Pukman @ WinK: the community that time didn't forget

I went to the shops and bought some apples

According to a quiz I just took, I have a similar personality to Galadriel in Lord of the Rings.

What LoTR Character Are You?

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
Total words
Number of posts in September, October, November, December, January
Number of posts: about books; with links; with pictures/photos/presentations
[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)
Sidebar Items: labels section?; Kumamoto links section?; blog links section? (including at least 2 blogs from outside your class?)
Number of comments on your blog
The assignments you have done [YOU NEED TO LINK TO THEM]
The longest gap between posts (which posts, and how long was the gap)

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.

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.

Did you know that Arsenal beat Manchester United this weekend? And that Liverpool beat Chelsea? Perhaps Arsenal have a chance of winning the Premiership!?!

Total number of posts
Total number of words
Monthly number of posts (October, November, etc.)
Number of posts with pictures (or presentations, or movies, or...)
Number of book reviews (link to each one)
Number of incoming comments
"Special things" (presentation, Kumamoto essay, etc.)

SIDEBAR:
Kumamoto links (at least 3)
Other blogs (inluding at least 1 from another class)
Labels

Please remember to write a "kansou" post just before or after this check! The deadline for both is February 6th.

The deadline for your final post of the semester is February 6th. Please do a blog check post (number of posts, number of words, etc.) and another post with some impressions of blogging in English.

In Kumamoto we have a wiki called kumamoto-i. It is a place with information about Kumamoto. It's different from other sites, because anyone can contribute information.

Your last assignment is to contribute some information to the wiki. However, this is an optional assignment: if you are too busy blogging you don't have to do it.

Let's take a look at the site. (Open it in a new window so that you can read this post at the same time.) You can see that it has various kinds of information about Kumamoto. Some of this was posted by Mr Tomei and me, some by students or other people living in Kumamoto.

The interesting thing about a wiki is that it's easy to add information. For example, if you have information about Amakusa, you would go to the Amakusa page and click "Edit", add some information, and then save. In this way, everyone's combined knowledge can be used by everyone.

If you do this assignment, you will probably want a little help at first. So please call me to guide you.

Alternative assignment
Go to English Trailers and choose a movie from the A-Z list on the right. Do all the activities from the top of the page to understand the movie, especially the cloze activity (fill in the blanks).

I visited English Trailers today. I found out about a new movie with Leonardo DiCaprio, in which he plays a South African mercenary. (His accent sounds pretty good to me.) I also found out that the 5th Harry Potter movie is now being made, and it looks pretty interesting. I remember that the 5th book was the worst of the 6 so I'm looking forward to see whether the movie will be better than the book.

The other place to watch movie trailers is at the Apple site. There are no exercises there, but the choice is much wider. You can check all the movies coming in the next 6 months or so. And while you're at the Apple site, check out the Apple TV and the new commercials!

Today we're going to look back over the semester and I'll tell you about the final exam.
Key Phrase: Looking back, looking forward.

KEY THINGS:
0. Is your blog linked to correctly from the WinK site?
1. Have you made a WAI (Blog Check) post? Is it up-to-date?
2. Have you done all book reviews?
3. Have you done all other assignments?
4. In the exam, you will have to write a more thorough WAI. Make sure you know how to link, etc.