my summer plans with my boyfried

I made some plans for this summer vacation with my boyfriend. He will come back to kumamoto from Saitama August 8^th. We are going to go to the sea and go swimming. Then we will go camping at Aso after we went to the sea and do barbeque with him. I want to try surf boarding with him. These plans will be hard for us actually… But I am really forward to go a lot of places with him! (74words)

*SCARY MOVIE*

I read ‘SCARY MOVIE.’ The story of it was the two girls were entrusted nursing Mr. & Mrs. Smith’s baby. And they gave the scary DVD to the two girls as a salary. Then Mr. Smith tapped the top of a glass cage on his way out and talked to something. But the two girls did not understand. When they started to watch the DVD some black, hairy thing was moving top of the couch. They were really surprised at it and the thing was a huge spider! Finally, Mr. & Mrs. Smith came back to home so the two girls were relieved very much.

I also do not like the scary DVD and am not good at the bugs any more. Especially, I hate the spiders!! If I experience the incidence like the two girls experienced, I will die!! (140 words)

Birthday Party

my friends held a birthday party for kana and me. my birthday was july 10th and kana's one was 12th. we went to yakiniku restaurant and had a lot of nice meat and a special time there!! in addition, other friends gave us a birthday cake for us. we did not know that so we were very surprised at that!!

i love them so much and i had a super day with them^^ (73 words)

*CORDUROY Makes a Cake*

I read ‘CORDUROY Makes a Cake.’ The story of it is about the corduroy makes a birthday cake for his owner. After she left the house, he started to make a cake. But he dusted a bag of flour himself off and he mess the all room in the house! Suddenly, his owner’s mother came back home then, she was surprised messy house and she made neat the house before her daughter came back home with her friends to held a birthday party. Her daughter got a lot of presents from her friends. Then, she got the box which corduroy in it! She opened it and picked him up and held him. She said ‘ I love my corduroy cake!’

I think the owner is really happy! He is the only corduroy which says ‘Happy Birthday.’ to the owner. I want corduroy like it. (145 words)

*Elmo says ACHOO!*

I read ‘Elmo says ACHOO!’ The story of it is about when Elmo says ‘Achoo!’, always happen something. For example, Bert stacking cans at the store. When Elmo sneezes, all the soup cans fall which Bert builds!
Snoozing is a little bit annoying me. But Elmo’s sneeze is really cute^^. (50 words)

*TIME TRAVEL: THE DINOSAURS*

I read 'TIME TRAVEL: THE DINOSAURS.' The story of it is about time traveling to the back in time. Older sister Georgia and younger brother Charlie went to the back in time by the odd tree. And they saw many dinosaurs there. Charlie was really scared the dinosaurs but Georgia did not scare them because she thought the dinosaurs want get along with them and want to be friends. But he would not to her advice any more. He ran and away then he backed to the odd tree. Finally, she was left along there. Even she thought the dinosaurs want to become friends, she want to go back home very much. After younger brother went back, she also went back using the odd tree. They met the house then, she said 'Time travel is cool. I'm going to do it all the time.'

When she goes somewhere, he always goes, too. I thought they are great sister and brother. In addition, he really like her and also respect her!! (170 words)

1-03b Many kinds of relationships and traditional culture

In this movie, many important things in the real life for us! The main theme of the Lolo and Stitch was the bond between others. There were many kinds of relationships. I found some of them, for example, friendship between Lilo and Stitch, friendship between Lilo’s sister and her boyfriend, relationship between Lilo and her sister, relationship between stitch and a scientist and relationship among sisters and their parents.

Most impressive relationship in the movie was ‘relationship among sisters and their parents.’ One day the Hawaiian restaurant hire older sister because of the accident, so she had no job. The promise with a child protect man to live Lilo and older sister together was ‘To get her new job’, but she could not. On he eve of before he took in Lilo, Lilo and older sister talk about future and family. They said ‘Wherever we are, remember that we are together in our heart.’ Their parents always say so before they died. It was like a motto for family. When I heard that phrase, I thought the relationship among my parents and me. I am planning to get my job in other prefecture.

When I taught my parents about my think, they look really worries about my life in other prefecture but I want to tell them Lilo’s family’s motto, "Wherever we are, remember that we are together in our hearts." So I want also remember their great motto. If we forget the importance of our family, it is really vexing.

In addition, I could see many traditional cultures in the movie. For example, fula, local languages and traditional foods and so on. In the movie Lilo taught stitch the fula to get along with other people. When he practices the fula on the beach, many people came together to him to watch his dance. He was a good dancer and his dance was really pretty!

