Proto-Portfolio

Proto-Portfolio 2-01: Reviews, Posts and Words

Months	08	09	10	11	12	01	Totals	fn	Indices
Book reviews			3	4	3	8	18
Blog posts		2	12	19	9	31	73
Words		166	847	1864	1197	2226	6422
Sub-totals								---

1.0. Essays

1.1. Showcase	Short titles [+ links]	Dates (yy.mm.dd)	¶	W	C	L	P	M	Notes
Mega- essay 07.10.12	MEGA ESSAY	07.10.08	17	1086	3	0	0	0
Favorite place(-s) 07.10.26	MY FAVORITE PLACE	07.11.06	4	118	0	0	0	0
Movie review 07.11.11	TOY STORYⅰ	07.11.13	4	283	5	0	1	0
Community life 07.11.25	Community Life	07.11.27	5	325	2	0	0	0
TV in Japan 07.12.09	TV	07.12.21	5	287	0	0	0	0
Learning w/ computers 07.12.21	Learning with computers	07.12.12	5	345	0
Totals	---	---	40	2444	10	0	1	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.

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  Learning with computers

  I think my best essay is that because it have examples and conclusion. So it is good essay of my essays.]
  

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*	Romeo and Juliet	07.11.28	65
2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog*	Community Life	07.12.05	35
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*
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.

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?

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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*	72	07.10.17
3.2. Best typing speed trial*	150	07.09.26
3.3. Improvement (best minus worst)	78	---
3.4. Average speed for three (3) most recent speed trials**	90

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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	HAMLET	07.10.16	37	1
2-02	CHRISTMAS	07.10.16	46	0
2-03	Book Review 2-3: SKYJACK	07.10.16	23	0
2-04	The Table, the Donkey and the Stick	07.11.06	156	0
2-05	The PIANO	07.11.06	97	0
2-06	FIVE CHILDREN AND IT	07.11.06	82	0
2-07	King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table	07.11.06	61	0
2-08	JUMANJI	07.12.05	66	0
2-09	Men in Black	07.12.05	55	0
2-10	The Secret Garden	07.12.05	68	0
2-11	U.F.O.s	07.01.08	40	0
2-12	Nursing	07.01.08	67	0
2-13	Ireland	07.01.08	58	0
2-14	Nelson Mandela	07.01.08	67	0
2-15	Foot Ball	07.01.08	70	0
2-16	SOCCER	07.01.08	91	0
2-17	POLLUTION	07.01.08	72	0
2-18	TOURISM	07.01.08	83	0
---	---	TOTALS:	1239	1

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.

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  The Table, the Donkey and the Stick

  I think taht is a best book review of my blogs because many words and good explanation of book.]

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)		0
"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? ___ 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. www (n) xxx (m) yyy (o) zzz (p) ...	---	---
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? ___ 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?* ___ 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? ___ posts including other media	---	---
What kind(-s) of media have you included in posts this semester? Please list them here: ... ... ...	---	---

5.4. Overall presentation

What have you done to enhance the overall presentation of your blog? List and explain the three most important content, formatting, layout, or other presentation changes or enhancements that you have made on your blog this semester.

1. ...
2. ...
3. ...

6.0. Additional reflections on your blog writing

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7.0. Suggestions for your peers and successors

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Food

It comes fall season which is generally speaking food and sports and art and so on. Today, I will write about food!! Everyday I like to eat food bud in fall I become very hungry more than other seasons. Fall has many good taste fruits. I like fruits therefore my feeling become high and high. My favorite fruit is Kuri. It is very sweet. And it often use cake. I love it. 72words

Book Review 2-3: SKYJACK

This story was written about hijacked but there is a name on the list that the Prime Minister!!!!!
It is very big problems.
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Book Review 2-2: HAPPY CHRISTMAS

This story is interesting. Do you know where Santa Claus's name came from? If you will read it, you will be able to know that secret. I like Santa Claus because he gives presents we want for us. I could remember my childhood by this book.(46)

Book Review 2-1: HAMLET

I've heard that too many times already. But I read it properly first time. This story could imagine beautiful places and the people's beautiful clothes and so on. I want to spend my life in Hamlet's age. (37)

chakeen: Fantastic Kumamoto

chakeen: Fantastic Kumamoto

It is very nice essay because I can find to many good things of Kumamoto by it.
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chiho's house: mega essay

chiho's house: mega essay

I have never seen Gold Monkey so I want to see it very much!!!!
Have you ever seen it? How was it?
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School Festival (Part2)

Name of School Festival is Takuma Festival. It is very biggest of school events. All club have to submit some things for example, food shop or game or photo show and sing a song. And that things will be collected No.1 by students.

