My opinion

I think that it is better to live alone because we can live our own life. If we do so, we need a lot of money. However, we can learn various things. I think we can understand importance of our parents if we live alone. I think that it is better to live in a dormitory than to live our parents. In a dormitory, we can learn to cooperate with our friends. I feel it is good for us to devote our completely to study, but it is better to do a part-time job. This is because to do a part-time job is also study to communicate with society. Moreover we can know pain to make money. I believe club activities are important part of our education because they are also study of society. We can learn relationship with other people. I prefer living in western style room to living in a traditional tatami room because it is comfortable for me. However, I also like a traditional tatami. (168)

BR 1-09: Sharks

There are more than 400 different types of sharks. A shark is a type of fish. Two fins help the shark to turn, and swim up or down. A shark’s a skeleton isn’t made of bone, like other fish. It is made of cartilage, which is lighter and bender. Sharks are the best hunter in the ocean. They have very good hearing, eyesight and sense of smell. A shark’s main weapon is its teeth. Sharks have different shapes of teeth depending on what they eat. Some sharks surprise their prey by rushing at it from below. sharks sometimes attack people, but this is very rare. Baby sharks are called pups. Some pups hatch from eggs and some are born like other animals. Sharks live in all the oceans of the world. Some sharks like to stay in one place. There are sharks that live far below the surface of the ocean. Scientists do not know much about frilled sharks, because they hardly ever see them. Millions of shark are in danger of completely dying out if this doesn’t change. (187)
Reference
Clarke, C. (2007). Sharks. America: Ltd.

I'm very tired

I’m in the university because I had report that I have to hand in by tomorrow. I had just finished it. I’m very happy! However, I didn’t participate in a club activity. I wrote the report afternoon, but I didn’t finish. So I had been doing report still now. I am very tired. I want to go home soon and go to bed.（63）

Good morning

Yesterday, I took three classes from second period to third period. In third period, it finished in thirty minutes. So I talked with my friend. We laughed a lot. I had very fun.

Today I will take more one class and finish today’s class. However, I have report that I have to do by tomorrow, so I will do that after classes. There is a club activity today, but I don’t think that I will participate in it. I want to participate in it, so I will finish report quickly. （90）

Foreign countries

I haven’t been to any foreign countries. I want to go to some country because I want to be good at speaking English. We can learn reading English in Japan. However, it is important to listen and speak English to native English speaker for being good at speaking and reading English. I want to go to America because there are attractive place for me. I want to go to Disney Land and Universal Studio especially. I save money to go there. I want to a lot of foreign countries some day! （91）

Essay 1-02b: basketball

I like basketball very much. I had played basketball for eight years from elementary school. My sister did, so I wanted to play it. I was small when I was elementary student, so my position was a guard. In junior high school and high school, my positions were guard and forward.

Fundamental rules of basketball are double dribble and traveling. The former is no to dribble after you dribble and catch the ball or no to dribble by both hands. The latter is not to walk three steps having ball. There are many other rules. For example, you have to shoot ball within twenty four seconds and not to be three seconds area of competitors under the goal. It looks difficult, but it is very exciting and enjoyable.

Basketball was invented in December 1891 by the Canadian clergyman, educator, and physician James Naismith. Naismith introduced the game when he was an instructor at the Young Men's Christian Association Training School (now Springfield College) in Springfield, Massachusetts. The game involved elements of American football, soccer, and hockey, and the first ball used was a soccer ball. Teams had nine players, and the goals were wooden peach baskets affixed to the walls. By 1897-1898, teams of five became standard.

Basketball is a sport that everyone, from children to adult, can enjoy. In elementary school, there are many students who play mini basketball. Rules of mini basketball are a little different. However, it is the same how to play. From junior high school, all people play basketball.

I like playing and watching basketball. I wanted to play it, but it needs physical strength. I don’t play any sports now, so I have little strength. Next week, there is a basketball game of my junior, so I’m going to watch it with my friend. I’m looking forward to it.

Thank you for comments to my essay. I’m very glad. I hardly play other sports because I don’t know the rules. However, I like to play volleyball. It is very fun. I don’t know inventor of basketball till recently. I want to know about history of basketball.


Reference

WNBA Enterprises, LLC. (2010). EXPECT GREAT. EXPECT GREAT. Retrieved , from http://www.wnba.com/.

