Final Post

1. First, make a new post with your final blog check. Please arrange the report as you wish, using the formatting commands to look attractive. The items to include are:
Total posts 35
Total words 3626
Number of posts in September 1, October 14, November 11, December 5, January 4
Number of posts: about books; 15 with links; 27 with pictures/photos/presentations 30
[YOU NEED TO LINK TO THE POSTS ABOUT BOOKS; TYPE THE TITLE (or number) AND LINK FROM THAT]
Number of complex posts (at least 3 links and 1 picture) 1
Sidebar Items: labels section?;6 Kumamoto links section?;3 blog links section? (including at least 2 blogs from outside your class?) 7
Number of comments on your blog 12
The assignments you have done [YOU NEED TO LINK TO THEM]
Movie Review About Kumamoto Collaborative about Kumamoto Power Point
The longest gap between posts (which posts, and how long was the gap)
Essay 3(Collaborative about Kumamoto) is 260 words but Book Review 1 is 21 words.

2. Second, write a short post with your impressions of this class and your blogging. Some ideas for things to write about: Has your writing improved?; Have you become faster at writing?; Did you enjoy blogging?; Did you enjoy reading?; Do you think you will continue reading/blogging in English?; How difficult/easy was this class?; etc.
I'm not good at useing a computer so first time I worried about this class. But I enjoyed this class thanks to Rick!! I became faster at writing and reading than before. I became faster at typing in English, too!!! I want to continue reading a book in English and writing a post in my blog in English.

3. Thank you for attending this class, and good luck with your future study of English. Please tell me or Mr Tomei if you continue blogging next year: we will include your blog in the lists and feed on the WinK site, so that you can communicate with the new classes. Remember that your blog is your own.

4. Finally, make sure that you have written the URL of your blog correctly on the exam paper.

Book Review 15

I read "THE STORY ABOUT PING".
This story about a beautiful young duck named Ping.
Ping lived with his mother and his father and 2 sisters and 3 brothers and 11 aunts and 7 uncles and 42 cousins.
One day, Ping didn't cross over the bridge to go boat which is their home.
So he is alone!!!
Can he go home again???

Book Review 14

I read "OLIVIA".
Olivia is a pig and she is good at lots of things.
Olivia has a little brother named Ian.
He is always copying.
Olivia is very funny.
This is picture book so there are illustrations.
The illustrations help you when you read this book.

Alumni Meeting

I had an alumni meeting of club activities on January 5.
I belonged to brass band club.
There were 17 people in my club, but only 8 people came.
We had a lunch together and after that we went to game center.
After dismissed, I went to shopping with best friends.
I spent a good time!!

Coming of Age Day

I wore long-sleeved kimono twice.
My mother made it.
First time, I wore it in New Year and showed my relative it.
We had a lunch party and I gave an speech.
Second time, I wore it on coming of age day.
I went to junior high school and took part in a ceremony of adult.
I met a good old friends and I had a good time.
I took a lot of pictures with my friends.
I was happy to wear long-sleeved kimono twice(^^*)☆

This is a picture when I wore long-sleeved kimono in New Year.

The right is my grandmother.

Book Review 13

I read "THE STORY OF MISS MOPPET".
This is one the Peter Rabbit Books.

A kitten called Miss Moppet is always teased by a mouse.
One day, Miss Moppet jumping the cupbord to catch the mouse who behinds the cupbord making fun of Miss Moppet.
But Miss Moppet hits her own head with the cupbord.
Miss Moppet ties up her head in a duster.
The mouse thinks Miss Moppet is looking very ill so the mouse approachs Miss Moppet.
Then........

The illustrations are very useful when you read this book.

Book Review 12

I read "THE STORY OF A FIERCE BAD RABBIT".
This book is one of the Peter Rabbit Books.

There is a fierce bad Rabbit who has savage whiskers, claws and turned-up tail.
The bad Rabbit would like some carrot which is a nice gentle Rabbit's.
The bad Rabbit takes a carrot from the good Rabbit, then the good Rabbit creeps away and hides in a hole.
A man with a gun come and he shoots something sitting on a bench; the bad Rabbit!!!
The bad Rabbit tearing past without any tail or whiskers!

My WAI

Total words this semester: 3386

How many total posts? 35

How many posts
in September:1
in October: 14
in November: 11
in December: 5
in January: 4

(use labels for the following)
How many posts
about books: 15
with links: 16
with pictures/photos: 30

How many complex posts? (at least 3 links and 1 photo):

Sidebar: Do you have:
a labels section: YES
a Kumamoto links section: YES
other blogs: YES
(including at least 2 blogs from other classes in the WinK community: YES )

Comments (look in your dashboard):
How many comments are there on your blog?: 12

Assignments/Book reviews:

How many book reviews have you written?: 15
Have you done these assignments?: Yes

1. assignment 1: review (at least 3 paragraphs of at least 3 sentences): Yes
2. assignment 2: blog post about Kumamoto: Yes
3. assignment 3: collaborative essay about Kumamoto: Yes
4. assignment 5: presentation about Kumamoto: Yes
5. assignment 6: (collaborative) movie review; or kumamoto-i wiki assignment: Yes

Other questions:

1. What is the longest gap between posts on your blog?

Speech

I have to speech in education class tommorow.
I'm very tensed up (TT)
I finished the draft, but I'm worry about whether I can read it in a time (5 minutes).
To read in a time, I'll practice read tonight.

