Portfolio for Writing IV

Student ID: 08115

Portfolio for Writing IV, Section 1A

(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)	☆☆☆My fairyland☆☆☆	2009.10.08	6	452	8	0	0	0
2-01b (2009.10.21)	☆☆☆My Fairyland☆☆☆	2009.10.21	7	467	0	0	0	0
(2-01c)
2-02a (2009.11.04)	English website	2009.10.30	5	408	7	3	0	0
2-02b (2009.11.18)	Baseball & travel English websites	2009.11.11	5	453	0	3	0	0
(2-02c)
2-03a (2009.12.02)	Learning languages stories	2009.12.01	5	593	12	0	0	0
2-03b (2009.12.18/22)	Learning language stories	2009.12.16	7	613	0	0	0	0
(2-03c)
Totals	---	---	35	2986	27	6	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 my best essay is 2-03b Learning language stories. I wrote many words and paragraphs.
  

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*	Social Media and Social Networking Explained	2009.10.14	24	I wrote my opinion.
2.2. Your best comment on a classmate's blog*	Essay 2-02a: American culture	2009.11.04	43	I wrote many words.
2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog*	Essay (2-03a): Learning languages stories	2009.12.09	48	He wrote his opinion and question.
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*	Essay (2-03a): Learning languages stories	2009.12.09	252	Everyone advised me.
2.4.1.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---	2009.12.09	---	---
2.4.1.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	243	I wrote questions.
2.4.2. Any of your other posts*	Essay (2-2a): English website	2009.11.04	167	They wrote opinion.
2.4.2.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---	2009.11.04	---	---
2.4.2.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	162	I wrote advise.

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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.

• Recent comments in a sidebar on my blog.
  

2.6. Additional reflections on comments

• I should wrote more words.
  
• I should wrote more my opinion.
  

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	A Rat for Mouse	2009.10.07	247	0
BR 2-02	Beyond Strange Street	2009.10.12	207	0
BR 2-03	Egyptian Adventure	2009.10.14	197	0
BR 2-04	Victrian Adventure	2009.10.19	224	0
BR 2-05	Kipper and the Giant	2009.10.19	264	0
BR 2-06	The Quest	2009.10.20	290	0
BR 2-07	The princess and the Pen	2009.12.26	138	0
BR 2-08	Stories of Gnomes & Goblins	2009.12.26	197	0
BR 2-09	The clumsy prince	2009.12.26	164	0
BR 2-10	Stories of MONSTER	2009.12.26	153	0
BR 2-11	A Day in London	2009.12.27	116	0
BR 2-12	Floppy the Hero	2009.12.27	130	0
BR 2-13	Viking adventure	2009.12.27	212	0
BR 2-14	The Dream	2009.12.27	94	0
BR 2-15	Flood	2010.01.14	149	0
BR 2-16
BR 2-17
BR 2-18
---	---	Totals:	2782	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.

• My best book review is BR 2-11. Because I like the story and I think I could arrange well.
  

4.0. BLOG LAYOUT, LABELING, LINKING, and 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 display a cloud or list of labels in the sidebar?	√
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)		√
"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? 11 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. blog (64) books (27) essay prep. (3) essays (14) favorites (9) link (7) pictures (40) reviews (29) revisions (7) speaking (7) websites (3)	---	---
4.3. Links and media	---	---
4.3.1. Do your blog posts this semester 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? 40 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? 7 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 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. ...I included more links.
   
2. ...I often colored some words to easy to see.
   
3. ...I chose white on my blog back color and I selected large words.
   

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).

• ...It was difficult for me to write long essay.
  
• ...It was too hard to find my comments on classmates blog.
  
• ...I feel book reviews are lot.
  

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

• ...I should wrote diary everyday.
  
• ...I didn't put media on my blog. So I should put it.
  
• ...I didn't put photos on my introduction.
  

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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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BR 2-15: Flood

I read "Flood" This book's cover looks interesting so I chose it.
It had been raining for days. Biff, her mom and Floppy went into the park. It was not much fun in the rain. The children couldn’t go out to play. That evening Biff, Chip and Kipper were watching television. The weather forecast came on. Some bad storms were coming, with a lot of more rain. In the morning, the park was flooded. The water reached the edge of the park. That day the school was closed. It rained in the night. The flood water had come in. They went to a hall in the town. When the floods were over they went back home. The floors were covered in mud.
If I live such a their home, I think I really amazing.I am sorry about them.


