Thursday, January 14, 2010

Speaking Announcement

Hello, everyone! Our members are Shinichiro, Taka and Kumi. We will talk about food and restaurants. We asked many questions to one hundred thirty KGU students, and we surveyed about it.

We asked age, sex blood type and department for personal questions. The results are as follows.

We asked them Yes/No questions, and we knew about they satisfied with present the school’s eating places.

First, we asked students whether you are satisfied with present students dining hall. 88(eighty eight) students answered “No”. Almost of all students are not satisfied about with present students dining hall. There are a lot of menus there, but they are not satisfied about it.

Next question is needs more eating place. This question is Almost of all students think need more eating places. I think so, because everywhere become full in lunch time. And it is convenient for us to there are many eating places.

We took next question for example. Do you need a café? Almost of all students said “Yes”. I suppose many students use the café, if there is a café. I want to café for example, star backs, doutor coffee and the like.

Next question is needs seats in a smoking section. 68 students answered “Yes”. But I don’t think so. Because of there are smoking lounges in the university now. And it is trouble for nonsmokers to smoke at the table. So I think it doesn’t needs seats in a smoking section.

We wanted to know students need the convenience stores besides Lawson. Have you ever seen a long line of Lawson in lunch time? It became a long line. About half of the students think need it. I think that it is convenient if there is a convenience store besides Lawson.

We asked about do you want to open on Sunday. Half of the students answered “Yes”. I want to open on holiday too. Sometimes I use the university on holyday. So I think it is convenient for me to open the eating places.

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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

So Cold!!

I got up early in the morning today. I surprised, because it was snowing and there was snow everywhere. I saw the sight for the first time in a long time. It was beautiful sight.

However, I went outside and it was so cold!! I didn’t want to go outside. I go to school by train and bus everyday. I thought that the train and the bus might delay for the snow, so I left home a little earlier. But these didn’t late.


So I thought that it is annoying when it was snowing too much today. However I felt the snow is very beautiful afresh.


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Essay 2-01a: My Favorite Places

My favorite places are my home, school, local and nature. I can compose and enjoy in these places. These places are important for me. So I will write about my favorite places.

First of all, I can compose in my home the best. My room gets a lot of sunshine, and I often spend listening to music and watching movie in my cozy room. I like the kitchen too. My hobbies are cooking and making sweets, so my favorite place is kitchen. My family is usually collect at living room. We eat a meal and watch the TV at there. However I can’t eat a meal with my family, because I’m busy recently. Nevertheless we collect at living room, so it is important for my family to there. There is my grandfather’s home next to my home. There is a kotatsu built into the floor. It is snug and comfortable. Also, my family and my relatives gather in their home always gathered in the New Years holidays and summer holidays at his home. So it is important for my family and my relatives to there too.

Next, I like Kumamoto Gakuen University. I take about one hour and half from my home to school by train, so it’s very far. However there are many good places for me. The library is quiet, so I can compose and concentrate. I often use the library when I have nothing to do. I like the clubroom. I join the youth hostel club. I love my friends, my seniors and my juniors, and there are a lot of pictures and many memories with them. I like the student union too. This place is very convenient. Also, there are always friends. I eat lunch every day there. There are these places in the university, so I can enjoy campus life.

My hometown is Tamana. There are a lot of natures and good places for me. There are a lot of fields around my house, and it’s very rural. However I can calm the rural area than the city. And there are foot hot springs and the beach. I often go to there with friends, and we talk about various things and we shot off fireworks these places. My friends and I enjoy these places, and precious places.

I have some my favorite places. These places are calm, enjoy and happy for me. My home is cozy and comfortable place for me. I enjoy the university, so good place for me. I can calm in my hometown, and happy places. These places calm and enjoy me in a different meaning. Therefore any places are necessary for me.

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Monday, January 11, 2010

Road Relay

January 9

It was Saturday, but I got up early and I went to the school, because I had a meeting of my club from morning. I became accountant in my club, and we talked various things.

