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| Section 1A | Section 1C |
|---|---|
| Reflecting Pool 1 (§1A, only)Developing Awareness | Reflecting Pool 4 (§1C, only)Developing Awareness |
| Reflecting Pool 2 (§1A, only)Facing Challenges | Reflecting Pool 5 (§1C, only)Facing Challenges |
| Reflecting Pool 3 (§1A, only)Achieving Satisfaction | Reflecting Pool 6 (§1C, only)Achieving Satisfaction |
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| Section 1A | Section 1C |
|---|---|
| Reflecting Pool 1 (§1A, only)Developing Awareness | Reflecting Pool 4 (§1C, only)Developing Awareness |
| Reflecting Pool 2 (§1A, only)Facing Challenges | Reflecting Pool 5 (§1C, only)Facing Challenges |
| Reflecting Pool 3 (§1A, only)Achieving Satisfaction | Reflecting Pool 6 (§1C, only)Achieving Satisfaction |
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Yes, the deadline for Proto-Portfolios and Portfolios is today (Jan 15). Thanks to a class cancellation, when I had the flu in December, you have had an extra two days to complete your portfolio. If you heard the 29th, it wasn't from me.
The portfolio due date is on the course calendar. I've reminded you and your classmates repeatedly, for instance, on the Writing Studio Blog, where you got the portfolio template:
Your complete portfolio for this semester is due – published and labeled on your blog – by Friday, January 15, 2010 (10:30 a.m. for 1A, and 12:10 p.m. for 1C, JST). [emphasis added]
(Writing Studio Blog: TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2010)
I announced the deadline and wrote it on the whiteboard in class on both Jan 6 and Jan 13, and sent it out via gmail, for example, in this mail message from the class calendar:
2010/1/5 Paul Beaufait
Portfolios due
The new portfolio template, with instructions for its use and completion, is on the Writing Studio Blog:
[writingstudioblog.blogspot.com] (2010.01.05)
The due date has changed from January 13, to January 15, 2009. [emphasis added]
I sent fresh reminders via gmail when I added specific class times to this description from that calendar event:
The new portfolio template, with instructions for its use and completion, is on the Writing Studio Blog:
[writingstudioblog.blogspot.com] (2010.01.05)
The due date has changed from January 13, to January 15, 2009. Completed portfolios, including Proto-Portfolios (§ 0.0), are due by the end of make-up class meetings:
(pab, personal correspondence, Fri, Jan 15, 2010, at 4:17 PM )- Writing IV, § 1A: 09:30...
- Writing IV, § 1C: 12:10 [emphasis added]
(Writing Studio Calendar: Portfolios due, Jan 15, 2010)
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| 1.1. Showcase | Short titles with links to blog posts | Dates yyyy.mm.dd | ¶ | W | C | L | P | M |
| 2-01a (2009.10.07) | ||||||||
| 2-01b (2009.10.21) | ||||||||
| (2-01c) | ||||||||
| 2-02a (2009.11.04) | ||||||||
| 2-02b (2009.11.18) | ||||||||
| (2-02c) | ||||||||
| 2-03a (2009.12.02) | ||||||||
| 2-03b (2009.12.18/22) | ||||||||
| (2-03c) | ||||||||
| Totals | --- | --- |
| 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* | ||||
| 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: | 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* | ||||
| 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? | --- | --- | ||
| 3.1. Showcase | Short titles with links | Dates: yyyy.mm.dd | Words | Comments |
| Example: | Vampire Killer | 2007.05.16 | 39 | 1 |
| BR 2-01 | ||||
| BR 2-02 | ||||
| BR 2-03 | ||||
| BR 2-04 | ||||
| BR 2-05 | ||||
| BR 2-06 | ||||
| BR 2-07 | ||||
| BR 2-08 | ||||
| BR 2-09 | ||||
| BR 2-10 | ||||
| BR 2-11 | ||||
| BR 2-12 | ||||
| BR 2-13 | ||||
| BR 2-14 | ||||
| BR 2-15 | ||||
| BR 2-16 | ||||
| BR 2-17 | ||||
| BR 2-18 | ||||
| --- | --- | Totals: |
| 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): | --- | --- |
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| 4.2.2. Does your sidebar display other labels? | ||
| --- | --- |
| --- | --- |
| 4.3. Links and media | --- | --- |
| 4.3.1. Do your blog posts this semester include photos or other graphics? | ||
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| --- | --- |
| 4.3.2. Does your blog include posts with multiple links? | ||
| --- | --- |
| 4.3.3. Does your blog include other media? | ||
| --- | --- |
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You [still] need to include references and links to five classmates blogs from which you gathered advice.