WNBA Enterprises, LLC. (2010). EXPECT GREAT. EXPECT GREAT. Retrieved , from http://www.wnba.com/.

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BR 1-08: The Reluctant Dragon

One evening, long ago, a shepherd ran home, terrified. “I saw something terrible” he cried. His son looked up from his book and he said “That sounds like a dragon” The next day, he set off up the hill to find the dragon. The dragon was friendly and told stories of long, long ago. However, then the villagers found out about the dragon. Saint George, the dragon killer, is going to fight the dragon. The boy rushed back to the dragon and told that. The dragon didn’t want to fight him. One day, George and the dragon and the boy talked the fight. The day of fight, the dragon pretended to slump to the ground. Villager was happy. The boy and George and the dragon were happy, too. (137)


Reference
Grahame, K. (2009). The Reluctant Dragon. China: Ltd.

My other classes

I take many classes except for Writing. Speaking is very funny. We listen to English music and write down the blank. We also play bingo game. They are so interesting. Reading is difficult for me. We read newspaper in English. We need knowledge to reading headline. There are a lot of rules to read headline. We study them every week. Listening, we listen to English passage and write down the blank. Sometimes, we watch movie. I want to be good at speaking English and listening English. (86)

BR 1-07: Stories of Robots

Luke was a very messy boy. One day, his mother said him “Luke, you’re the laziest boy in the world! You have one week to clean up this room or the computer goes.” He always plays video games and computer games. He couldn’t possibly live without his computer. However, cleaning his room would take forever. He spent long time searching the Internet for cleaning companies. He found a robot which clean rooms for free for 14 days. He ordered that robot and just under a week later, it arrived at his house. He read the instruction booklet and he remote control. He pressed button, and the robot moved to clean the rooms. In minutes, his room was clean. However, he step on the remote control and it was broken. Then the robot started to move and messed his room. His mother came home and said him “ You really are the laziest boy in the world!” (165)


Reference
Punter, R. (2004). Stories of ROBOTES. China: Ltd.

Best friend

I have a best friend. Her name is Marina. I met her fast in a class at high school. We don’t go to the same school, but high school is the same. She was very cute and interesting, so I want to become a friend her. I was shy, so I didn’t talk with her from me. One day, practice of sports festival was done. I was next to her them. She talked me, and we hit off immediately. From the day, we talked at a rest time, ate a lunch at a lunch time, and went shopping in a holiday, and so on. I respect her because she is positive. If anything, I am negative. I was often depressed about a club, study, and love. She heard my talk and gave advice to me. Her way of thinking is very positive and accurate. I was helped by her many times. I did nothing but be helped, so I want to help her if she is in trouble. I like her very much. We meet in large vacation still now. She lives in Amakusa, so we can only meet in summer vacation and spring vacation. She is working now and I am a student in a university, but our friendship doesn’t change forever. (213)

birthday cake

Recently, I had very fun. Last Saturday, I made birth day cake for my friend with other friends. First, we went to supermarket to buy ingredient of cake. We made many hot cakes and we rubbed cream between them. We made nice looking cake. The next day, there was a sports recreation of our club. We gave the cake for our friend before it started. He was very glad, so we were also happy. Then we played basketball. I was very tired. We also played volleyball. I enjoyed very much. Then we went to restaurant to eat lunch. I had very fun. (102)

Essay 1-02a: basketball

I like basketball very much. I had played basketball for eight years from elementary school. My sister did, so I wanted to play it. I was small when I was elementary student, so my position was a guard. In junior high school and high school, my positions were guard and forward.

Fundamental rules of basketball are double dribble and traveling. The former is no to dribble after you dribble and catch the ball or no to dribble by both hands. The latter is not to walk three steps having ball. There are many other rules. For example, you have to shoot ball within twenty four seconds and not to be three seconds area of competitors under the goal. It looks difficult, but it is very exciting and enjoyable.

Basketball was invented in December 1891 by the Canadian clergyman, educator, and physician James Naismith. Naismith introduced the game when he was an instructor at the Young Men's Christian Association Training School (now Springfield College) in Springfield, Massachusetts. The game involved elements of American football, soccer, and hockey, and the first ball used was a soccer ball. Teams had nine players, and the goals were wooden peach baskets affixed to the walls. By 1897-1898, teams of five became standard.

