I recommend this book. This story is heart full and lucky. First I couldn’t understand, but I read every thing. I notice they are very kindly for grandmother of old and sick. So they could get happy. It is summer. Lia lives with her mother, her father and her brother, Jay. Her grand mother lives with them too. Lia's grandmother is old and sick. She lies in her bed all day. Her husband is dead. She often talk to his photograph. Lia's mother brings some food some water. However " Please go to the well, bring me some water in the bucket." says grandmother. " There is no well here, you live in the town now. We have good water." says Lia's mother. Lia's mother speaks quietly to her daughter. " Grandmother is sick, she is not thinking clearly." I think so, but Lia does not think so. Grandmother says again "Go to the farm's well." "The farm is near the volcano. The volcano is dangerous. There is fire and smoke. Soldiers are guarding the roads." Lia's mother says. Grandmother doesn't hear her. "Bring me the backet of water. Please hurry." "I’ll go," says Lia. Lia tells her father and her brother about the well. Her father says "You mustn't visit the farm. The volcano is near the farm. The volcano is dangerous." But her brother says " I'll go with Lia." The next morning, Lia and Jay get up ealy.
Jay and Lia are on the highway. The air is hot. The air is full of dust. At the checkpoint, Lia and Jay meet a soldier. He talk to them. The volcano isn't dangerous today. Lia and Jay stop next to a bridge. They eat their lunch. There is small house next to the bridge. A friendly woman lives there. She has a small dog. Jay gives the dog some sausage. They walk and walk. There are no houses here. There are no animals. Lia and Jay find the well, but the water doesn't smell good. However they hold the rope. They pull and they pull. The bucket is very heavy. At last, the bucket is out of the well. Jay and Lia have a surprise. There are a lot of gold coins!! They bring at home. Everybody laughs. I want to some gold coin, but life is money?? No, I do not think so!! However come on lucky for me.
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Jul 6, 2008
Book review 1-14
Jul 5, 2008
My baby
I love her. She is my sweet baby. Her name is Aroma!! Please call her Aro. I think her face is not good, but her character is very lovely. I know her favorite things. She likes dry chicken, bread, my meal and sweets. She steals my meal at anytime. I have to fight to get my meal. She doesn't like her dog food. Maybe dog food's taste is boring for her. Sometimes, she is very good baby, because she understand my command. For example sit down, stay, wait and hand. I want to go a lot of place with her. She will be happy and run and jump. This video is when I took Aro at river. I enjoyed that time. I could forget everything. However I have to don't forget my school works. I have a lot of things to do.
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My home town
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Jul 4, 2008
Jul 2, 2008
Book review 1-13
One raining day. Carla goes to the market. She looks at umbrella. She likes a red umbrella. It's very smart. It cost ten dollars. Carla is student. She doesn't have much money. “I can give you seven dollars for that umbrella." said Carla. "OK, young lady. This is your lucky day. Give me seven dollars. The umbrella is yours." said staff. Carla thinks, I am very lucky girl. Next, she goes to a cake shop. She want to buy some cakes. Her little brother loves cakes. She goes into the shop. She leave her red umbrella near the door. Carla chooses three small cakes. She talks the shop assistant. A customer is leaving the shop. She is a young woman. She is holding a cake box. Carla is going leave the shop. But where is her umbrella?? There is one old umbrella. It is not red. It is black and has a pattern of yellow ducks. It is not smart. Carla takes the umbrella. Carla walks to the town square. A young man speaks to her. He smiles. But Carla does not know this young man. She walks away quickly. The young man is falling Carla. " Hello! Wait" the young man said. Carla turns. She looks at the young man. She is angry. "Go away!!!!!!" The young man misses. He thinks, She is Marisa. Marisa is his cousin's friend. " My cousin has a photo of Marisa, She is short hair and has un umbrella of black with yellow ducks. You have a black umbrella with yellow ducks!" said the young man. Carla thinks Marisa thief my umbrella. She is angry again.
He smiles at Carla. "Let's have coffee together," he sais. Carla thinks for moment. "OK" she says.
She had good time. She is very happy. "This is my lucky day" she says.
Why did she thinks that?? Do you understand?? May be, the young man is very cool. I want to meet some cool guys
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African Dance
This sound is good too. Use not some CDs or some records. This music is real. I think this sound is very fantastic!! Please show and listen to this video!!!.
