BR 2-12: Vanishing Cream

I read the book titled Vanishing Cream. The children made a little theater. The title of the play was Wizard Blot. A wizard and a frog appeared on the stage. I had a feeling that I have read the story on a certain book. I have put on a play titled Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. I played a cat in it. I put on a gorgeous orange dress and danced on the stage. It was when I was a kindergarten pupil. Those were lovely times.

The children went to the Wizard Blot’s house in this book. His house was so dirty, and he ordered the children to tidy up the room. If they did not do, he was going to turn them into frogs. It so scared to me. They washed dishes, vacuumed a room, iron clothes, dusted shelves and polished the floor. When they waxed the floor, they touched the vanishing cream, and their bodies were vanished. It made me feel funny. A thief came to the house and was surprised at that the clothes were walking. They repulsed the thief and saved the computer disks. I was glad to see that.

I thought this story was not possible. Did the bodies vanish? How could it be? Oops, I had a distorted view of them, he-he. I also want to use such a cream once. If my body were vanished, what will I do? It seems very interesting.

[239 words]

BR 2-11: The Christmas Disco

I read the book titled The Christmas Disco. Two teachers decorated a tree. It was the Christmas tree. We also decorated one during this Christmas season. My mother decorated it. It had colorful balls such as pink, green, gold, white, blue and red. It also had pinecones. They are artificial but so pretty. It had no star on the top and had big golden bell with red ribbons instead. I felt an atmosphere of Christmas so much. There were a lot of another Christmas ornaments in my house. For example red and white poinsettias, pinecones in a woven basket, small woody Christmas tree, an earthenware Santa Claus, a Christmas wreath on the door and jellylike plates shaped Santa Claus on the refrigerator. Christmas was over, but they are still setting, he-he.

The people went to the Christmas disco at certain home. There were a lot of Christmas presents, dishes and the music was being played there. The children danced to music. They looked so fun. In my case, I was not at home on the Christmas day. I went out with my boyfriend on the day. I had dinner in a ramen shop at DIAMOND CITY CLAIR. We ordered pig bones ramens. They were so delicious. I was gave a pair rings as a Christmas present by him. They were made of stainless steel, so I thought he hopes our rustproof relationship, he-he. I gave him a muffler colored green, which was his favorite. Both were happy.

In the book they use so much electrical power that the power supply was cut off. It made me feel fun. They borrowed a lot of torches from a variety of houses and use them for lights instead of light bulbs. They looked so happy then. It seemed that they spent a wonderful Christmas day.

[302 words]

Portfolio for Writing IV

Student ID: 07109

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	Dates yy.mm.dd	¶	W	C	L	P	M
Website review 08.09.29 (375+ words)	Website Review: The Hard Life Of Chocolate	2008.09.27	6	419	7	1	6	0
Favorite place(-s) 08.10.20 (450+ words)	★Essay: My Favorite Place★	2008.10.17	7	469	7	0	3	0
Mrs. Doubtfire 08.11.04 (500+ words)	MR 2-01: MRS. DOUBTFIRE	2008.11.04	3	416	9	0	1	1
Community life 08.11.17 (default length*)	Essay: I'm Loving Japanese Tea!	2008.11.19	2	157	0	0	2	0
Kumamoto's best-kept secrets 08.12.01 (5+ ¶¶)	Essay: Let's Try Raw Horsemeat!	2008.11.28	5	226	0	0	0	0
Learning with computers 2008.12.15 (6+ ¶¶)	Essay: Computers Are Gods!	2008.12.13	6	481	0	0	6	0
Totals	---	---	29	2168	23	1	18	1

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
*: "long enough to cover the ... [communities] you choose," Writing Studio Blog, Preparation for Next Essays, 2008.10.29)

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.

• Website Review: The Hard Life Of Chocolate
  

  The reason why I feel it's the best essay is that I wrote so much information about chocolates and the process form cacao to perfect chocolates on it. Also I put a lot of photos on it.
  

