.01.13
301











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Totals:


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 best book review is "Book review2-16", because I try to hard, and most words in my book reviews. Then, I like Gucci.


4.0. BLOG LAYOUT, LABELING, LINKING, and MEDIA



Showcase
Yes
No
4.1. Does your blog display an archive?



4.1.1. Does the archive display the titles of posts?



4.1.2. Is the archive organized by month?



4.1.3. Is the archive at or near the top of the sidebar?





4.2. Does your blog display a cloud or list of labels in the sidebar?





4.2.1. Do your labels include these required labels (typed accurately):
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  • "books" (plural) AND "reviews" (plural)





  • "essays" (plural) AND "portfolios" (plural, without "proto-")



  • "quickposts" (plural, with no space between quick and posts)



  • "links" (plural) AND "media" (plural)





  • "movies" (plural) AND "websites" (plural)



  • "brainstorms" (or "brainstorming"), "essay prep.," AND "free-writing" (or "free-writes")



4.2.2. Does your sidebar display other labels?



  • How many other labels have you attached to three (3) or more posts?

    • ___ other labels attached to three or more posts

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    • 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.

      • www (n)
      • xxx (m)
      • yyy (o)
      • zzz (p)
      • ...

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4.3. Links and media
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4.3.1. Do your blog posts this semester include photos or other graphics?



  • Does your blog profile include a photo or graphic representation?



  • How many of your blog posts this semester include photos or other graphics?

    • ___ posts including photos or other graphics

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4.3.2. Does your blog include posts with multiple links?



  • How many of your posts this semester include three (3) or more links?

    • ___ posts including three or more links (including this portfolio!)

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4.3.3. Does your blog include other media?



  • How many of your blog posts this semester include other media?

    • ___ posts including other media

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  • What kind(-s) of media have you included in posts this semester? Please list the kinds here:

    1. ...
    2. ...
    3. ...



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  • 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.

    1. ... (short link, date)
    2. ... (short link, date)
    3. ... (short link, date)



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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. ...Learning the Disney Land
  2. ...Many books reviews
  3. ...easy English


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).
  • ...Home work is very hard for me.
  • ...Teacher is very funny.
  • ...I like typing.


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

  • ...
  • ...
  • ...


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  1. This portfolio template derives from Writing Studio Blog templates for Writing IIIc and Writing IVc (2007-08), Writing III, §§1a & 1c, Writing IV: Portfolio, §§1a & 1c (2008-09), and the July 7, 2009, Portfolio for Writing III.
  2. Please use the same code in section 0.0 that you used to embed your proto-portfolios (PPFs) in the footer of your blog, which you should already have revised to display your 2nd (fall) semester PPF first.
  3. The essays section (1.0. Essays, above) derived from Proto-Portfolio 2-02 (2008).
  4. The essay selection and explanation item (§1.2, above) differs from that in the July 7, 2009, Portfolio for Writing III. Please read the new item carefully before making a selection.
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2010年1月4日月曜日

Today

I went to JOYFUL with my friend! She works at Morricone(It' s a bakery shop I work), I like her very much because she is funny and pretty! We ate Negitoro don and Syogayaki teisyoku, then we talked for a long time. Then we bought snacks and drink at Hi! Hirose, we went to my house because my house is near Joyful and Hi! Hirose. We talked and laughted for a long time again, we went to bed midnight. We wanted to talk more but we were very sleepy, and we had work and school next day, so we decided to sleep! She learns makeup and hair cut as working at Morricone, so she is busy!!
(136words)

Love food

On January 8, I went to eat dinner with my friends and play. However, we were not so hungry. I went to eat because a friend said that okonomiyaki wanted to eat. We were full, we went to TSUTAYA. And ice and a cake wanted to eat. We went to eat a cake in Ringo-no-ki. And we talked a lot and made relaxed. Then, we went to TSUTAYA again. I borrowed the album of Enya Farm and went to the house of the friend. We made various talks while hearing it. I decided to go for a drive this time. It was the day when it was happy for me.
(130words)

2010年1月2日土曜日

Go to Yatsushiro

I went to yatsushiro last saturday. The fireework festival in Yatsushiro was held. I went there with my friends by train. There were big traffic jam in Yastushiro, but I also saw many people in the train. We could see beautiful fireworks there. I was very surprised the size! It was cold because it was at night, but I thought I want to go there again. I also ate Osakayaki, Taiyaki, and so on. I was sad because I had to wait for a long time to get them, and we couldn't see fireworks while the time. I should leave earlier next year. Then, we went back home, and my friends came to my house. We ate many snacks and ice-cream, and so on. We laughed many times, and we talked until mid-night. I like this time very much.
(159words)