(October 7, 2009 16:31:33 JST)
Where are your [quotations and] references with links to suggestions [that] you gleaned from classmates' [1st semester] portfolios (§6.0, July 2009)? Those are a necessary part of this week's blogging assignment.Book Reviews
Please make sure that your buddies' posts include references and cross-links to classmates portfolios, too.
(September 30, 2009 14:19:07 JST)
After rereading this review, I'm still wondering:
Would you mind making your book review(s) a bit more communicative in those regards?
- why you chose to read ... [short title in italics was here],
- whether you'd recommend it to your classmates or peers, and
- why or why not.
(June 25, 2008 17:18:00 JST)
I'm glad to see you got the book review numbering system going right for first semester. However, in order to encourage the readership of, and comments from classmates and peers with similar interests, it would be better to shorten the prefix (or key string) for all of your book review post titles to "BR", and add part of the actual title, for example:Display Language
Then, if someone sees the word bear in your blog archive, they might want to read (and comment on) what you've written. For example, I love bears, but don't want to have any more close encounters with bears in the wild. How about you?
- BR 1-05: Barney Bear...
(May 28, 2008 15:47:53 JST)
... Your blog is still set to display a Japanese interface. I suggest that you set it for English right away!Essays
(July 21, 2009 17:41:18 JST)
... Perhaps a catchier and more descriptive title than the one you've given it would attract readers' interest, and give them some idea what you've written about.
You seem to have left out all of the paragraph divisions ... marked on the paper copy of your initial draft. In electronic documents, such as blog posts, you should insert two line returns between paragraphs. Those create horizontal white spaces to mark topic changes, and lead readers' eyes to topic sentences.
You also have forgotten to include a word count, in square brackets, at the lower left corner of your post (for examples, see posts on the Writing Studio Blog). You need to include a word count on every post for class this year. The sooner you get in the habit, the better!
Please advise your classmates and peers to do the same, always:
(April 9, 2009 10:19:28 JST)
- Use catchy, descriptive titles;
- Define paragraph boundaries; and
- Include word counts.
This post isn't one of your essays, or mainly about essays, is it?
Would you please reserve the label "essays" for essays proper (2-01a, 2-01b, 2-02a, ...)?
(October 20, 2009 17:15:52 JST)
... I'd like you to reserve the label, "essays," for actual essays (complete drafts and major revisions).
(July 21, 2009 17:41:18 JST)
This quick post isn't about "health," is it? Why have you used that label on it?
(June 2, 2009 21:20:21 JST)
Would you please give additional examples of what you mean by "and so on," and "and so on" (2009/07/09 11:56)? It usually takes at least three examples to sketch a category or group.[698 words]
(July 9, 2009 12:29:51 JST)
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There are prompts for three essay items in the slideshow presentation below. Please view the entire presentation, and read and follow all directions carefully.
You will need to post an individual response to each item, in a single comment each, on the three reflecting pool posts earmarked for your section (§1A or §1C, below), not on this post. I suggest that you compose and then grammar- and spell-check your responses in a word-processing application before posting them, because you will be unable to edit your responses after you post them.
Section 1A | Section 1C |
|---|---|
Reflecting Pool 1 (§1A, only) Developing Language Awareness | Developing Language Awareness |
Reflecting Pool 2 (§1A, only) Facing Technological Challenges | Facing Technological Challenges |
Reflecting Pool 3 (§1A, only) Achieving Personal Satisfaction | Achieving Personal Satisfaction |
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Reflecting Pool 4 (§1C, only)
Please post an individual response to item one, Developing Language Awareness (Writing III: Exam Items (2009), slide 4), in a single comment on this post.
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Reflecting Pool 5 (§1C, only)
Please post an individual response to item two, Facing Technological Challenges (Writing III: Exam Items (2009), slide 5), in a single comment on this post.
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Reflecting Pool 6 (§1C, only)
Please post an individual response to item three, Achieving Personal Satisfaction (Writing III: Exam Items (2009), slide 6), in a single comment on this post.
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There are prompts for three essay items in the slideshow presentation below. Please view the entire presentation, and read and follow all directions carefully.