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*
2.2. Your best comment on a classmate's blog*	cream puff	2008.12.12	79	I appreciated you to give me delicious cream puffs. …
2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog*	Nikumaki	2008.12.02	37	…I haven't eaten Nikumaki with cheese. Which do you like?:^)
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*	MR 2-01: MRS. DOUBTFIRE	2008.11.04	164	…You thought familial love is really wonderful, and I think so, too. …
2.4.1.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---	2008.11.05	---	---
2.4.1.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	109	…Your boyfriend's love to only you is also important for you, isn't it? :)
2.4.2. Any of your other posts*	Website Review: The Hard Life Of Chocolate	2008.09.27	92	Hello, your essay is so interesting. I did not know about cacao. I got some of cacao! thank you.
2.4.2.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---	2008.10.01	---	---
2.4.2.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	112	… Researching about cacao, I also could get some of cacao.

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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.

Header, where people can click them easily.

2.6. Additional reflections on comments

• I could repair my posts after reading some comments.
  
• I could know other feeling and opinion by all of comments.
  

3.0. Book Reviews

3.1. Showcase	Short titles with links	Dates (yy.mm.dd)	Words	Comments
Example:	Vampire Killer	07.05.16	39	1
2-01	Ben and the Ghost	2008.10.04	731	0
2-02	A Monster on the Streert	2008.10.13	512	0
2-03	Camping Adventure	2008.11.26	286	0
2-04	A New Classroom	2008.11.26	225	0
2-05	Scarecrows	2008.11.27	254	0
2-06	Mum to the Rescue	2008.11.28	299	0
2-07	The Dragon Tree	2008.11.29	259	4
2-08	Village in the Snow	2008.12.04	263	0
2-09	The New Baby	2008.12.05	270	0
2-10	Gran	2008.12.05	249	0
2-11	The Christmas Disco	2008.12.28	302	0
2-12	Vanishing Cream	2008.12.28	239	0
2-13
2-14
2-15
2-16
2-17
2-18
---	---	Totals:		4

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 2-06: Mum to the Rescue

is my best book review because I wrote mother's greatness that she rescued a boat and I wrote my determination hereafter at the bottom of the review.

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? 19 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 (24) brainstorms (6) computers (4) essay prep. (9) favorites (5) foods (44) free-writing (4) graphics (99) links (6) lists (9) media (12) movies (4) music (11) p.p.essays (11) perfumes (14) quickposts (8) reviews (33) stars (13) Typing H.W.s (14)	---	---
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? 51 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? 0 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? 5 posts including other media	---	---
What kind(-s) of media have you included in posts this semester? Please list the kinds here: ...YOU TUBE ... ...	---	---
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 (yy.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. ...A lot of pictures or other graphics
2. ...The colorful layout
3. ...Easy to read

5.0. Additional reflections on your blog and your writing on it

Please feel free to include reflections on both spring and fall semester work, as well as on the content of this portfolio (proto-portfolios, showcases, and reflections).

• ...I could acquire the ability to express myself.
• ...I could communicate with a lot of people on computers. For example my classmates, my foreign pen pals and my instructors.
• ... I could have progressive ideas and learn more about how to use computers.
  

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

• ...If you have eventful days, jot them down briefly and blog.
• ...When you find something interesting, take their pictures at once.
• ... Don't leave wrong answers or mistakes as they stand.
  

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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 (Fall, 2008).
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) derives from Proto-Portfolio 2-02 (2008).
   

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License:

This portfolio template is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Please attribute to "the Writing Studio Blog" (without quotation marks).

Essay: Computers Are Gods!

I like to use computers very much. I can sit down in front of computers for a long time at home or at school. We can communicate with other people on the computers all the time. We can talk each other online. I not often use the function of chatting. I often use the function of blogging instead. I update my blog in English almost every day. I also have my blog in Japanese on a site, which is not google. I like to blog personality and to seek for blogs, which are friends’ of mine. With the function of blogging we can have connection with other people.

We can communicate with a lot of people on the computers, but the relationships there are so thin. Personal relations on the computers cannot be prevented from being had on the surface, maybe. For we can not see each faces and hear each voices. When we talk in person, we can find each expression. But when we talk on the telephone, we can not know each real feeling, looks and so on. Because of this we had better meet and talk face to face certainly.