After that, the long distance relay road race from afternoon in the school. Our club members participated it for the first time, so I went to boost. There were the runner who ran seriously, or the runner who ran while doing a performance in this road relay, so it was funny. Our club was not able to win the championship, but I enjoyed just boosted them.

January 10

I went to the crea to shopping with my sister yesterday. I went there for first time in a long time. These shops were having a sale, so it became low priced. We made the rounds a lot of shops. I bought some clothes. I didn’t buy the clothes recently, so I was glad.

I drove return road and I went for a drive and came back home.

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Saturday, January 9, 2010

BR 2-11: AMERICAN LIFE

I have longed for America since I was a child. I have interested in America, foreign countries and English when I often watched American video dramas. I found this book “American Life”, and I do want to read this book. It was written in this book on America, country, life style, problems, sports, movies, music, TV and so on. This book appeared about a lot of I have interesting things.

I was interested in American life at first. I knew about there are marry people are 60 %, have a dog or a cat people are 56 %. And I can understand situation of their shopping, food, houses work.

Baseball, American football, basketball and hockey are very popular with American. And it was written about these history, teams and player. Also, a lot of famous people as Jack Nicholson like basketball.

I was interested in movies the best. I surprised about American movie makers make about 570 movies each year. I liked American movies, so I thought that want to more watch these movies. And “Titanic”, “Star Wars”, “E.T.” and “Jurassic Park” made the most money in America. Also, Jim Carey, Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Smith and Mel Gibson get $20,000,000 or more money for one movie.

I read this book, and I surprised various things. However I enjoyed while I read American Life. I became I want to more go to America.



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Hopkins, A. (2001). American Life. England: Pearson Education Limited.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Portfolio for Writing IV




Student ID: 08168


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)

Essay 2-01a: My Favorite Places


2010. 01. 13

5

441

0

0

0

0
2-01b (2009.10.21)
















(2-01c)
















2-02a (2009.11.04)



Essay 2-02a: ELLE and ELLE girl websites


2009. 11. 08

5

358

0

2

1

0

2-02b (2009.11.18)



Essay 2-02b: ELLE and ELLE girl websites


2009. 11. 17

5

434

0

2

1

0

(2-02c)
















2-03a (2009.12.02)



Essay 2-03a: My Language Learning Story


209. 11. 30

6

587

4

0

0

0

2-03b (2009.12.18/22)



Essay 2-03b: My English Learning Story


2009. 12. 21

8

689

0

0

0

0

(2-03c)
















Totals



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29

2509

4

4

2

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.





This essay is my best essay in this semester. I have some reason why I choose this essay. First, I could write long essay. Second, I could write my opinion about English and so on.

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*






2009. 10. 14



26

my opinion



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





2009. 12. 09



15


comment and question



2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog*


My Language Learning Story





2009. 11. 30



17


comment and question





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*

My Language Learning Story



2009. 12. 09

10
question



2.4.1.1. When did you respond to those comments?



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2009. 12. 16




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2.4.1.2. How did you respond to those comments?



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15


answered




2.4.2. Any of your other posts*





Teaching Course


2009. 11. 29



18



impression




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.


  • ... My blog dispay recent comments in sidebar.

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. 08. 26

222

0


BR 2-02



2009. 09. 21

257


0


BR 2-03


2009. 10. 07

194


0

BR 2-04


2009. 11. 11

151

0

BR 2-05


2009. 11. 19

165


0


BR 2-06


2009. 11. 20

263


0


BR 2-07


2009. 12. 03

153


0


BR 2-08

Audrey Hepburn


2009. 12. 22

244

0

BR 2-09


2009. 12. 27

196

0

BR 2-10

Pinocchio



2009. 12. 29




208



0


BR 2-11

AMERICAN LIFE


2010. 01. 09

236



0


BR 2-12

The Evil Genie



2010. 01. 15



165



0

BR 2-13


BR 2-13: New York



2010. 01. 15




167




0





BR 2-14



















BR 2-15



















BR 2-16



















BR 2-17



















BR 2-18




















































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Totals:

2621


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.