Next, it has a live of music which is very interesting because we offer famous professional singer to sing a song in this school. Therefore we will be enjoyed very much every year. This year, “FLOW” comes to sing a song!!!! I am looking forward to listening their song.

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PANKUN

PANKUN(Animal of Kumamoto)
The bread is the chimpanzee which there is in zoo "Aso Kadori Dominion" of Aso, Kumamoto City. It is the very famous chimpanzee which a regular appears in "the genius Shimura zoo" of the popular TV program.

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KIKUCHI GULLY (Water of Kumamoto)

KIKUCHI GULLY (Water of Kumamoto)

Kikuchi Gully is located from the Kikuchi city area in the east between about 17km, meters above the sea level 500m - 800m of the northwest of the Aso outer rim of a volcanic crater, and it is forest "of the" rest consisting of very large areas of 1,180ha.
It is called a natural air conditioner, and the average water temperature of the summer is most suitable for 13 degrees and the noble lineage piercing low as a summer resort.

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Ikinari Dango(Food of Kumamoto)

Ikinari Dango

Ikinari Dango (Suddenly dumpling) is native district cake of Kumamoto and I knead wheat flour and I am flat and wrap it in cloth (a dumpling) which it grew to cover it and steam the raw sweet potato which it cut into round slices with steamers, and it is a cake to just eat.
It is said local dialect IkinariDago
It is said that "vigor accomplishment" (suddenly) and the meaning of words to say to cook a meaning called the cake to be able to start suddenly even if a meaning to say that I can make the origin of the name "suddenly" in a short time and a visitor come suddenly and a raw potato are piled up.

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Festival of Kumamoto

Fujisaki Shrine Fall Festival

Fujisaki Shrine Fall Festival is annual festival of Fujisaki shrineenshrined in Kumamoto City, Kumamoto.
The God good luck line that the many events of the big festival are performed for five days to sentence (the Respect for the Aged Day) to the last day on the third Monday of September, and is performed on the last day of the festival become climactic.
It is a dedication line of "an escort" (ずいびょう) and "the lucky toy horse" (a decoration horse) following a miniature shrine to attract the spectator's attention in that.
The lucky toy horse parades around the Kumamoto city while in late years more than 60 groups dedicate it, and marching by a shout of good Seiko of the energy called "dough chi, the dough chi" and the musical accompaniment with instruments such as trumpets noisily.

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Natsume Soseki

Natsume Soseki (History of Kumamoto)

　It is Soseki Natsume to have called Kumamoto "the Forest City" for the first time.
He starts for his new post at the age of 29 years old (1896) in the fifth Senior High School (existing Kumamoto University) from Matsuyama Junior High School of Shikoku in April in 1896.
I got down on the Kamikumamoto station, and the first impression of the row of houses along a city street of Kumamoto that I looked at from the Kyoumachi plateau seems to have been "the Forest City".

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MEGA ESSAY

Introduction

We will write about 5 topics. Fist is history, second is festival and third is food, then fourth is water and final is animal. Kumamoto has many interesting things. We will introduce about them.

History

Kumamoto Castel

The Kumamoto castle is built 400 years ago by Kiyomasa Koto. It is very beautiful castle and very historical building. Many visitor come to see this castle every day. There are many sweets for Kumamoto castle, for example, “mushagaeshi” and “higonotsuki” and so on. We can buy them in Kumamoto.

Soseki Natsume

　It is Soseki Natsume to have called Kumamoto "the Forest City" for the first time.

He starts for his new post at the age of 29 years old (1896) in the fifth Senior High School (existing Kumamoto University) from Matsuyama Junior High School of Shikoku in April in 1896.

I got down on the Kamikumamoto station, and the first impression of the row of houses along a city street of Kumamoto that I looked at from the Kyoumachi plateau seems to have been "the Forest City".

Shiro Amakusa

He was born in 1621 in Amakusa. He is very famous a man in history who lived in Edo era. In the past, there were a lot of Christians in Amakusa. But, in those days, Christian was not so popular religion in Japan and the government wanted to crack down on this religion. The “Amakusa Shimabara no ran” was one of them and this revolt was Christian versus government. Shiro Amakusa is leader of Christian group. It is said that he is very young man, maybe 16 or 17 years old.

