My advice to new sophomore

What I felt about Writing 3 of fall-semester is that I could write some posts on my blog. I had a chance to make English sentences because I didn't write them when I was a freshman. So, I want to suggest to new sophomores that students must write words in English. Because, I became to like writing words in English because I wrote my feelings on my blog. Then, I want to say to next Writing 3 students that they should to practice typing words quickly and to read some sentences. If students will be able to read fast, they will understand more their class. I took pains about them.(110 words)

Her big event!

Yesterday, my sister recieved a letter, which was written about that she can pass high school's exsamination. So, I found that she can pass the test. I am happy now because she also be happy. She must have a test soon and I believe she will be able to pass the exsamination.

About what I want to do.

I want to try to do new job, which is flower shop or cake shop. Because, I wanted to be a person who can make cakes or sweets. So, I want to try a clerk at cake shop.

Finding new job?

I must retire my part time job because my business place will be close after a month. I heard about this news from maneger. I am so suprised at what the shop will be close. So, I must search newpart time job.

My plan

I have a travel plan with my friend. We will go to Kyoto to do sightseeing. I am looking forward to seeing old temples and buildings where Japanese king stayed in. I'm interested in Japanese histories. So, I wanted to go to there. I will write about my impressing which I go to Kyoto again.

What I want to do at spring vacation.

I will finish taking tests soon. Because, yesterday is last day of fall- term test. I will be happy when I can pass my tests. However, I have no doing on spring vacation. My friend said to me that "you should try cooking. Espessialy, I like to make sweets and cakes. " when I consulted with my friend about doing about a matter at spring vacation. So, I want to try to find my hobbies.

A ceremony for 20 agers

I went to a ceremony for 20 agers. It is important for me to attend it because I can't go it only when I am 20 age. I weared kimono, which is color light green and white. Parts of white is chrysanthemum. It is my mother's. However, I put on it. It is beautiful because it was made before 30 age. It doesn't at all stains. I visited it with my friends, ans she is so beautiful. I listed mayor of Kumamoto and I thought I must have behavior's responsibility because I become 20 age.

Typing

It is difficult for me to type many words on time. The reason why I don’t like it is to be late it and I don’t remember key where is located. However, I have good points, because I am interested in computers. I didn’t like computers but, I became to like typing computers because I like computers. So, I like typing keys recently.(63words)

Book Review2-18" Animal Tales"

I don't like this story named Animal Tales. This main character is an elephant. He is a child. So, He has many questions. For example, about why do hippopotamus have red eyes. Many animals got angry because they don't know answers. I think so. Then, a child elephant went to know the answer about that what do crocodiles eat and he met crocodile. He answered to him that I will eat you!! He was bite him short nose. So, he has a long feather. This story is that all. So, I don't like this story because it is not interesting for me. I wanted to know the real reason why flephant's has long nose.

My blog's all

Months	0	09	10	11	12	01	Totals	fn	Indices
Book reviews		---	6	2	2	7	18
Blog posts		14	16	14	15	20	79
Words		877	1743	2037	2335	1535	8527
TOTAL	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---

1.0. Essays

(See: Note 3, below)

1.1. Showcase	Short titles [+ links]	Dates (yy.mm.dd)	¶	W	C	L	P	M	Notes
Mega- essay 07.10.12	Memrial Festival in Kumamoto castel Dialect in Kumamoto Character in Kumamoto Famous people in Kumamoto	2007,10,10	-	57 96 43 161	0 2 0 0	0	0	0	Eash posts are parts of Mega essays. I couldn't edit parts which I wrote.
Favorite place(-s) 07.10.26	To be important for me	2007.10.26	5	401	0	0	0	0
Movie review 07.11.11	MovieRerview-01"ToyStory"	2007.11.11	6	517	1	0	0	0
Community life 07.11.25	About better life	2007.11.25	6	507	2	0	0	0
TV in Japan 07.12.09	Let's watch news programs	2007.12.09	8	601	1	6	0	0
Learning with computers 07.12.21	Learning with computers	2007.12.21	10	521	1	0	0	0
Totals	---	---			5	0	0	0	---

Key:

¶: number of paragraphs three 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

1.2. Best Essay

Selection and Assessment: Which of those essays do you feel is the best that you've written this semester, and why? Please remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, and give at least two reasons to support your assessment.

• I think that my best essay is "Let's watch news programs" which is kind of TV in Japan. The reason why I like it is that I was able to write much words and I could adjust my mind on this post.
  

