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Portfolio for Writing IV, Section 1A OR 1C

(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)	Draft essay 1-3	2009.10.19	14	1463	0	0	0	0
2-01b (2009.10.21)	Draft Essays 1-4	2009.10.21	5	424	0	0	0	0
(2-01c)
2-02a (2009.11.04)	2-02a:Website Reviews	2009.10.28	5	452	0	0	0	0
2-02b (2009.11.18)	2- 02b: Website Reviews	2009.11.11	5	505	0	3	2	0
(2-02c)
2-03a (2009.12.02)	Essay 2-03	2009.12.1	3	529	5	0	0	0
2-03b (2009.12.18/22)	Essay 2-03b: English makes me happy!	2009.12.17	6	1018	0	0	1	0
(2-03c)
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. 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.

• [Please remove these remarks, including the square brackets, then identify your most improved essay, and explain ways that you improved it here.]

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	25 words	too short.
2.2. Your best comment on a classmate's blog*	"Speaking Presentation"	2009.12.09	29 words	good.
2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog*	Essay 2-03	2009.12.09	62 words	so good!
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 2-03	2009.12.01	5 comments	so good!
2.4.1.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---	2009.12.16	---	---
2.4.1.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	5 comments	good
2.4.2. Any of your other posts*	Long-sleeve kimono	2009.12.24	2 comments	good.
2.4.2.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---	2010.01.13	---	---
2.4.2.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	2 comments	good.

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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 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.

• I am putting on it at sidebar, because I think there is so good location. If I want to watch it, I can watch it soon. I think that there is so convenient place.
  

2.6. Additional reflections on comments

• I thought that I have to write my blog more particular.
• I thought that I have to write my blog use much words.
  

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 2-1: The Flying Carpet	2009.10.7	96	0
BR 2-02	BR 2-2: Garbage	2009.10.19	105	0
BR 2-03	BR 2-3: AT THE SHOPS	2009.11.05	87	0
BR 2-04	BR 2-4: Making a Cake	2009.11.05	171	0
BR 2-05	BR 2-5: POMPEII	2009.12.07	98	0
BR 2-06	BR 2-6: UFOs - ORDINARY OR ALIEN?	2009.12.07	127	0
BR 2-07	BR 2-7: National Parks	2009.12.07	129	0
BR 2-08	BR 2-8: Cars	2009.12.07	142	0
BR 2-09	BR 2-9: Sheep Station	2009.12.08	240	0
BR 2-10	BR 1-10: Fashion	2010. 01.13	153	0
BR 2-11	BR 1-11: TITANIC	2010.01.13	133	0
BR 2-12	BR 1-12: GOLD	2010.01.13	173	0
BR 2-13	BR 1-13: The White Stones	2010.01.15	132	0
BR 2-14	BR 1-14: Marcel and The White Star	2010.01.15	270	0
BR 2-15
BR 2-16
BR 2-17
BR 2-18
---	---	Totals:

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 2-9: Sheep Station

• This book review has a lot of words more than my other book reviews.
• This book review has a graphic.
• This book is so interesting for me, so I wrote many words about it.
  

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? 12 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. brainstoms (1) brainstorming (1) diary (65) drafts (2) essay prep. (5) favorites (4) free-writing (1) graphics (76) hobbies (6) lists (2) movies (4) original audio (2) other (1) outlines (1) picture (1) plans (1) reading (1) reflections (1) revisions (2) Speaking (7) Typing (14) Typingtest (1) university (1) websites (3)	---	---
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? 44 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? 4 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? 1posts including other media	---	---
What kind(-s) of media have you included in posts this semester? Please list the kinds here: ...Movies	---	---
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. ... This media is You Tube. When you want to watch and listen the music and promotion video, you can watch and listen them soon at there.(http://www.youtube.com/)	---	---

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. ...Display/ I put on there a lot of cute and beautiful pictures, because we can see my blog funny.
2. ...Layout/ I did easy seeing layout for readers.
3. ...Formatting/ I tried to easy formatting.

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 think that my class work was little hard for me, because I had a lot of class works. I had to do it using the computer, but I could not use it well. And I had not so many times!
• ...I think that my proto-portfolios was good. I did it cecently, so I can watch it so easy.
• ... I think that my class homework was little hard too, because I could not use a computer so well. My homework was difficult for me, but I think that I did my best.
  

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

• ...I had to write a blog more many words.
• ...You have to write so funny article.
• ... You should make your blog easy to see .
• ...I had to write the book reviews more than now.
  

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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.

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