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Jul 1, 2008
Dance
HI!! How’s it going?? I’m pretty good!! By the way, do you like dance?? I like Dance. What kind of dance do you know?? I can hip-hop dance a little but not any more. I have a lot of friends who can dance and like music. I love my friends because they are very funny. I can enjoy dance in the party with my friend. I put on video on this blog. Please show this video. This is free style dance. There are rock dance, popping dance, hip-hop dance. I went to go club to dance show. I surprised because there are a lot of little children. Someday I want to see dance show with my children in the future. I could make new friends. They are not dancer, but they are very friendly and like music. I think I try dance again. However I am very busy now. And I play rugby now. I will go club to watch dance show sometimes. If you want to go club to watch dance show, tell me. I want to go club with you.
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Jun 30, 2008
Book review 1-12
I like magic. I love fantasy world. This book's story is about Wizard long long ago. And lot of people believed in wizard. They though there were good ones, who helped people and bad ones, who cast evil spells.
They thought there were old wizard, with long white beards. And young ones, who were still learning their magic tricks. These are the stories of Zag, Mott and Pinchbeck, who were all kind wizards in their own way.
Next, it is about the mean man. Zag was a wonderful wizard. He looked after children who had nowhere else to live. The children adored him. I adore the wizard, too. But Zag was so busy caring for the children that he didn't do any magic. In fact, he forgot his spells. Untill, one day "We don't have any money left," he said sadly. "What are we doing to do??" asked him, one of the boys. "Don't worry!” said Zag. "I know how we can make some money." I think he is an old fox. The children were excited. Did Zag mean magic tricks??? But Zag did not teach the children magic. First, he taught them how to juggle. Then he taught them clever jumping tricks, and acrobatics. Finally, the children put on a show for the villagers. It was a great success!! Everyone laughed and clapped and gave the children money. I think Zag is bad old wizard. However this story has continuance. And you can enjoy read stories about Mott and Pinchbeck. Let's go library to rent this book!!!!!
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Jun 29, 2008
Training
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Book review 1-11
Do you believe Santa?? I believe Santa!! But Santa doesn't give me present recently. Why???? But I notice reason to read this book.
December is always a busy time of year at the North Pole. This is the home of Santa's toy factory. One year, it was especially busy. Santa was touring the factory making sure things were going to plan. As usual, his team of tiny elves was hard at work. Each elf had a different job. Dennis opened the letter sent by boys and girls. Bad's checked whether they'd been good or bad. Marco read what the good children wanted for Christmas. And Beth wrote lists of all the toys to be made. Paddy and Pip were busy operating the toymaker. Paddy read out the name of a toy. Pip 
typed it into a computer. The toy maker built it ...wrapped it... and stuck on a label. Alfie was sleeping the store room. He had the most boring job in the factory. It was so boring, he often feels asleep. "Wake up, Alfie!!" boomed Santa.” It’s time to go home." "Already??" yawned Alfie. "You're always asleep on the job," complained Santa. "Go home," he ordered," and don't come back tomorrow unless you're wide awake." Alfie trudged through the deserted factory. " If I was in charge of the toymaker, I'd never be bored," he sighed. Alfie had often wanted a closer look at the magical machine. Now was his chance. Climbing on top, he peeked down the main tube. But he lost his balance and fell in!!! Hours later, Alfie awoke surround by cogs and wires. "I must have knocked myself out," he thought. Suddenly, Alfie felt the walls shake. Paddy and Pip had started up the machine. “Oh no!" yelled Alfie. "I'll be squished to piece." Alfie scramble around in panic, tryning to get out. But the more he wriggled, the more he got tangled in the wiring. Alfie's wriggling had an odd effect on the toymaker. The first few toys came out fine...But the next stranger and stranger and stranger... The toy maker began churning out hundreds of little Alfie dolls. Santa tried to turn it off, but it just kept going. With an enormous burp, the machine shot out the real elf. Santa glared angrily at Alfie. "The toy maker will take weeks to fix and there are still hundreds of toys to make." "I'm s..s...sorry," sniffed Alfie. "I'll have to give these dolls instead," said Santa sadly. That year, instead of roller skates or a football, hundreds of children received Alfie dolls. And they were the most popular toy ever!! Next year, Santa and his elves had request for thousands more. So the elves fixed the toymaker to make Alfie in charge -as long as he stayed on the outside this time.
Alfie was missed!!! Therefore I couldn’t get present. I'm so sorry, but I hope to get present this Christmas.
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Book review 1-10
Do you like a dog?？ Yes, of course. So, do you like dingo?? I di
dn't like a dingo because dingo is danger animal. However I like the dingo to read this book.