Basketball is a sport that everyone, from children to adult, can enjoy. In elementary school, there are many students who play mini basketball. Rules of mini basketball are a little different. However, it is the same how to play. From junior high school, all people play basketball.

I like playing and watching basketball. I wanted to play it, but it needs physical strength. I don’t play any sports now, so I have little strength. Next week, there is a basketball game of my junior, so I’m going to watch it with my friend. I’m looking forward to it.
(305)

Basketball: search terms and short list of possible sites for review

Basketball: search terms and short list of possible sites for review
Search terms
Basketball, rules, history, America



EXPECT GREAT
http://www.wnba.com/

ballhistory.com
http://www.ballhistory.com/

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basketball: free writing

Basketball: free writing

I like basketball very much. I had played it for eight years. I started to play basketball when I was fourth grade in elementary school. My sister played basketball, so I wanted to play it. I was very small, so my position was a guard. In junior high school, I was a forward and sometimes guard. In high school, it was the same. (67)

sports: brainstorm

Sports: brainstorm

・baseball
・soccer
・tennis
・basketball
・ski
・softball
・volleyball
・track and field
・handball
・skate　　　　　　　(14)

Today

Good evening. I took three classes today. At second period, we watched DVDs. It was Bewitched and The Scarlet Letter. They were interesting. I want to watch again! At lunch time, I and friends of mine gave birth day present to our friend. Her birth day is tomorrow, but we will have no school tomorrow, so we gave it to her today. She looked very happy, so we were also happy. I finished all classes and I went home. Then I cleaned my room and living room. I was refreshed. After cleaning, I was very tired, so I went to bed. I slept at four thirty and I got up seven thirty. Then I cook dinner and watching TV. Tomorrow, I’m going to my friend’s house and make cake, because our friend’ birth day is day after tomorrow. We want him to be surprised at cake that we will make. (150)

How I study English

I study English every day. I took one or two classes of English a day. I read English book to improve skill of reading English. I read faster than before. I also write daily in English on blog of writing. It is fun for me. My goal of this month is writing fifty hundred words in English. However, it is hard. I’m going to write a lot of things every day. I want to be good at reading and writing English by reading English books and writing blog. (88)

Help me

Hello. I’m in e-campus center in KGU. Today’s writing class was difficult for me. I don’t know how to do new essay. Please tell me that. (26)

Today

Today, I took three classes. I was very sleepy. After school, I went to bakery at KGU with my friends. A friend went buck home because she had a part-time job. I had talked with another friend for thirty minutes. Then, we rode bus for Torityousuzi because we bought a present for our friend. Her birth day is Saturday this week. We want her to be surprised at present. The present is wallet that she has wanted before, so I think that she will be glad. After we bought it, we ate dinner. We went to Kuronekoya. We ate various dishes. They were all delicious. We talked a lot of things, school, love, and club. It was a very fun time for me. I went home by train and my friend did by bus. I had very fun, so I want to eat dinner with her again. I like her very much. Tomorrow, I will take two classes, so I’m going to do my homework in the library after all classes finish. In tomorrow evening, I’m going to participate in the activity of club. I’m looking forward to it. Good night. (191)

hobby

I have hobbies. First, I like to listen to music. Songs are influence on my minds. For example, when I’m depressed, happy, crying and so on. When I listen to music, I cheer. I often listen to music when I go to bed. I can fall asleep. Second, I like to go shopping. I often go to PARCO to buy many clothes. I like to go shopping alone than with friend. However, sometimes, I go shopping. Now, I want a lot of clothes for summer, but I don’t have money. Finally, I like to watch movies. When I watch movie, I rent DVDs from TUTAYA. There are many DVDs and CDs. Sometimes, I go to library in KGU and see a movie when I am free.(126)

Monday

I thought it was rainy today, but it was cloudy. I don’t like rain, so I hope it will be sunny tomorrow. Today’s speaking class was fun. We played bingo game. When we did it last week, my numbers weren’t bingo. Today, they were bingo. I was glad. We listened to music in English. It was interesting. I want to listen to the song. I like the class of speaking. After school, I talked with my friends. Tomorrow, I’m going to go to dinner with my friend, so I’m looking forward to it. Now, I will do homework because I have difficult homework whose due are by this month. (109)

BR 1-06: The Monkey King

Monkey was the cleverest animal in China. He was the king of monkeys, but he was not a good king. People prayed to Heaven for help, so the Emperor gave him a job. However he didn’t work well. The Emperor gave him better job, but he didn’t work, too. The Emperor was confused, but monkey didn’t become a good monkey. (60)

Reference
Dickins, R. (2007). Ovani. America: Ltd.