2.0. Comments

Showcase	Titles of posts with links	Dates of comments (yy.mm.dd)	Numbers of words in comments	Qualities of comments**
2.1. Your first comment on your instructor's blog*	Call for typing speed trial topic suggestions	2007. 11.20	28	bad
2.2. Your best comment on a classmate's blog*	Toy story	2007,11,14	84	not bad
2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog*	About better life	2007,12,05	30	not bad
2.4. Most comments on:	Titles of posts with link	Dates of posts (yy.mm.dd)	Total number of words in comments	Qualities of comments*
2.4.1. Any one of your essays*	About better life	2007,12,05	30	not bad
2.4.1.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---	2008,01,12	---	---
2.4.1.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	40	not good
2.4.2. Any of your other posts*	Dialect in Kumamoto	2007,10,10	21	good
2.4.2.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---	2008,01,12	---	---
2.4.2.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	38	good

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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.

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?

• ...
  

2.6. Additional reflections on comments

• [Remove square brackets, including these remarks; write out your reflections on giving and receiving comments here.]
  

3.0. Typing Speed Trials

Showcase	Numbers of words	Dates (yy.mm.dd)
3.1. Worst typing speed trial*	40	2007,10,17
3.2. Best typing speed trial*	107	2007,10,24
3.3. Improvement (best minus worst)		---
3.4. Average speed for three (3) most recent speed trials**	68	2007,11,14 2007,11,21 2007,12,5

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* Current semester typing speed trials (five minutes)
** Please list all three dates.

4.0. Book Reviews

4.1. Showcase	Short titles with links	Dates (yy.mm.dd)	Words	Comments
Example:	Vampire Killer	07.05.16	39	1
2-01	Jungle Book	2007,10,01	168	0
2-02	HenryⅧ and his wives	2007,10,02	79	0
2-03	Robinson Crusoe	2007,10,09	139	0
2-04	Anne of the Green Gables	2007,10,09	140	0
2-05	The Love of a King	2007,10,15	120	0
2-06	Alice's Adventure in Wonderland	2007,10,16	60	0
2-07	White Fang	2007,11,06	183	0
2-08	Washington Square	2007,11,27	207	0
2-09	The Secret Garden	2007,12,05	218	0
2-10	The black tulip	2007,12,30	167	0
2-11	Jane Eyre	2008,01,08	201	0
2-12	Audrey Hepburn	2008,01,08	92	0
2-13	Romeo and Juliet	2008,01,08	92	0
2-14	A Christmas Carol	2008,01,08	118	0
2-15	Little Women	2008,01,08	99	0
2-16	Heidi	2008,01,08	116	0
2-17	The prisoner of Zenda	2008,01,08	110	0
2-18	Animal Tales	2008,01,09	114	0
---	---	TOTALS:

Note: Please calculate book review words and comments totals without the example (above).

4.2. 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? Please remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, and give at least two reasons to support your assessment.

• [Remove square brackets, including these remarks; identify your best book review, and write out reasons for selecting it here.]

5.0. Blog Layout, Labeling, Linking, & Media

Showcase	Yes	No
5.1. Does your blog have an archive?	0
5.1.1. Does the archive display the titles of posts?	0
5.1.2. Is the archive organized by month?	0
5.1.3. Is the archive at or near the top of the sidebar?	0
5.2. Does your blog have labels displayed in sidebar?	0
5.2.1. Do your labels include these required labels (typed accurately):	---	---
"books" (plural) AND "reviews" (plural)	0
"essays" (plural) AND "portfolios" (plural, without "proto-")	0
"quickposts" (plural, with no space between quick and posts)	0
"links" (plural) AND "media" (plural)	My bolg has only links.
"movies" (plural) AND "photos" (plural)	0
5.2.2. Does your sidebar display other labels?	0
How many other labels have you attached to three (3) or more posts? My blog has 1 other label, diary. ___ 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. This counts are fall semester's memories. books: 18 posts diary:17 essays:9 posts but, posts of Kumamoto has 3 essays. links:8 photo: 16 portofolios: 2 quickposts: 12 reviews: 7	---	---
5.3. Links & media	---	---
5.3.1. Does your blog include pictures or other graphics?	0
Does your blog profile include a picture or graphic representation?		0
How many of your blog posts this semester include pictures or other graphics? _16_ posts including pictures or other graphics	---	---
5.3.2. Does your blog include posts with multiple links?	0
How many of your posts this semester include three (3) or more links?* _8__ posts including three or more links (including this portfolio!)	---	---
5.3.3. Does your blog include other media?		0
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 them here: 6.0. Additional reflections on your blog writing 7.0. Suggestions for your peers and successors ・ We should write more than 500 words because we must improve our ability of explaining about detail of sentences written in English.	---	---

Book Review2-17" The Prisoner of Zenda"

The story's main character is Rudolf Rassendyll. He went to watch a King's party. Another man, price Rudolf, went to the kingdom because he also went to watch it. When they went to it, they met each other. They are surprised by them because, they are similar. So, Rudolf prince liked him and they drink in his house. However, prince had a sick because someone put some poison in his glass. Price must go to a party the day because he must be King. So, Rudolf Rossendy go to the party for prince. I don't believe it. I must not do the things even if the prince had a sick.

