this weekend

Now, I'm in NZ!!

I can have good friends...

Soon is one of my friends, but in NZ I think he is my best best friend.

He always helps me and stands by me.

I have troubles more than I was in japan, but can understand my feeling.

I waana go back Japan now, but because of him and Jiyoug, I like to be in NZ.

Today, I studied my Project that I have to finish by next week wit soon and then I went to dinner with him and Jiyong, after that went to Piha beach.... I could have gud tym wit them.....

Tomorrow, I'm hanging out with Haruka, so Im really looking forward to seeing her.

My friends

he is one of my friends.

sooooooo nice person.

whenever he helps me, and he always makes me happy..

I can have one of my best friend in NZ.

Im soooooo happy.

New Zealand Life

New Zealand life, it is soooo fun, but it really troublesome....... Doing homework....... I hate doing homework. If I am in Japan, my friends always help me ...

But in NZ, it should do by myself and everyone does it myself, Everyone does soooooooo hard.

When I have to do homework, I always feel bad.....

but, I have sooooooo good friends.

my friends always help me.

I could have my best friends here.

portfolio

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Student ID: 08129

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 My favorite places	2009.10.07	4	321	1	0	0	0
2-01b (2009.10.21)	My favorite Places	2009.10.21	6	455	0	0	0	0
(2-01c)
2-02a (2009.11.04)	essay	2009.11.04	4	371	0	1	0	0
2-02b (2009.11.18)	Viewing website	2009.11.11	7	587	0	0	0	0
(2-02c)
2-03a (2009.12.02)	learning language story	2009.11.29	6	679	3	0	0	0
2-03b (2009.12.18/22)	The meaning of learning language	2009.12.17	7	860	0	0	0	0
(2-03c)
Totals	---	---	34	3273	4	1	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. 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.

• I think the last essay is the most improvement, because every paragraphs end with conclusion, and each paragraphs explain one topics. To improve my ability, before I post the last essay on blog, I let my friends read it and am given opinion from them.
  

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*	nothing
2.2. Your best comment on a classmate's blog*	Essay2-03a My language career	2009.12.09	22
2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog*	learning language story	2009.12.09	26	supportive
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*	learning language story	2009.12.09
2.4.1.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---		---	---
2.4.1.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---
2.4.2. Any of your other posts*
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.

• ...Yes, my blog display recent comments from blog visitor in a upper side bar.
  

2.6. Additional reflections on comments

• It is very difficult to study many languages. What languages do you like the best?
• How long did you stay for New Zealand?

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	Book review Three up a tree	2009.10.07	28	0
BR 2-02	The magic finger	2009.10.21	58	0
BR 2-03	book review.	2009.10.21	58	0
BR 2-04
BR 2-05
BR 2-06
BR 2-07
BR 2-08
BR 2-09
BR 2-10
BR 2-11
BR 2-12
BR 2-13
BR 2-14
BR 2-15
BR 2-16
BR 2-17
BR 2-18
---	---	Totals:

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.

• My favorite book of my book reviews is The Magic Finger, it is a very funny story. This story's main character can use magic only when she gets angry. I really envy her, because I want to use magic when I get angry. I read this story and I thought it is so good. This book is long, but it worth reading.
  

4.0. BLOG LAYOUT, LABELING, LINKING, and MEDIA

Showcase	Yes	No
4.1. Does your blog display an archive?	O
4.1.1. Does the archive display the titles of posts?	O
4.1.2. Is the archive organized by month?	O
4.1.3. Is the archive at or near the top of the sidebar?	O
4.2. Does your blog display a cloud or list of labels in the sidebar?	O
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)		O
"movies" (plural) AND "websites" (plural)	O
"brainstorms" (or "brainstorming"), "essay prep.," AND "free-writing" (or "free-writes")	O
4.2.2. Does your sidebar display other labels?	O
How many other labels have you attached to three (3) or more posts? 4 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. Book review (17) Essay (5) Essays (8) movies (3) revised (3)	---	---
4.3. Links and media	---	---
4.3.1. Do your blog posts this semester include photos or other graphics?	o
Does your blog profile include a photo or graphic representation?	o
How many of your blog posts this semester include photos or other graphics? 3 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? ___ 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? ___ 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. ...
2. ...
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, selections, and reflections).

• ...
• ...
• ...
  

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

• ...
• ...
• ...
  

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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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Hiro and Tomomi

I went to Hakata Ichiban Dori with my friends, Hiro and Tomomi. Tomomi and Hiro actually became friends this day. At first, Hiro planed to go drinking with shota and me, but the plan was postponed the other day. So we (Hiro and I and Tomomi) went there together. At five pm, I and Tomomi had to go shopping because we had to buy equipment our job, after that we decorated our shop with Christmas. I promised seeing at eight pm at our shop, so Hiro came to McDonald’s. However, we had not finished decorated yet, so Hiro helped us, and finally finish. It was very beautiful with light and Christmas tree. We decorated many things then Hiro and Tomomi became a friend. That is why I want to have dinner with them, so we went Hakata Ichiban Dori. Tomomi and I are talkative. We kept talking over five hours or more. Hiro is also talkative, we talked a lot and laughed and got sympathy. I had a very good time. Hiro is really gentle. I like him very much. Tomomi is also gentle and interesting, so I like her very much, too. I want to hang out with them again. Spending time with Hiro and Tomomi is very important for me. (212 words)

Yesterday's daily

   I went to Starbucks coffee with Yuta and Tomomi by car. I thought that I came back home and want to relax today, but Tomomi call me and said “ let’s go for eating dinner” I wanted to go home at first but I said OK. I took Yuta and go Tomomi’s house. Then, we decided to go Starbucks coffee. At there, we talked a lot and Yuta treated us. We were very glad. We were laughing.  We had a very good time. After that, we went to Osho. Its product is really cheap and delicious. We talked a lot there, too. We had a very good time. I want to go there again with them. (116 words)

Sunday's daily

I went to city centre to eat dinner with my friends, Maki, Yuka, Hideyoshi, and Yuta after finishing part time job. We went to Yakiniku “ Kurobozu”, and ate too much. After that, I went to Tomomi’s house with Yuta and Hideyoshi. We dropped convenience store and bought many things and then went to her house. We talked a lot, but Hideyoshi slept soon. Yuta and I and Tomomi talked a lot till 5:30am. I was so sleepy and went back home. As soon as I came back home, I slept. We had a very good time with them. I want to hang out with them again. (107 words)