Holiday

I went out to have hair cut yesterday. I got beauty salon at 3:30 pm. I had hairdresser done head spa. It finished at 5:30 pm. Then I went shopping. I looked around a lot of shops of clothes. However, I didn’t buy any clothes because I had no money. At 7:00 pm, I got home and eat dinner. After dinner, I took a nap. I went fishing with my friends of club. We left at 12:00 am and got Misumi port at about 1:00 am. We had stayed for five hours, but we couldn’t fish any fishes. We left there and went to store to eat breakfast. I got home at 8:00 am. I took a bath and washed. I had very fun, so I want to go there again. Today, I’m going to go to cheer baseball game of my club’s team, but I’m very sleepy. (148)

Friday

This week was finish! Today, I have three classes from first period to third period. At second period, it was literary history of America, we saw the movie. It was ‘The Black Cat’ which written by Edgar Allan Poe. That movie was short story. It was an eerie movie for me. I don’t like cat, particularly black cats. This is because they are strange. However they are said a fortunate animal. I don’t think it is true. At third period, I took class of listening. I feel that the class was very long time. After school, I met my friends and talked them. Then I went to home and I was going to have hair cut. However, I was very tired, so I decided to go to have hair cut tomorrow. In the evening, I washed the dishes and cooked dinner. I had fun today. (145)

Food/eating habits

Japanese people live on rice. I like rice and I like bread, too. I often eat bread in the morning because I it is easy to cook. For example, I bake it and we can eat it as is. I eat it when I have no time in the morning. In the noon and evening, I eat rice. I also eat rice today. I think bread and rice have each good thing. (72)

golden week

May, 4, I met my best friend. Her name is Marina. She picked up me at my house. First, we went to a Okonomiyaki house. I ordered shrimp and she did pork. They were very delicious. I want to go there again. Next, we went to shop to take print club stickers. We laughed a lot. Then, we went to Karaoke. We sang a lot of song. We had very fun! Finally, we took a drive for thirty minutes. We talked about several story. I had interesting time.

May, 5, I had to go to home in Kumamoto city. My father took me to Misumi station. We went out at ten thirty. At noon, we went to Sushi house in Ooyano. I felt poorly, so I couldn’t eat so much. I was very shock. My golden week was very massive this year. School started today, so I change my mind. (150)

Yesterday

I got up at ten in the morning yesterday. I ate breakfast and watching TV. I was free and I had nothing to do, so I went shopping by my mother’s bicycle. I went to two or three shops. I bought a cloth and a belt. I was satisfied because it was a good shopping. After I came home, I ate dinner watching TV. My mother came home and we talked a lot. At eleven thirty, we went to bed. I read a book in English before I slept. The book is JAWS. I read it a bit. I will a book in English everyday and I want to be good at reading English fast. Today, I’m going to meet my friend of high school. She is my best friend. I will enjoy meeting her. (135)

5/2

Yesterday, I came to my hometown, Amakusa. I went to Misusmi by train and I back home by my father’s car. I got home and eat lunch. I got out meeting friend of high school. We went to Amakusa high school to see basketball club, because we belonged to basketball club. Members of basketball club did their best. I could meet and talk to my teacher. I wanted to play basketball. I had fun!! I’m going to meet best friend tomorrow. I’m looking forward to meet her. (87)

BR 1-05:Stories of Santa

At night before Christmas, Santa left presents in kids’ rooms. He and his reindeer were thirsty, so they drink water at near the river. Suddenly, a crowd of people stomped up to Santa. A woman said “How dare you upset my children!” He didn’t understand it and run away. He found fake Santa and he caught up him. Fake Santa return presents to kids. Finally, he was arrested by the local police. (81)

Reference
Punter, R. (2006). stories of santa. China: Ltd.

Finish!!

Yesterday, it was a last part-time job day. A lot of guests came to the shop. After we finished job, my seniors bought me juice and sweets. I was very pleased. Those who work in the shop are very kind and interesting. I like them very much. Today, I’m going to go to restaurant with my friend. I will enjoy it. (61)