Computer has a lot of functions. For example mailing, Word, Excel and so on. When we have to make contact with other people, we can use the function of mailing. We can communicate with people rapidly with it. When we have to make documents as our assignment or other notices, we can use the function of Word. We can type quickly with it. When we want to make some lists or some graphs, we can use the function of Excel. We can make them perfectly with it.

We can get much information on the Internet. When we want to know something, we may search for with the Internet. On the Internet there is so much information. We also need to choose some right information or right news. Moreover we can do shopping on the websites. We have gotten to be able to do shopping unless we do not go out from our homes. Things are really convenient these days.

We can play some educational games on the computers. There are a variety of games. Most notable among an educational game is Power Words. We were assigned its completion as our homework in reading class. We can learn English word and can improve our vocabularies with the game. It’s also convenient for use.

Because of computers we can do almost everything. Computers need to be take good care of by us. But it is not good not to be able to live without any computers. We can learn a lot of things with computers, but we have to consider the computers as little helpers of us. We must not depend on them. We should live while we devote ourselves to grow in knowledge which we need on our lives.

[481 words]

Matching Things

I went to Diamond City Clair with a friend of mine yesterday. After school we went home by bicycle, and I put my bicycle at her house. Then we went to Clair by bus.

The Christmas illuminations were so beautiful at Clair. We ate nikumaki at Nikumaki-Honpo. She ate it for the first time, so she was so impressed it. I had never eaten normal nikumaki, so we ate it. Both normal and cheese nikumaki are good. We went to a shoe store and bought brown boots. We bought matching boots. Colors of hers are camel brown. We went to clothing store and bought one-piece dresses. They were also matching clothes. I bought color tights whose colors were dark purple, dark green and dark gray. I bought a pair of pierced earrings at BRAND OFF. Its brand was Christian Dior. I liked it very much. We bought mufflers as Christmas presents for our boyfriends. They were still matching mufflers, he-he. We ate 31 ice cream before going out form Clair. It was cool but delicious. We had a very good time there.

[182 words]

Free-writing About Learning With Computers

I like to use computers very much. I can sit down in front of computers for a long time at home or at school. We can communicate with other people on the computers all the time. We can chat each other online. I not often use the function of chatting. I often use the function of blogging instead. I update my blog in English almost every day. I also have my blog in Japanese on a site, which is not google. I like to blog personality and to seek for blogs, which are friends’ of mine. With the function of blogging we can have connection with other people.

We can communicate with a lot of people on the computers, but the relationships there are so thin.

[126 words]

Brainstorm 02 About Learning With Computers

Learning with Computers
Communication
People
Tools
Computer applications
Mail
Word
Excel
Media
Format
Web applications
Blogs
Homepage
Chat
Web mail
Connecting
Connections
Connectivity
Information
Internet
Searching
Knowledge
Educational games
Convenience
Disk
Floppy
Dictionaries
Shopping
Typing
Challenges
Typing
Other
Other stuff
Quickly
Easy
Helpful
Useful

[44 words]

Brainstorm 01 About Learning With Computers

Quickly
Easy
Internet
Blogging
Media
Format
Connection
Homepage
Study
Search
Convenience
Word
Excel
File
Edit
Disk
Floppy
Documents
Lists

[19 words]

Over the rain / flumpool

It is a signature tune of a TV drama Bloody Monday. The singer who sing this song is so cool and my type. Let's listen!

[25 words]

BR 2-10: Gran

I read the book titled Gran. Gran was the name of children’s grandmother in the book. She looked 70 or more years old. However she was so tough and strong. She drove her old car. I have my driving license, and I sometimes drive my parents’ car. I can drive the car now, but will I be able to do after fifty years? I may be unable to drive. Gran still had strong legs, which made me surprised.

The children liked her so much. I also like my grandmother. I go to her house when I have time. She has a regular health problem, but she greets me with a smile, which makes me happy. Playing inside with children, Gran broke the flower vase. Playing outside, she broke the window. She is a real scatterbrain, but she is pretty and cute.