Ted and Mary lived on a farm. It was a very big farm with a lot of sheep. One day, Ted was out looking after the sheep. He found a baby dingo. He took it home to Mary. “Here’s baby for you to look after," Ted said to Mary. He gave her the baby dingo. ”I can't took after the baby dingo," Mary said. " When he gets big he will eat the sheep." “No, he won't," said Ted. “Look after him like puppy and he will be like a dog. He will not eat the sheep when he gets big." So Mary looked after the dingo like he was a puppy. She made him a bed inside. She fed him milk. " I'm going to call him Ringo," Mary said to Ted. "Ringo the dingo." “Ringo can come out with me and look after the sheep," Ted said. So Ringo went out with Ted to look after the sheep. Ringo got bigger and bigger. He got more and more like a dog. But he did not dark like a dog. He howled like a dingo. One night, Ted heard a a howl. It was a dingo howl. “A dingo is after the sheep," he said to Mary. Ringo was sad. He liked the sheep. So he went out. He went to see who was getting the sheep. Then he saw the dingo. It was coming up to the sheep. Ringo howled at the dingo. " Go away," he howled. "Go away from the sheep." The dingo ran away. It did not get the sheep. Mary said, " The dingo is howling again. Go out and look after the sheep, Ted." " NO, “said Ted. " That howl was not the dingo who is after the sheep. That howl was Ringo. He is out there. He will look after the sheep." And Ringo did. He saved the sheep.
I think Ringo like a Babe. Do you know Babe of movie?? I like that movie. So, I like this story. Ringo is very kindly. 
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Jun 27, 2008
First Essay about Me
Heloo!! Do you know me??? I' m Ai Matsunobu. 
Sorry, I late Self my introduction. I am very tomboyish, but I am a cute person who gets lonely easily very much. I go to school by my car every day. Of curse I drive. I am always chased in something. For example, it is homework and reports, tests. I understood those solutions recently. So I fight against a PC every night in a library. I am alone then. I feel that I am lonely, but I must do it because there are a lot of my must do it.
I am not lucky recently. Please give me happiness. However, I may be in love recently, because when I meet one person, I get well very much. I don' t know about my feeling yet., but I can enjoy this time. Though I do not understand the feeling of the person, it is not a problem for me. It is the first time that I became such a feeling. I am enough just to be able to talk with the person. No, but after all I want to marry the person. I love him. If it is his sake, I can do anything. If there is even him, as for me, the thing wanting has nothing.
EHEHEHEHE~!! If I say that it is a joke everything, are you angry?? I'm sorry. I love you. I really love Orlando Bloom. He is good-looking man. He participates in a charity event. He is very gentle at heart. He loves a child, too. I want to marry a person like him. This is my true feeling. How can I meet him? Tell me. I think that there is not the wonderful person like him elsewhere. I want to see him. I want to see him. Hummm......
By the way, Do you have boyfriend or girlfriend?? I have no boy friend. I think it is very good for me, because I can try a lot of things. For example I try study abroad test. I think may be I couldn't pass the study abroad test. It is not important. It is most important that I tried. I never give up, but I have to study to score up. I decide, I study hard and I go to US, I become actress. So I make friends Hollywood stars. I will see Orland Bloom, I get him to best friend.
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Jun 25, 2008
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your student no.)
Section 1a [or] 1c
(See: Note 1, below)
0.0. Overview
Reviews, Posts, Words, and More
[embed your proto-portfolios here]
(See: Note 2, below.)
1.0. Essays
(See: Note 3, below[.]) | 1.1. Showcase | Short titles [+ links] | Dates (yyyy.mm.dd) | ¶ | W | C | L | P | M |
| Self-introduction 08.04.20 (250 words) | First essay about Me | 2008,06,27 | 404 | 3 | ||||
| Movie review 08.05.04 (300 words) | SHREK!! | 2008,05,07 | 782 | 1 | ||||
| University life 08.05.18 | university life | 2008.05.14 | 440 | |||||
| Another review 08.06.01 | RESTAURANT | 2008,05,28 | 437 | 4 | ||||
| Language learning history 08.06.15 | language learning history- | 2008.06.11 | 450 | |||||
| Slideshow 2008.07.06 (five to ten slides) | My presentation | 2008,07,07 | ||||||
| Totals | --- | --- | 2513 |
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M: number of other media embedded
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.- [Remove these square brackets, including these remarks; identify your best essay, and write out reasons for selecting it here.]
2.0. Comments
Showcase | 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* | ||||
| 2.2. Your best comment on a classmate's blog* | ||||
| 2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog* | ||||
| 2.4. Most comments on: | 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* | ||||
| 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? | --- | --- | ||
* 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 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?- ...
