Portfolio for Second Semester

Student ID: 07145

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	Dates yy.mm.dd	¶	W	C	L	P	M
Website review 08.09.29 (375+ words)	Rewritten Website Review: Let's go to Beppu!!	2008.10.05	7	714	0	2	6	0
Favorite place(-s) 08.10.20 (450+ words)	Dorm, such a nice place ever! ~Writing Essay: My favorite place~	2008.10.18	5	635	0	0	0	0
Mrs. Doubtfire 08.11.04 (500+ words)	MR 2-1: Mrs. Doubtfire ~Smile and love are perfect~	2008.11.04	5	498	5	0	0	0
Community life 08.11.17 (default length*)	Essay 2-4: My Community Life	2008.11.16	5	549	0	0	0	0
Kumamoto's best-kept secrets 08.12.01 (5+ ¶¶)	Essay 2-5: Secret of Kumamoto	2008.11.30	5	414	0	2	6	0
Learning with computers 2008.12.15 (6+ ¶¶)	Essay 2-6: Learning with computer	2008.12.14	7	699	0	0	0	0
Website review 08.09.29 (375+ words)	Website Review: Let's go to Beppu!!	2008.09.28	5	437	7	1	0	0
Totals	---	---	39	3946	12	5	12	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
*: "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.

• I think my best essay that I've written this semester is about favorite place, 'Dorm, such a nice place ever! ~Writing Essay: My favorite place~'. The first reason is that I could enjoy writing about that. I think to enjoy writing is important to make good essay. Secondly, I could introduce about the dorm as much as I can. Besides, my English skills are improved to go to there, so I want people to go there. I'm not sure my essay attracts other people to come there, but I'm sure the essay I have written this semester is the best.
  

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*	Essays 2-01: Rich and Poor alike ~WEB Review~	2008.10.01	65	friendly cheerful
2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog*	Website Review: Let's go to Beppu!!	2008.10.01	96	friendly
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*	Website Review: Let's go to Beppu!!	2008.09.28	430	interested suggestions friendly
2.4.1.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---	2008.10.05	---	---
2.4.1.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	137/430	thankful informative
2.4.2. Any of your other posts*	MR 2-1: Mrs. Doubtfire ~Smile and love are perfect~	2008.11.05	284	friendly suggested
2.4.2.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---	2008.11.09	---	---
2.4.2.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	73/284	friendly thankful

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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.

• My blog displays recent comments at the top of the sidebar because if they are on the top of the blog, it is easy to look at them and I can reply quickly.

2.6. Additional reflections on comments

• It's really nice way to communicate with people using comments because it's easy and clear. Giving and receiving comments make people realize what's good or bad.
  
• Comments show specific advice to the author, so author can make better post after the comments, I think.
  

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	BR 2-01: Stories of Magic Ponies	08.11.25	297	0
2-02	BR 2-2: Stories of Pirates	08.12.06	323	0
2-03	BR 2-3: Stories of DOGS	08.12.11	281	0
2-04	BR 2-4: Stories of The Monkey King	08.12.20	393	0
2-05	BR 2-5: Stories of WITCHES	08.12.20	280	0
2-06	BR 2-6: The Billy Goats Gruff	08.12.21	313	0
2-07	BR 2-7: Stories of GHOSTS	08.12.21	245	0
2-08	BR 2-8: Stories of Robots	08.12.21	252	0
2-09	BR 2-9: The Storm	08.12.21	209	0
2-10	BR 2-10: Down the Rushing River	08.12.21	187	0
2-11	BR 2-11: Background To The USA	08.12.21	266	0
2-12	BR 2-12: The Isle of Britain	08.12.21	157	0
2-13	BR 2-13: The Coldest Place on Earth	08.12.21	226	0
2-14
2-15
2-16
2-17
2-18
---	---	Totals:	3429	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.

• I think, my best review that I have written this semester is 'BR 2-13: The Coldest Place on Earth'. On this review, it includes my opinions, questions, and the story of the book, even though it's kind of short review (and I used bad phrase...). And it looks easy to read.
  

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? _10_ 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. Basketball (2) Boot Camp (3) Communities (1) Fall Out Boy (1) Favorites (9) Lists (7) Outlines (1) Secrets (2) The Academy Is... (1) The Fray (1)	---	---
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? _5_ 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? _1_ 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? _3_ posts including other media	---	---
What kind(-s) of media have you included in posts this semester? Please list the kinds here: YouTube	---	---
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. Nothing special	---	---

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. I sometimes (or should I say occasionally??) used colored font in order to make posts easy to read for people.
   
2. I put some video, which are my favorite bands and popular in the US, from YouTube in order to share my favorites. Also I introduced my favorite band with a list.
   
3. I tried a training called 'Keita's Boot Camp', which I should to write at least 1000 words in a post. This is one way to make people surprised, I think.
   

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).

• It's good opportunity to write anything in English, but it's kinda hard for me, I could enjoy though.
  
• I really wanted teacher's feedback for our essays in both spring and fall semester not only our comments to classmates. Writing in English a lot and regularly is really important to improve our writing skill, but correction by teacher is more important because we really need to know what's wrong and how should I change that on a essay in order to make much better essay.
  
• I could know useful commands like copy, cut, past, and so on through this year.
  

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

• You'd better keep writing early and regularly because you shall feel really hard to do that if you neglect, especially book review...
• It's good to write about your interests and daily life. Remember that you just do not have to think difficult and enjoy blogging, and you can achieve the aim easily.
  
• It's quite important to think of readers. If your posts were boring, no one wants to read your articles. Short posts are okay, so just not make posts uninteresting.
  

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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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