Festivals

Yamaga garden lantern

The Yamaga Garden lantern festival is famous festival in Kumamoto. This is very beautiful. Many people wear like a crown made from a paper and wear “Yukata” which is Japanese traditional summer cloth. They are dancing with music. This is traditional summer festival in Yamaga. My friend, Makiko is from Yamaga.

Fujisaki Shrine Fall Festival

Fujisaki Shrine Fall Festival is annual festival of Fujisaki shrineenshrined in Kumamoto City, Kumamoto.

The God good luck line that the many events of the big festival are performed for five days to sentence (the Respect for the Aged Day) to the last day on the third Monday of September, and is performed on the last day of the festival become climactic.

It is a dedication line of "an escort" (ずいびょう) and "the lucky toy horse" (a decoration horse) following a miniature shrine to attract the spectator's attention in that.

The lucky toy horse parades around the Kumamoto city while in late years more than 60 groups dedicate it, and marching by a shout of good Seiko of the energy called "dough chi, the dough chi" and the musical accompaniment with instruments such as trumpets noisily.

Night Stand

Nigh stand is very interesting. There are a lot of stores in the place and many children enjoy their time with their family or friends. The popular nigh stand’s store is “kingyosukui’. It is very popular and typical in Japan

Food

Horse meat

The traditional food in Kumamoto is Basashi. It is meat of horse.

We eat raw horse meat. It is expensive but it is very delicious. Other country’s people say “ Japanese is crazy”. But, I think other country’s people should eat it. They will surely like it.

Ikinari Dango

Ikinari Dango (Suddenly dumpling) is native district cake of Kumamoto and I knead wheat flour and I am flat and wrap it in cloth (a dumpling) which it grew to cover it and steam the raw sweet potato which it cut into round slices with steamers, and it is a cake to just eat.

It is said local dialect IkinariDago

It is said that "vigor accomplishment" (suddenly) and the meaning of words to say to cook a meaning called the cake to be able to start suddenly even if a meaning to say that I can make the origin of the name "suddenly" in a short time and a visitor come suddenly and a raw potato are piled up.

Lotus root

There are many traditional dishes in Kumamoto, for example, horse meal and “ikinaridanngo” and so on. They are very popular and famous food in Kumamoto.

The lotus root is on of very popular dish in Kumamoto. This color is yellow. It looks is very interesting. It taste is very spicy, but it is very dericious. It is very good for souvenir.

Water

Hot Spring

.There is a lot of hot springs in Kumamoto. Hot spring is very popular among people and everyone relax in hot spring. The famous hot springs are “Kurokawa hot spring” and “ Shimoda hot spring”. It is very good for our health and , many people go to there to care their body.

Kikuchi gully

Kikuchi Gully is located from the Kikuchi city area in the east between about 17km, meters above the sea level 500m - 800m of the northwest of the Aso outer rim of a volcanic crater, and it is forest "of the" rest consisting of very large areas of 1,180ha.

It is called a natural air conditioner, and the average water temperature of the summer is most suitable for 13 degrees and the noble lineage piercing low as a summer resort.

Shirakawa water source

Shirakawa water sourse is very famous place in Kumamoto. Kumamoto has a lot of beautiful water. We can always drink pure water every day

Animals

Bear

There are some bears in Kumamoto. The area is “Hitoyoshi” and “ Aso” and so on. The “ Kadori Dominion” is very famous amusement park in Kumamoto. We can play with bears in this park. This park is very popular among little children. Some people eat meat of bear. I have never eaten it yet. Is it delicious?

Pan kun

The bread is the chimpanzee which there is in zoo "Aso Kadori Dominion" of Aso, Kumamoto City. It is the very famous chimpanzee which a regular appears in "the genius Shimura zoo" of the popular TV program.

Golden Monkey.

The golden monkey is very rare animal in Japan. These monkeys came from China.

We can see them in the Kumamoto zoo. The golden monkey is very famous animal in Kumamoto. There are a lot of children coming to see them every day.

Conclusion

Kumamoto has many good place to visit and interesting food.

We want to spread more to other people. Kumamoto is our home town and we want to know more about them.

School Festival

I like a festival because it has many food shops and playing game shops and so on. And it has live of music. This is very interesting because famous music bands or singers come to sing Kumamoto Gakuen University every year. I am looking forward to listening and show them. This year, “Flow” will come to school!!!! But I don’t know that bands very well. Therefore I will not go to live this year.

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