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	---	---	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.

• Essay 2-03b: My English Learning Story

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*	Social Media and Social Networking Explained	2009. 10. 14	26	my opinion
2.2. Your best comment on a classmate's blog*	Essay 2-03a: My language stories	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?	---	2009. 12. 16	---	---
2.4.1.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	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?	---		---	---
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.]
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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	CORDUROY Writes a Letter	2009. 08. 26	222	0
BR 2-02	The Giant Jelly Bean Jar	2009. 09. 21	257	0
BR 2-03	The Flying Carpet	2009. 10. 07	194	0
BR 2-04	GOVERNMENT IN Australia	2009. 11. 11	151	0
BR 2-05	The Enormous Turnip	2009. 11. 19	165	0
BR 2-06	The Little Mermaid	2009. 11. 20	263	0
BR 2-07	Beyond Strange Street	2009. 12. 03	153	0
BR 2-08	Audrey Hepburn	2009. 12. 22	244	0
BR 2-09	The Hunt for Gold	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
---	---	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):	---	---
"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	---	---
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 (25) brainstorms (2) diary (40) drafts (1) essay prep. (6) essays (12) favorites (2) graphics (47) links (4) lists (2) movies (5) music (3) outlines (1) plans (1) portfolios (2) quickposts (1) reading (2) reflections (1) reviews (29) revision (1) speaking (5) Typing Homework (13) university (1) websites (3)	---	---
4.3. Links and media	---	---
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	---	---
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!)	---	---
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	---	---
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 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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Notes:

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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