  • BR 2-08: Audrey Hepburn

    I could understand English in this book, and I knew about Audrey Hepburn. And I could write well about her and remark of this book.


4.0. BLOG LAYOUT, LABELING, LINKING, and MEDIas








































































































































































































































































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?

    • 24 other labels attached to three or more posts




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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?

    • 29 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?


    • 5 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?

    • 0 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. ... I took care of paragraphs, and I write essays and free writings.
  2. ... I made many labels easy to see.
  3. ... I included many graphics on my blog .

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).




  • ... It was hard for me to write the blog.
  • ... I took a long time for homework, because it was difficult.
  • ... This class use the computer, so I think I can use the computer than before.


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

  • ... I had to write more on my blog everyday.
  • ... I think it become interesting to include many graphics on the blog.
  • ... If you want to English very well, you should write diary and sentence everyday in English.


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  3. The essays section (1.0. Essays, above) derived from Proto-Portfolio 2-02 (2008).
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Monday, January 4, 2010

Coming of Age Ceremony

It was the Coming of Age ceremony yesterday. I saw some my friends for the first time since we graduated in junior high school. I was grad I saw them, and I enjoyed yesterday!!

I got up early yesterday in the morning, and I went to beauty salon. I had my hair set and I was clothed long sleeved kimono for the Coming of Age ceremony. I was grad I can clothe long sleeved kimono. After that, I went to see my grandfather, my grandmother and my relatives.

I rendezvoused with my friends at the city hall at noon. We came in the city hall, and we saw a lot of good old friends and junior high school teachers. However there were changed friends since I last met, so I didn’t know someone at first. But I could know while I talked with them, and we talked and we took many pictures. I could see a lot of my friends after finished ceremony.

It was held a class reunion of junior high school from evening. The most of the graduate gathered in the class reunion. At first, we watched DVD of our junior high school graduation ceremony. I watched it and it brings me back old memories. I had good old talk with my friends, and I took a lot of pictures with them. There were students and member of societies, and I thought that how fast the time passes while I talked them. And I said some greetings to my teachers. I really appreciated my teachers when I was a junior high school student. I was grad I could a lot of talk. I really appreciate for them. After that, we sang the school song while we watched DVD again. I felt we are all good friends and teachers each other in our school.

I had good time yesterday. I was glad I saw my friends and my teachers for the first time in a long time. There were changed friends and didn’t changed friends on earth. I felt the five years roll on quickly. It brings me back old memories, and I refreshed myself thought I saw my friends. I want to gather with them again. I enjoyed yesterday!!
371 words

Saturday, January 2, 2010

My Relatives

My family and my relatives gathered at my home today. My uncles, aunts, cousins, their couple and their children and so on gathered, so there were twenty in my home.

The girl of this picture is a daughter of my cousin. Her name is Sakura and 3 years old. She is very friendly and cute. She always had a smile on her face.

My family and my relatives are gets along very well. We always gathered in the New Years holidays and summer holidays at my home. We were talking, eating and drinking all the time. I’m looking forward to seeing my relatives every year. The large numbers gathered this year, so my family was busy for preparation, but we had good time.

The coming of age ceremony is going to take place tomorrow. So I will wear the long sleeved kimono, and it is held a class reunion of junior high school at night. It’s been almost five years since we graduated. Time really flies. I wonder how everyone looks, what they are doing? I hardly wait!!

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Friday, January 1, 2010

A Happy New Year!!

A happy new year!! It became 2010. I felt time flashed in 2009.

I have objects and do that I want to do it. First, I study various things, and I want to take a lot of qualifications. Also I study English, and I want to get a high score TOEIC.

However I have pleasures. I’m going to go to Australia in spring vacation. I go to foreign country for the first time, so I have fears, but I’m looking forward to going to there. And I have to retire in my club this autumn, so I want to enjoy it a lot in a club.

I want to lead a full life in this year!!

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