We have a traditional dance in Kumamoto. It is otemoyan dance. The original Otemoyan was a traditional folk song. The story about a girl Otemo, then it became the traditional dance with the song. In Kumamoto, the Otemoyan dance is included in the Hinokuni festival in Kumamoto City. If we go to downtown during obon, we can see it. I go and see it every year, because when I see it, I can feel summer and excitement from the dance. (396 words)

*The Barbecue*

I read ‘The Barbecue.’ The story of it is about a accident of family’s party. The main character is Dounut and his family member; his mother, sister and his step father. One day, they held the party for Ms. Pringle for her birthday. Many people were invited the party and enjoyed it very much. She is really good at playing the piano, so she played the piano with Mr. Pringle’s singing. But his singing is very bad!! When he were singing, he was in the seventh heaven. Then he began to climb the wood and were singing at the topmost branches. Ms. Pringles persuaded him to come down, but nobody can stop his excite. When he came to, he became scary suddenly. Then an audience called the brigade. Finally, Mr. Pringle were helped by them safety.

The firefighter was Sam’s father who rescued Mr. Pringle. She thought ‘Why my parents could not be like the Pringles.’ I hope that her parents will be able to become like the Prigles.(169 words)

1-02b University life essay

We have many kinds of Universities in Japan, for example, medical, literature, economics, dietetics, engineering and so on. Some Japanese university students are belonging to clubs like cultural, sports club. Most of the university students in Japan are working as a part-time worker. Then, they get some money to use for clubs, having foods, hanging on their friends and so on.

I go to Kumamoto Gakuen University and majoring English. I am majoring English to become a Japanese teacher in a foreign country. So, I have to gain my English skill and I need to take the more initiative than now. I usually talk to exchange student from America, Canada, New Zealand and so on to learn more natural English. When I have no plan, I usually go to the room of my club. I talk to my friends or 3rd grade students about class, hobbies and the like. Of course, I have a part-time job to get some money to live. I can experience the normal life as a member of society. That experiences are good for me for my future. To dreams come true, I am taking the class to pass the Japanese teacher exam. So I think it is very chance to increase my English and Japanese skill to become a Japanese teacher.

My friend also goes to, and majoring English. She is belonging to a club and working as a part-time worker. But, especially, she takes a lesson in the university of to become a fright attendant. As I mentioned before, she has works at the supermarket 4 times a week but we have a lot of homework, so we do not have enough time to do other things. However she also takes a lesson to succeed in her future. I really respect her that why she can focus on what she wants to do.

Some people in university do not have the clear dreams but the other hands, some people have the clear dreams and begin to dreams come true. For example, they study out side school which they need experience to dreams come true, to get many licenses and so on.As I mentioned till now, Japanese university students spend their each time to do things what they have to do. For example, study out side the school, club activities, part-time job like that. In addition, they are enjoying their school life, even if it is busy. (403 words)

*Beyond Strange Street*

I read ‘Beyond Strange Street.’ The story of it is about a girl go to a wild adventure. She rode a lift of her house, and then she arrived ‘WILD WOODS.’ There were many kinds of strange things; big frog, speaking and screaming woods and an ugly little creature! They were really strange and scary for her but she wants to go back home, she had no choice to go back her home early. The strange creature wanted help to find his glasses but she had already found them because they ware top of his head. Then, she asked it and he thanked about it. Finally, he expressed his thanks to her to appear the lift to go back to her home.

I thought the strange creature was a little bit sarcastic man because he called her ‘silly girl’ and the like. But real his personality is really honest and has a feeling heart! He is a little shy, so he says abuse to someone. In our real life, there are sarcastic person like him, so we have to understand his real personality and we have to attend to them honestly and softly. (193 words)

*Jojo Makes the TEAM*

I read ‘Jojo Makes the TEAM.’ The story of it was girl Jojo wants play soccer with other boys but some of them are really mean people. So she could not practice soccer to take part in the tournament. But another nice students practice soccer with her! Then she has become quite proficient in soccer thanks to them. On the game day, she scored one point. Finally, her soccer team beat an opponent. She became the goddess of the victory!!

When I read this book, I could reconfirm the importance of relationship among other people around me. In addition, I am always supported by parents, brothers, friends, teachers… Thanks to supporting me!! (112 words)

My summer vacation plans

I have a lot of special plans in this summer vacation. First, I am going to go to the beach from August 1st to 2nd with my club members. I do not know the beach name but I have not been to the beach for a long time, so I am looking forward to going there very much! Second, my friend Yurimi will come to my house and stay August 7th. I am planning to ready for I go to the beach with my boy friend. She is really good at arrange the hair style of long hair. So she said to me, 'I want to set your hair cute^^' Then, I decided to depend on her. I am looking forward to staying and talking with her very much! And I will go to Aso with my friends to stay there. There are many hot springs in the Aso farm village which we will go. So we are really looking forward to enjoy a lot of spa and we want to radiate our daily stress!! Of course we have to have some great food and the like, too!! I have more plans which are really fun something else. I want to enjoy my summer vacation with other people!! (208 words)

Portfolio for WritingIII

Student ID: 08148
Portfolio for Writing III, Section 1A



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
1-01a (2009.04.08)	Essay1-01a　Letter to my host family	2009.4.14		266	7	0	0	0
1-01b (2009.04.20)	Essay1-01b Letter to my host family	2009.4.20		372	0	0	0	0
(1-01c)
1-02a (2009.06.01)	Essay1-02a Our university life	2009.5.27		385	0	0	0	0
1-02b (2009.07.06)	1-02b University life essay	2009.6.12		403	0	0	0	0
(1-02c)
1-03a (2009.06.29)	1-03a　many kind of relationship and traditional things	2009.6.29		385	0	0	0	0
1-03b (2009.07.13)	1-03b Many kinds of relationships and traditional culture	2009.7.13		396	0	0	0	0
Totals	---	---		2207	7	0	0	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. Best Essay

Selection and Assessment: Which of those six assigned essays 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.