Reference
Hunt, Loderick. (1990) A day in London. England: Oxford University.
(149 words)

News Quiz

1. Who did plan to hub Haneda Airport?
2. How much is second supple mentary budget for fiscal 2009 had Prime Minister Hatoyama?
3. Who was wining of the Nobel Peace Prize?
4. Which country does need up to 300 kilograms of nuclear?
5. Which country have Hatoyama agreed to ensure food safety?
6. Who was former Finance Ministerfound dead at house?
7. Where is there Narita Airport?
8. Where was selected as host of the 2016 Summer Olympics?
9. Who did won the Coca-Cola Tokai Classic of golf?
10. What is famous in Ryokuhuso's Enju Room was fire destroyed, Ninohe, Iwate?


1. Maehara (The Daily Yomiuri, 10/15/2009, p.2)
2. ￥3 trillion (The Daily Yomiuri, 10/15/2009, p3)
3. Obama (The Daily Yomiuri, 10/12/2009, p2)
4. Iran (The Daily Yomiuri, 10/12/2009, p5)
5. China (The Daily Yomiuri, 10/12/2009, p1)
6. Nagakawa (The Daily Yomiuri, 10/05/2009, p1)
7. Tokyo (The Daily Yomiuri, 10/14/2009, p.2)
8. Rio de Janeiro (The Daily Yomiuri, 10/05/2009, p.4)
9. Ryo Ishikawa (The Daily Yomiuri, 10/05/2009, p.18)
10. Zashiki-warashi (The Daily Yomiuri, 10/06/2009, p.2)
(177 words)

Speaking survey

There are 64 people who take less than 30 minutes to go to university from their house. Almost these people come to university by bicycle, on foot or bike. There are 12 people who take less than 1 hour to go to university. They come to university by bus, train or car. There are 6 people who take more than 1 hour to go to university. Almost these people come to university by train or car. Next, I will write about bad point of traveling these ways. Many people think get tired. Most people of them come to school by bicycle or on foot. 11 people think take a lot of time. 28 people answered other. They think about the bad point of traveling this way, cold, hot, costly and so on.
(132 words)

BR 2-14: The Dream

I read “The Dream” This book is easy to understand so, I chose this book.
Biff couldn’t sleep. Dad told her a story. The story was about a dragon. Biff dreamed about the dragon. It was a very nasty dragon. Biff had to fight it. She woke up soon and went downstairs. Next, mom told her a story. The story was about a dolphin. Biff dreamed about a dolphin. Finally she could sleep well.
I experienced like this so, I could sympathize with this story.

Reference
Hunt, Loderick. (1990) The Dream. England: Oxford University.
(94 words)

BR 2-13: Viking adventure

I read “Viking adventure” I thought Viking adventure looks like interesting. I wanted to try to read this book so, I chose it.
Biff, Chip and Wilf were in Mr. Johnson’s class. Mr. Johnson had a model ship. He showed the children a picture of a Viking ship. They made model long ship and they also made Viking shields and helmets. Suddenly, the magic was working after all. They were on Viking long ship. The wind blew harder and the ship tossed up and down. At last the long ship landed. The children waded to the shore. The Vikings took the children into a long hall. As soon as it was dark a long ship sailed close to the shore. Viking raiders were going to attack the village. They looked very fierce and they ran towards the village. Biff had an idea. She shone her torch. They had never seen a light like this before. So, they were frightened and they all fell to the ground. The villagers gave Biff a shied. Mr. Johnson had never seen like this shied. Biff looked at wilf and smiled.
I thought Biff is a bravery and smart girl. It was funny that Biff used a torch.

Reference
Hunt, Loderick. (1990) Viking adventure. England: Oxford University.
(212 words)

BR 2-12: Floppy the Hero

I read “Floppy the Hero” Floppy is a dog. I was interested in Floppy why he is a Hero. So I chose this book.
A fire engine went by. There was a fire so, everyone ran to see. Fireman stopped them because dangerous. A barn was on fire. Then a little dog ran to the barn. She barked and barked. Then Floppy ran to the barn. He jumped in the window. A boy, Chip, warried about Floppy. The firemen pushed the door down. Then Floppy ran out. He had some puppies. Everyone looked at Floppy and said he is a hero.
I thought Floppy is a very good dog. If there was not Floppy around there, puppies were not saved.

Reference
Hunt, Loderick. (1989) Floppy the Hero. England: Oxford University.
(130 words)