2.6. Additional reflections on comments
- [Remove these square brackets, including these remarks; write out your reflections on giving and receiving comments here.]
3.0. Book Reviews
| 3.1. Showcase | Short titles with links | Dates (yyyy.mm.dd) | Words | Comments |
| Example: | Vampire Killer | 07.05.16 | 39 | 1 |
| 1-01 | Book Review1-01 | 08.04.28 | 87 | 1 |
| 1-02 | book review 1-02 | 08,05,06 | 121 | 1 |
| 1-03 | book review 1-03 | 08,05,06 | 30 | 1 |
| 1-04 | book review 1-04 | 08,05,07 | 50 | 1 |
| 1-05 | book review 1-05 | 08,05,17 | 49 | 1 |
| 1-06 | BOOK REVIEW 1-06 | 08,06,02 | 66 | 1 |
| 1-07 | Book review 1-07 | 08,06,02 | 149 | 1 |
| 1-08 | Book review 1-08 | 08,06,02 | 115 | 1 |
| 1-09 | Book review 1-09 | 08,06,24 | 232 | 1 |
| 1-10 | Book review 1-10 | 08,06,24 | 377 | 1 |
| 1-11 | Book review 1-11 | 08,06,29 | 487 | 1 |
| 1-12 | Book review 1-12 | 08,06,30 | 260 | 1 |
| 1-13 | Book review 1-13 | 08,07,02 | 355 | 1 |
1-14 | Book review 1-14 | 08,07,06 | 403 | 1 |
1-15 | Book review 1-15 | 08,07,10 | 265 | 1 |
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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? Please remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, and give at least two reasons to support your assessment.- [Remove these square brackets, including these remarks; identify your best book review, and write out reasons for selecting it here.]
4.0. Blog Layout, Labeling, Linking, & Media
| Showcase | Yes | No |
| 4.1. Does your blog have 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? | ||
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| 4.2.2. Does your sidebar display other labels? | ||
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| 4.3. Links & media | --- | --- |
| 4.3.1. Does your blog include pictures or other graphics? | ||
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| 4.3.2. Does your blog include posts with multiple links? | ||
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| 4.3.3. Does your blog include other media? | ||
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4.4. 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.- ...
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5.0. Additional reflections on your blog writing
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6.0. Suggestions for your peers and successors
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Notes:
- This portfolio template derives from the templates for Writing IIIc and Writing IVc portfolios (2007-08).
- Please use the same code in section 0.0 that you used to embed your proto-portfolios in the footer of your blog.
- The essays section (1.0. Essays, above) derives from Proto-Portfolio 2-02 (2008)
My favorite blog
Introduce myself
Yoshimi's blog is cute!! I surprised by her technique of power point. It is like a slide movie. Everyone can enjoy by Yoshimi's blog!! This blog have many cute charecter. I love cute charecter. I think I want to change my blog like her blog.
My blog is not perfect yet. I am not good at treating a machine. Of course as for the PC. Why can the teachers use the PC skillfully in that way? I want to know. I make an effort so that a PC is usable. I took qualification of Microsoft Word 2003 . I went to the lecture every day for two weeks. However, my skill of PC is not good enough. As for the next, I try so hard that I take a qualification of the Excel.
By the way, do you have any favorite web site?? I like YouTube. Of Corse you know Youtube. I like foreign countries movie or video. I can watch movie or video on YouTube anytime. Sometimes I watched foreign countries video drama. Sometimes I watched promotion video of music and concert of singer. YouTube is very funny place. I think that it is very lucky that I can watch an overseas drama, because my house does not join wow wow and Cable Television such as SKY PerfecTV together. I forget that time passes when I look at the site. I have a favorite web site one more.
It is the site where there is shopping. I rarely do shopping on the Internet, but I am happy just to look. Do you like pretty shoes and accessories? I know. I love it, too. Can you get everything which you liked? If you can get all the things you wanting, you are so rich. However, I must endure sh
opping because I am not a rich person. But it is free I watch a dear thing
and a favorite thing, and to enjoy. I take it as always control a desire of the shopping. There is sometimes me when I cannot endure it. How do you control a desire of the shopping?? Tell Me♪ And show me it if there is your recommended interesting web site. I like looking for not only the shopping of clothes but also a delicious thing. If you find the delicious thing, please teach it by all means. I want to eat various things. If I have an chance, I want to eat the frogs. I have eaten a tortoise. That taste is so-so.
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