3.c. Nice Place Minamata!!

Student ID: 08141

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)	3.c. Nice Place Minamata!!	2009.10.07	4	351	10	0	0	0
2-01b (2009.10.21)	I love Minamata!! Part 2	2009.10.21	5	353	2	0	0	0
(2-01c)
2-02a (2009.11.04)	Essay 2-02a: British Life and Culture	2009.10.28	5	403	8	3	2	0
2-02b (2009.11.18)	Essay 2-02b:Form of meal in British	2009.11.11	7	513	2	3	2	0
(2-02c)
2-03a (2009.12.02)	essay 2-03a: language learning stories	2009.11.25	5	575	4	0	0	0
2-03b (2009.12.18/22)	essay 2-03b: language learning stories	2009.12.09	5	321	3	0	0	0
(2-03c)	Essay 2-03c: Language Learning Stories	2009.12.16	9	648	1	0	0	0
Totals	---	---	45	3164	30	6	2	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.

• Essay 2-02b is the most improved, because the number of paragraphs is appropriate.
• The essay gives particular account of the theme and it is interesting.
  

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	48	I did my best.
2.2. Your best comment on a classmate's blog*	essay 2-03a: My Story of learning English	2009.12.09	12	I write my question briefly.
2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog*	Essay 2-02a: British Life and Culture	2009.11.04	36	The comment keep to the point.
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 2-03c: Language Learning Stories	2009.12.16	14	I can know him by the comments.
2.4.1.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---	2010.01.06	---	---
2.4.1.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	5	I write my gratitude.
2.4.2. Any of your other posts*	essay 2-03b: language learning stories	2009.12.10	31	I was able to get an advice by the comment.
2.4.2.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---	2009.12.16	---	---
2.4.2.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	14	I write my intention.

----------
* 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 are located on top of right on my blog.
  

2.6. Additional reflections on comments

• I wanted to write some comments more many words.
• I wanted to write more information in my comments.

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	BR 2-01:The Chase	2009.08.06	136	0
BR 2-02	BR 2-02:The Water Fight	2009.08.06	99	2
BR 2-03	BR2- 03: The New Baby	2009.09.15	116	0
BR 2-04	BR2-04: The Secret Room	2009.09.15	114	0
BR 2-05	BR2-05: Go Away, Cat	2009.09.15	128	0
BR 2-06	BR 2-06: Poor Old Mum	2009.10.03	105	0
BR 2-07	BR 2-07: The Storm	2009.10.03	134	2
BR 2-08	BR2-08: The Dragon Dance	2009.10.07	143	0
BR 2-09	BR2-09:The Shiny Key	2009.10.10	118	0
BR 2-10	BR 2-10:The Motorway	2009.10.10	157	0
BR 2-11	BR 2-11: Chinese Adventure	2009.10.10	161	0
BR 2-12	BR 2-12: The Hunt for Gold	2009.10.14	132	0
BR 2-13	BR 2-13: The Broken Roof	2009.10.14	105	0
BR 2-14	BR 2-14: What Was It Like?	2009.10.14	121	0
BR 2-15	BR 2-15: The Bully	2009.10.24	121	0
BR 2-16	BR 2-16: The Jigsaw Puzzle	2009.10.24	102	0
BR 2-17	BR 2-17: The Joke Machine	2009.10.24	111	0
BR 2-18	BR 2-18: The Go-kart Race	2009.10.31	126	2
---	---	Totals:	2229	6

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.

• BR 2-11 is the best, because the review has a lot of words.
• BR 2-11 contains my story about New Zealand.
  

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. diary (12) drafts (4) favorites (4) language learning (2) outlines (1) revisions (4) speaking (1) typing (3) university (3) writing (1)	---	---
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? 6 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 put a lot of pictures each blog posts.
2. I put some links as I can.
3. I decolated some words to easy to see.

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).

• I did my homework as soon as possible.
• I posted a lot of my diary with some photos.
• I responded some comments as soon as possible.
  

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

• I had better write more blog posts.
• I had better write more comments,
• I had better post about media on my blog.
  

____________________
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.

____________________
License:

This portfolio template is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Please attribute to "the Writing Studio Blog, 2010.01.05" (with link, but without quotation marks).