You will need to post an individual response to each item, in a single comment each, on the three reflecting pool posts earmarked for your section (§1A or §1C, below), not on this post. I suggest that you compose and then grammar- and spell-check your responses in a word-processing application before posting them, because you will be unable to edit your responses after you post them.
| Section 1A | Section 1C |
|---|---|
| Developing Language Awareness | Reflecting Pool 4 (§1C, only) Developing Language Awareness |
| Facing Technological Challenges | Reflecting Pool 5 (§1C, only) Facing Technological Challenges |
| Achieving Personal Satisfaction | Reflecting Pool 6 (§1C, only) Achieving Personal Satisfaction |
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Reflecting Pool 2 (§1A, only)
Please post an individual response to item two, Facing Technological Challenges (Writing III: Exam Items (2009), slide 5), in a single comment on this post.
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Reflecting Pool 3 (§1A, only)
Please post an individual response to item three, Achieving Personal Satisfaction (Writing III: Exam Items (2009), slide 6), in a single comment on this post.
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Student ID: vwxyz
[Please replace "vwxyz" (above) with
the last five digits of your student number
(without quotation marks). Then delete these remarks.]
Portfolio for Writing III, Section 1A OR 1C
[Please delete the unsuitable class section and "OR" (above), along with this line of remarks.]
(See: Note 1, below)
(See: Note 2, below.)
[Please embed your proto-portfolios here {in HMTL editing mode}; then remove this line of remarks, including the square brackets.]
(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 | ¶ | W | C | L | P | M |
| 1-01a (2009.04.08) | | | | | | | | |
| 1-01b (2009.04.20) | | | | | | | | |
| (1-01c) | | | | | | | | |
| 1-02a (2009.06.01) | | | | | | | | |
| 1-02b (2009.07.06) | | | | | | | | |
| (1-02c) | | | | | | | | |
| 1-03a (2009.06.29) | | | | | | | | |
| 1-03b (2009.07.13) | | | | | | | | |
| Totals | --- | --- | | | | | | |
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. Best EssaySelection 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.
[Please remove these remarks, including the square brackets, then identify your best essay, and write out your reasons for selecting it here.]
| 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? | --- | --- | | |
| | | | | |
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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.
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.
...
[Please remove these remarks, including the square brackets; then write out your reflections on both giving and receiving comments here.]
....
| 3.1. Showcase | Short titles | Dates: yyyy.mm.dd | Words | Comments |
| Example: | 2007.05.16 | 39 | 1 | |
| BR 1-01 | | | | |
| BR 1-02 | | | | |
| BR 1-03 | | | | |
| BR 1-04 | | | | |
| BR 1-05 | | | | |
| BR 1-06 | | | | |
| BR 1-07 | | | | |
| BR 1-08 | | | | |
| BR 1-09 | | | | |
| BR 1-10 | | | | |
| BR 1-11 | | | | |
| BR 1-12 | | | | |
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| --- | --- | Totals: | | |
Note: Please calculate and list book review Totals for words and comments without including those from the example (above).
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.
[Please remove these remarks, including the square brackets; then identify your best book review, and write out reasons for selecting it here.]
| 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? | | |
| [4].2.1. Do your labels include these required labels (typed accurately): | --- | --- |
| | |
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| 4.2.2. Does your sidebar display other labels? | | |
| --- | --- |
| --- | --- |
| 4.3. Links & media | --- | --- |
| 4.3.1. Does your blog include photos or other graphics? | | |
| | |
| --- | --- |
| 4.3.2. Does your blog include posts with multiple links? | | |
| --- | --- |
| 4.3.3. Does your blog include other media? | | |
| --- | --- |
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| --- | --- |
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.
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Please feel free to include reflections on both class work and homework, as well as on the content of this portfolio (proto-portfolios, showcases, and reflections).
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Notes:
This portfolio template derives from the templates for Writing IIIc and Writing IVc portfolios (2007-08), and Writing III, §§1a & 1c and Writing IV: Portfolio, §§1a & 1c portfolios (2008-09).
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 1st (spring) semester PPF first.
The essays section (1.0. Essays, above) derived from Proto-Portfolio 2-02 (2008).
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Completed essays, approximately 300 words in length:If you have concerns or questions about this assignment [University Life essays], please share them via comments on the MindMaps post....
- Published on individual blogs;
- Reflecting on university life from personal, inter-personal, and extra-personal perspectives:
- Consisting of five (5) or more paragraphs (¶¶), each five (5) or more sentences in length;
- Including an overview of main points in the first ¶ (introduction), and a summary of main points in the final ¶ (conclusion);
- Developing main points separately in three (3) or more body ¶¶ reflecting main topics we brainstormed individually, and mapped together in class: MindMaps: Main Branches, §§1a and 1c (Writing Studio Blog, 2009.05.27).