Power Point

Aso is known as one of the biggest caldera in the world.
Its shape is ellipse and very big.
The length of north-south is 25km and east-west is 18km.

There are a lot of theme parks in Aso.
For example, Aso Farmland, Cuddly Dominion, Mo-mo Farm and so on.
If you go to Aso, you had better go theme parks.

Aso-Boy is one of the famous thing in Aso.
Aso-Boy is steam locomotive(SL).
It was working since 1988, but it was finished August 28, 2005.

Book Review 11

I read "Days With Frog and Toad".

There are 5 stories which make you happy; "Tomorrow", "The Kite", "Shivers", "The Hat" and "Alone".

I think "The Hat" is the best story in this book.

Frog gave Toad a hat on his birthday.

But the hat is much too big for Toad so Frog said

"Toad, here is what you must do. Tonight when you go to bed you must think some very big thoughts. Those big thoughts will make your head grow larger. In the morning your new hat may fit."

Toad believed what Frog said then fell asleep.

In the morning.....

Book Review 10

I read "Frog and Toad Together".
There are 5 delightful stories about two best friends who are always together; "A List", "The Garden", "Cookies", "Dragon And Giants" and "The Dream".
Frog always think about Toad and Toad always think about Frog.
This story makes your heart warm (VvV)★

Book Review 9

I read "Frog and Toad All Year".

There are 5 stories for each season and Christmas; "Down The Hill", "The Corner", "Ice Cream", "The Surprise" and "Christmas Eve".

All story are interesting, especially I like "Ice Cream".

In summer, Toad bought two big ice cream cones: one is his and the other is Frog's.

Toad walked along the path to back to Frog.

But ice cream was melting in the sun!!! Then.....

Book Review 8

I read "MADELINE".

I have watched it on TV.

This is picture book so there are illustrations on every page.

In illustrations, you can see the buildings or places which are famous in Paris.

For example, "The Effel Tower", "Notre Dame", "The Louvre" and "The Opera".

If you read this book, you may be able to know Paris (^U^)

Recentry.....

I went to Royal Host last Saturday wiht member of brass band.
I was hungry so all dishes look delicious.
I ordered hamburg steak, it was so delicious (>▽<*)!!!
I want to go there again.

Book Review 7

I read "SNIPPY AND SNAPPY".
This is two little field-mice story.

Snippy is Snappy's sister and Snappy is Snippy's brother.
They live with their father and mother in a cozy nook in a hay field.
They live in a hay field so they don't know about house.
One day, they have a chance to go to a house.
They are looking forward to eat cheese.
But, in the house, there are a lot of objects which they have never seen.
They feared so go out the house.
BUT!! The door is closed, they can't find their way!!!

Can they go home safely?
And can they get a cheese??

Essay 3 (Collaborative about Kumamoto)

We introduce about Kumamoto. Kumamoto has big nature, historical place and tourist attractions. Let's go to some famous place where our recommended!

First, we introduce Aso.Aso is one of the famous place in Kumamoto.
The air is clean, the water is delicious and can touch the nature so a lot of people visit and drive there.
There are a lot of theme park in Aso.For example, Aso Farmland, Cuddly Dominion, Mo-mo Farm and so on.You can relax, reduce stress, buy souvenir.
Let's go to Aso!!! This is the map of Aso.

Second, we introduce Amakusa.
Ayumi's home town is Amakusa. There is country town near to a sea and mountain. My elementary school is beside a sea and we can see beautiful sea from the play ground. The distance is about 5 meters!! In a holiday, we went to play in a mountain and swam to the sea. These were very interesting.
This map where I used to swim, talk and play with my friends. There is my lovely park "Kojima Park". In the night, you can see very beautiful stars!!!!


Finally, we introduce Suizenji park. It's very famous place and very very beautiful sight!! Many students often visit there on a school excursion. It's the rest of gulls, too. In Suizenji Park, you can see a great sightseeing and eat some kind of foods. A famous specialty I recommend is "ikinari dango". It's very delicious!　You can drink a powdered green tea there, too. You can feel relaxed!!! This is the map of Suizenji Park.

In this way, there are a lot of famous places in Kumamoto.
If you want to go somewhere in Kumamoto, let's go Aso, Amakusa and Suizenji park!!


☆★My Partner's Post★☆
Ayumi and Yoshiko

School Festival

I went to school festival "Takumasai" with Yoshiko.
I went to there at late time on last day so almost food were cheap.
I bought a dango, potato, hekoyaki, takoyaki and so on.
They were very delicious (^-^*)
I could enjoy it!!!

Book Review 6

I read "MR. RABBIT and the LOVELY PRESENT".

This is picture book in English and has illustration on each page so easy to read.

The little girl is looking for a birthday present to her mother with Mr. Rabbit.

The little girl would like to give her mother something that she likes.

"She likes red, yellow, green and blue." said the little girl so they are looking for them.

Can they are looking for something red, yellow, green and blue?

Can the little girl really give a birthday present to her mother??

If you want to know continuance, let's read this book(^^*)

Balloon

I went to "SAGA international Balloon Fiesta 2006" with my father, grandpa and grandma.

It is held on from November 1 to November 5 in Saga city.

There are a lot of balloons in the sky.

In the balloon, there are DORAEMON, octopus, car and so on.

They were so pretty!!

We didn't have a time so we saw balloons only few minutes.

If I go to there again, I want to enjoy☆