She too the children to the place just like a recreation park. There was a jumping castle, which was a playground equipment made of balloon. I would often play in the place like that when I was a child. The jumping castle was for only children, but Gran played there, too. Knitting needles which she had fell and pierced in the castle. The needle let the air out of the castle. An employee got angry with her, and they had to go home soon. She was really depressed at the failure of her behavior, but I thought the children looked fun, so it was good letting it alone.

[249 words]

BR 2-09: The New Baby

I read the book titled The New Baby. Jo was expecting a baby. She was big with child. It looked so heavy. Everyone was excited about a new baby. If I were she, my family, friends of mine, my husband, my relatives and else would be pleased probably. However if I was expecting a baby now, everybody might get angry with me, he-he. I go to the university now, so I must just study. After graduating, I want to get married and to be expecting a baby. But before that, I should find employment hard.

If people who are close to me were expecting babies, I wonder what I will think and will do. I’ll buy something for babies such as socks, wool mittens, knitted hats, clothes and toys. If I were them, of course I will do like this. It may be that I knit a pair of socks, a pair of mittens, a hat and so on.

The children made a book about babies. It said what babies did and what they like. They cry a lot, sleep, make noise, feed and play. They like teddy, rattle, Rusk, a nice cozy cot and bath. The children made a big chart. It was a list of everyone’s hope of the new baby’s sex, weight and name. The new baby was girl, so her mother chose the name Vicky of all names. The name was Chip’s idea. Both mother and child were doing well. It made me so glad. It’s hard to take care of babies, but I still want babies. I’m looking forward to my babies in my future.

[270 words]

BR 2-08: Village in the Snow

I read the book titled Village in the Snow. Mrs. May read a story about a village in the mountains to children. The book was profusely illustrated. White snow was very beautiful in it. When I was a high school student we went on a school excursion to Gifu, Kyoto and Osaka. We set off on a skiing trip for a couple of days in Gifu. There were a lot of skiing instructors there. We divided into small groups and were showed how to ski by them. I still remember the person whose name was Hidehito Shimomi. He was so nice guy, so all of our group members liked him. We cried he was cool and good each and every mouth. He showed us how to ski kindly. We took pictures with him during an intermission. We enjoyed so much then. The time when we had to say goodbye each other finally came. Some members said goodbye between sobs. I was surprised to see they were crying at that time. Even I did not cry then. I said goodbye with a smile. It was good memory at this juncture.

In the book the children had a snowball fight. I have done it before, so it looked so interesting. The snowballs were cool, but moving activity, we got warm gradually. I want to do the fight again in the much snow. According to the weather forecast it will snow this weekend. It seems to be cold, but I am looking forward to these days a little. For the snow is very beautiful to me.

[263 words]

McDonald's

I stopped into McDonald’s with friends of mine on our way home from school yesterday. Chisato had to do part-time job soon, so she went home after buying French fried potatoes. Mikiko and I bought a chicken burger, French fried potatoes, a soft cream, a pork burger and iced tea. We chatted each other eating them. We had very good time there.

After saying bye-bye, I went home in a hurry. I met my boyfriend. We went to Kumamoto harbor by his car. We took our pictures with my cellular phone in the car. We had wonderful time yesterday.

[99 words]

Nikumaki

I went downtown with a friend of mine after school yesterday. For I wanted to buy an ornament for my hair in a coming-of-age ceremony next year. I have grown up to be a woman this year. I still can not believe I have done so. We went to PARCO, Daiei and Tsuruya. We looked for the ornament for my hair which we would like here and there. I wondered which to choose for a long time. Finally I chose one after I had have a lot of my pictures taken by the friend. It had yellow and red artificial flowers, lace colored red and some pearls. It was so cute and liked it so much.

After shopping we went to Nikumaki-Honpo. They served nikumaki which is rice wrapped with seasoned pork and a lettuce. It still tastes wonderful! We like it very much. I took out three for my family.

My family said they were really good. I was glad to see them.

[164 words]