Revised and extended versions of draft letters of introduction to host families are due in new posts on your blogs. They should include extra information that you've already posted in response to comments and questions from your classmates on your blogs. These revised versions should consist of at least five separate paragraphs, and be approximately 300 words in length.
Your revised essay posts should have catchy and descriptive titles, and appear with:
- accurate word counts in their lower left corners ("[n words]"), and
- at least these two labels (also shown in sidebar widgets):
Earlier versions of those letters, typed up from hand-written placement essays (March 25, 2009), were due on your blogs April 8, 2009, and _must_ also include the first label, "essays," in order for you to get credit for this assignment.
- essays
- revisions
If you have concerns or questions about this assignment, please spell them out in comments on the following post: Reminders of classwork and homework (Writing Studio Blog, April 15, 2009).
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"May I go to the Ball as well?" [Cinderella] asked, in a scared whisper.
"You? Go to the Ball?" said her stepmother. "You must be joking."
Everyone knows the story of Cinderella. In fact, there are hundreds of versions of this story told throughout the world. This version is in the Usborne Young Reading series. The pictures are very cute, and the Fairy Godmother is very interesting. I recommend this book.
Cinderella, UYR1, a traditional story retold by Susanna Davidson. YL:1.5 Words: 1600

Babe is a clever, polite little pig, but can Fly, the sheepdog, teach Babe his sheep-pig lessons?
Do you know the movie Babe? It was very popular more than 10 years ago. It's about a pig who is very clever and wants to be like a sheepdog, guiding the sheep on his farm. He succeeds because he respects the sheep and learns to speak their language.
This book is very nice; I recommend it and its sequel, Babe: Pig in the City.
The series is Penguin Readers, YL is 2.4, words 8100.

Key elements in the Writing Studio Blog sidebar that I encouraged all students to add to their own sidebars ASAP include:
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5. ¿ǝɯıʇ ǝǝɹɟ ɹıǝɥʇ uı op ǝldoǝd op ʇɐɥʍ
4. ¿sʇɹodxǝ snoɯɐɟ ǝɯos ǝɹɐ ʇɐɥʍ
3. ¿(uɐdɐɾ oʇ uoıʇɐlǝɹ uı ؛sɹǝʇǝɯolıʞ ǝɹɐnbs ˙ƃ˙ǝ) ʎɹʇunoɔ ǝɥʇ sı ƃıq ʍoɥ
2. ¿ʎʇıɔ ʇɐɥʇ ɟo uoıʇɐlndod ǝɥʇ sı ʇɐɥʍ puɐ 'ʎʇıɔ lɐʇıdɐɔ ǝɥʇ sı ʇɐɥʍ
1. ¿spooɟ ǝʌıʇɐʇuǝsǝɹdǝɹ ɹo snoɯɐɟ ǝǝɹɥʇ ǝɹɐ ʇɐɥʍ
A new Blogger gadget that I've just added to the sidebar opens another avenue of access to Writing Studio Blog updates. It's down to the right, between Local Favorites and Subscribe via gmail (now Get mailed!) gadgets. It's the green starred item in the sidebar Layout screenshot (right).
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| 1.1. Showcase | Short titles with links | Dates yy.mm.dd | ¶ | W | C | L | P | M |
| Website review 08.09.29 (375+ words) | ||||||||
| Favorite place(-s) 08.10.20 (450+ words) | ||||||||
| Mrs. Doubtfire 08.11.04 (500+ words) | ||||||||
| Community life 08.11.17 (default length*) | ||||||||
| Kumamoto's best-kept secrets 08.12.01 (5+ ¶¶) | ||||||||
| Learning with computers 2008.12.15 (6+ ¶¶) | ||||||||
| Totals | --- | --- |
| 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* | ||||
| 2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog* | ||||
| 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? | --- | --- | ||
| 3.1. Showcase | Short titles with links | Dates (yy.mm.dd) | Words | Comments |
| Example: | Vampire Killer | 07.05.16 | 39 | 1 |
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| 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): | --- | --- |
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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 photos 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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Please use accurate and catchy titles! There are confusing, inaccurate, and unnecessary alphanumeric code prefixes in this Title column [column E], for example: MR2-01 and Essay2-02 (no spaces before numbers). There also are titles that reflect assignments, but not the content of particular essays. However, please don't change titles here, unless you already have changed the title of your essays on your blogs, and are copying and pasting the revised titles in here. Titles should reflect content, theme, and focus. Accurate labels, for example, "essays" (... [three] Ss and one A), "movies," and "reviews," should suffice to convey other information instead of code (the exception to this rule is post titles for book reviews, for example: BR 2-01, ... -02, ... -03, ..., BR-12: [+ short book titles]).(BestEssays_Self-Assessments..., cell 2E)
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The 'magnificent seven' conjunctions (the most commonly used) are:
and, although, as, because, but, if, or
When you make a compound sentence, you are joining two or more simple sentences together with a conjunction. If you took the conjunction away, the sentences would be complete and they would still make sense.