• I think my best essay is 1-03b Many kinds of relationships and traditional culture . Because it has enough words and paragraphs. In addition, the detail of it is good, for example, I could focus on the relationship among my parents and me, so I also could reconfirm about it!
  
  

2.0. Comments

Showcase	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*	Essay 1-02 a:University Life	2009.6.3	29 words	I wrote my experience of my go to Australia. I sympathized with her.
2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog*	Essay1-02a Our university life	2009.7.1	13 words	She sympathized with me and asked a question!
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*	health	2009.5.20	31 words	Hello!I can't belive that you sometimes walk to university, because my house is really far from that, and it will take me about two hours. 20 minutes is moderate time.
2.4.1.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---	2009.7.20	---	---
2.4.1.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	18 words	I gave some advice to him!
2.4.2. Any of your other posts*	Essay1-01a　Letter to my host family	2009.4.14	45 words	They gave some questions to me!
2.4.2.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---	2009.4.15	---	---
2.4.2.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	45 words	I answered their each questions!

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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 them good comments.

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.

• I put it top of the sidebar because if we look at the blog there is the most noticeable possition!

2.6. Additional reflections on comments

• I answered the comments willongly.

• I wanted to respond their comments quickly.

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 1-01	'WHO DID THAT?'	2009.4.15	72	0
BR 1-02	'NAUGHTY CHILDREN'	2009.4.18	118	0
BR 1-03	'THREE LITTLE PIGS'	2009.5.14	221	0
BR 1-04	＊Scat, Cats＊	2009.6.14	146	0
BR 1-05	＊A Dog Named SAM＊	2009.6.14	118	0
BR 1-06	*Jojo Makes the TEAM*	2009.7.10	112	0
BR 1-07	*Beyond Strange Street*	2009.7.11	193	0
BR 1-08	*The Barbecue*	2009.7.13	169	0
BR 1-09	*TIME TRAVEL: THE DINOSAURS*	2009.7.15	170	0
BR 1-10	*Elmo says ACHOO!*	2009.7.17	50	0
BR 1-11	*CORDUROY Makes a Cake*	2009.7.18	145	0
BR 1-12	*SCARY MOVIE*	2009.7.20	140	0
---	---	Totals:	1654	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.

• I think 'CORDUROY makes a cake' is the best review of all because I could write review very good!

4.0. Blog Layout, Labeling, Linking, & 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 have labels displayed in sidebar?	○
5.2.1. 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? __8_ 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 movies reviews health university	---	---
4.3. Links & media	---	---
4.3.1. Does your blog 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	---	---
4.3.2. Does your blog include posts with multiple links?	○
How many of your posts this semester include three (3) or more links? __1_ 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 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 put a lot of pictures on the blog posts.

2. I put many paragraphs on each posts easy to read.

3. ...

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, and reflections).

• I did the homeworks as soon as I possible.

• I could attend the class with contacting to other people when I could not understand the way to something.

• ...

6.0. Advice and suggestions for yourself, your peers, and your successors

• I sould write more blog.

• I should write the blogs at least 3 times per a week.

• ...

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Notes:

1. This portfolio template derives from the templates for Writing IIIc and Writing IVc portfolios (2007-08), and Writing III, §§1a & 1c and Writing IV: Portfolio, §§1a & 1c portfolios (2008-09).

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 1st (spring) semester PPF first.

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

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My summer vacation

I have a lot of special plans in this summer vacation. First, I am going to go to the beach from August 1st to 2nd with my club members. I do not know the beach name but I have not been to the beach for a long time, so I am looking forward to going there very much! Second, my friend Yurimi will come to my house and stay August 7th. We are planning to ready for I go to the beach with my boy friend. She is really good at arrange the hair style of long hair. So she said to me, 'I want to set your hair cute^^' Then, I decided to depend on her. I am looking forward to staying and talking with her very much! I have more plans which is really fun something else. I want to enjoy my summer vacation with other people!!(149 words)

naginata club member

I met members when I was a member of naginata club. The purpose of meeting was to buy some presents to our younger club members for retire the club. We had a long talk about what we give them, as a result, we decided to buy and give some bath tools each member. We bought them franc franc in the News. After that, we went our graduated high school to give presents. But unfortunately, they were not there... So we decided to visit there 2 weeks later to meet them. Then, we had lunch at the restaurant. We ate 500 yen lunch, it included in a pasta plate, salad, desert and drink. We could choose the pasta plate and drink in the each all kinds of pasta and drink. It was really good and cheap! So I recommend you to have that lunch!! After we had lunch, we went shopping because the clearance sale has been holding these days. I bought some cloths and a pair of shoes when we went there! I had special time there with my friends^^ (180 words)