Book Review2-16" Heidi"

I love this story because I watched this animation and I read a book. The story is about a girl named Heidi. She lost her parents but, she went to her mother's father's house located in Switzerland. Her grand father don't like a child but, he becomes to like her soon because she is a innocence girl. However, she was taken to Germany to be friend with Klara. Klara can't walk. So, she can't go outside and she dosen't have any friends. Heidi and Klara become a friends each other. However, Heidi has a sick because she couldn't returen to Switzerland. If I were Heidi, I would be not able to live in another place along.

Book Review2-15" Little Women"

I like this story because the sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, have independent minds and they have breve to live without her father in period of war. This story's main character is Jo who is second sister. She is out going compare with her sisters. She has friend of Laurie, who lives next to her house. He is kind and handsome man but, I don't like him. Because, I think that a man like him don't understand her works. She wants to be a writer. I think that Jo should get a boyfriend who can understand about her.

Book Review2-14" A Christmas Carol"

This story’s main character is a old man, Scrooge, who dose not believe to be important the Christmas. He hated Christmas because he thought that it is not important for his life. However, he becomes to believe it because he saw his friend’s ghost, Marley. Marley had died in past time. He went to say that Scrooge must remember it is important. So, he meets a fairly which went to be back to his past. Finally, he notices that it is important. I didn’t know that Christmas is important for foreighers. I thought that it is just day. However, Christmas is a important day when many people spend with family and friends or people become to be happy.(118words)

Book Review2-13" Romeo and Juliet"

This is love story. It is written by William Shakespeare. This story’s main characters are two people, Romeo and Juliet. Romeo’s family is rich and Juliet, too. They fallen in love when they met in a dance party first time. However, Their’s family is so bad relationship. So, Romeo and Juliet do not get married with each other. If I were Juliet, I would not have died for my boyfriend. I will not to fall in love to die. Some day, I want to understand her mind when I will be adult. (92word)

Book Review2-12" Audrey Hepburn"

I was born in Brussels on May 4, 1929. She was an famous actress when she appeared in Roman Holiday. She was a top star. However, she was a spy when she was a child in World War 2. She wanted to be a ballet dancer but, she gave up it because she was injured. She worked for children don’t rich in Africa after she retired an actress. I was made her works move my mind because I thought she is great. I want to help someone like her in my future.(92words)

Book Review2-11" Jane Eyre"

I read Jane Eyre.　This story’s main character is Jane who is a clever girl, first time. However, she growｓ up with her relatives in a house. She had three cousins, but they were not kind to Jane because she was a different. She was hated by her family, so she had to go to a school where has a house. She went to it and she got a friend named Kalen. She was so clever. She could speak French. However, she had died to a sick. Then, Jane grow up more and she became a tutor for a little girl who can speak French. They had good relationship both Jane and little girl. She met her uncle, soon. His name is . He was a horrible man, but they loved each other. He had a big secret, which is that he has a wife. If I were Jane, I would not have gotten married with him because I can’t believe him who had a big secret. However, she got married with him, finally. I can’t understand her mind but, I think that last is good. I hope that Jane would be happy after this story. (201words)

I want to speak Chinese

I'm studying Chinese sometimes because I have a Chines exchange student. The reason why I'm interested in it is two. First, I want to talk with her, fluently. Second, I like to watch Chinese movies and Chinese music. I think that Chinese pronunciation is so beautiful. So, I like this language. Someday, I want to speak it.

I will wear a kimono.

I will wear a kimono tomorrow. I am going to go to be taken pictures because most of Japanese women have her picture. Maybe, I guess that they want not to go to a photo studio on Seizinn(adult)day or want to keep themselves being on a picture because we hardly wear kimono but we are Japanese. A kimono which I will wear is my mother's. It is a light green one. I thought beautiful when I watched it.

A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

A happy new year! I am happy because I could live fine and happy last year and I like to receive new year's cards. However, I sent only e-mail to my friends. I knew that e-mail is better than cards, because there are moving colorful pictures and it is easy to send.