e.g. 'I hate curry, but I like Thai food.'= 'I hate curry' + but + 'I like Thai food'
Complex sentences don't just divide into neat, complete, simple sentences if you take out the conjunctions. In complex sentences the conjunction is used to join together clauses. A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb. Some of these clauses might be complete short sentences, but in a complex sentence at least one of them will depend on the conjunction for its meaning.
In other words, if you take the conjunction away, the sentence won't divide into complete units that make sense by themselves.e.g. 'The dinner was burned because she had forgotten it.'
= 'The dinner was burned' + 'because' + 'she had forgotten it.'
We will visit the lesson Putting Sentences Together at the BBC Skillswise site.

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First of all, please note that this is the last class in November. There will be 3 classes in December (5th, 12th, 19th). After that, there's only one class scheduled in January (9th) and then, unless we do a hokou class, the exams start! So you don't have so long to catch up if you're falling behind! Note that, before the exams start, you need to have written 60 posts for the semester (5 posts a week over 12 weeks). At least 12 of those posts should be book reviews.
In today's class, you need to record your most recent essay ("My favorite...") and post it on podOmatic. Please be sure to write a post on your blog linking to your new podcast episode (and make sure your first podcast episode is also linked to in the same way).
Remember that recording can take longer than you expect. Please DON'T wait until the end of the class. If you're unable to finish during the class, please take the initiative in your free time or in a future class to finish the work. Note that I recommend using GarageBand to record so that you have a file to upload again if there is any problem with podOmatic.
If you need grammar help, please call me. But bear in mind that the priority this week is recording, so there is no guarantee that I will have enough time to help you.
If you have free time during the class, please consider reading one of the books I have brought to class and writing a review of it.
One more thing: at the end of November/beginning of December, please remember to update your weblog report.
I found out that the Japan NT match I was talking about was against Yemen. I was too late to get an advance-release ticket from FamilyMart, and the Ticket Pia website was busy as soon as tickets went on general sale, but fortunately a member of the PUK soccer club had a spare ticket. (She had bought a ticket but was then asked to help out at the match, so she didn't need her ticket any more.) The match is part of the Asian Cup qualifying campaign. So I hope to see you at the ground on January 20th!
It occurs to me that those of you who are younger than me may not know Robert Carlyle and Jon Voight. You might want to check out Robert Carlyle's page on the IMDB. Well-known movies in which he appears include The World is Not Enough (a 007 movie), Trainspotting, Angela's Ashes, and Eragon.
Jon Voight is quite old now and quite an acting legend. Movies that you may know of in which he appears include Heat, Mission:Impossible, Anaconda, and Enemy of the State (called "Enemy of America" in Japan). But perhaps his most famous movie is Midnight Cowboy, in which he starred alongside Dustin Hoffman. This movie won 3 Oscars, and is very moving. I recommend that everyone look for this movie at your university or a video store! From the MGM page for this movie, you can watch a trailer (look for the file Trailer 1).
It's been a while since I saw Season 6 of 24. So I was quite excited today to see that there's a new 24 programme, called Redemption.
It seems to be an isolated programme rather than part of season 7. Watching the trailer, it looks like they've assembled a distinguished cast for this special programme, including Robert Carlyle and Jon Voight. The programme is not available in Japan yet, I believe, but I'm sure we'll be able to get the DVD quite soon. I read that Kiefer Sutherland had agreed to do 8 seasons of 24, so there's still quite a lot more to look forward to!
The Magic Tree House series is very well-known and respected in the US. We don’t yet have any of these books in the PUK Library. How about at KGU?


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I've written this short piece in Essay Map to re-explore its advantages and rediscover the kinds of output available at the end of the process. Basically, there are three main advantages of preparing an essay this way. However, output options are few.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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