Thursday, December 31, 2009

crane game


Recently, I went to amusement arcade with some of my friends. Then, I found a cute stuffed toy bear. The cute stuffed toy bear was a prize of crane game so I played the game. I always fail to play crane game but I succeed to get this one!! Beside I got four cute stuffed toy bear just once!! I felt happy!! I was surprised this accident!! I want only this one so I gave my friends three stuffed toy bears. I had a good time. I want to go there again.(92words)

Have a bad cold

I’m just feeling depressed because I have had a bad cold since yesterday. Above all, I have a sore throat. I think that I am an unfortunate girl because it is winter vacation now! Today is New Year’s Eve. I have a score throat so I can’t eat. I really feel unhappy. I should have s lot of time for sleeping. I will not be able to go out to visit a shrine tomorrow. I will not be able to go shopping tomorrow.  (84words)

The Fox and the Stork


He asked Stork to dinner. Stork was very hungry. Fox poured soup into wide
bowls. Poor Stork! She couldn't eat a thing."Didn't you like it?" said
Fox.
I borrowed this book at Kumamoto Gakuen University library to write a book review. Now, I will tell you about this book which I borrowed from library. The title of this book is “The Fox and the Stork”. This book was written by Mairi Mackinnon and illustrated by Rocio Martinez. I chose this book because the book cover of this book was cute!! I thought that this story was classical tale when I finished reading this book because I have read this book then. I like this story!! This story was fun so this story made me happy!! There were a fox and a stork in this story. They were friends but the fox always trick. One day, the fox invited the stork to dinner and he poured soup into wide bowls. The stork had a long bill so she couldn’t have the soup which the fox cooked. It was fox’s trick!! He poured soup into wide bowls on purpose. When the stork knew fox’s trick, she thought that he try to trick the fox!! What did the stork do then? Did the stork succeed to the trick? If you want to know the end of this story, you should borrow this book at Kumamoto Gakuen University library! By the way, my favorite character us the stork because she was cleaver!!
USBORNE FIRST READING,YL is 0.2, words238(250words)

Beauty & the Beast

The Beast fixed his burning eyes on Pierre. "I'll let you live if you send
Beauty to me. If she refuses, you must return in a week to meet your fate," he
decleared. "Or I'll come after you!"



I borrowed this book in Kumamoto Gakuen University library to write a book review. The title of this book is “Beauty & the Beast” . I chose this book because the bookcaver is beautiful! This book was illustrated by Victor Tavares. I have read this story since I was child. I like this story very much! This story is so romantic!! I always felt happy when I read this story. There was a very rich man, named Pierre who had three daughters in this story. Pierre always gave his three daughters everything that they wanted. One day, he was lost in the forest but found a towering castle. He cried out for help in the towering castle but no one answered. When he wandered in the towering castle, he found some beautiful roses. Then his youngest daughter said that she wanted to have a rose so he plucked a rose. He thought that no one would miss one rose but a huge shadow felt over the rosebushes. A master of the towering castle was Beast!! Pierre was surprised and afraid of the Beast!! He feared dying so he promised the beast to take his youngest daughter into the towering castle instead of him. What did Pierre then? Did he take her youngest daughter into the towering castle? Has the youngest daughter escaped without harm? What happen then? If you want to know the end of this book, I recommend you to borrow this book from Kumamoto Gakuen University library. I really like this story so I want you to read this story!! This story became a movie by Disney. By the way, my favorite character is Beauty who is youngest daughter of Pierre. She was kind and friendly so I respect her. This story is really good!!

USBORNE YOUNG READING SERIES TWO,YL is 1.1, words1710 (341words)

Monday, December 28, 2009

Yesterday


Yesterday, I met my friend whose name is Yuki. I have known her since I was a high school student. I and Yuki were same high school students. Recently, I was very busy so I met her days after long separation. I was happy to meet her. First, I waited her in front of PARCO which is famous clothes shop. We had lunch. Then, we played darts, billiards and went to Kraoke. Finally, we ate a cake and a parfait in swiss which is a famous cake shop. I ordered a caramel marron roll. I like this one! This is my favorite cake at swiss. We enjoyed talking. I had a very good time. I want to meet her again!!(120words)

The Fox and the Crow



Fox was always hungry. One day, he saw Crow……with some cheese.

I borrow this book to write book review. There was the book in the Kumamoto Gaken University library. I chose this book because I like the book cover of this book. The title of this book is “The Fox and the Crow”. This book is very interesting so I like this book! This book made me happy!! When I read this book, I was excited!! One day, a fox which was always hungry saw the crow with some cheese. The fox was so hungry and wanted to rob the crow of some cheese. What the fox did then? What the crow did then? Could the fox rob the crow of some cheese? If you want to know the end of this story, I recommend you to borrow this book in Kumamoto Gakuen University library. By the way, my favorite character is the fox because he is very clever!
It is easy for me to read this book so I recommend this one!


USBORNE FIRST READING,YL is 0.2, words225 (176words)

About famous people

This is an homework of other class.

1 Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Milan.
2 When he was a child, he dropped out of elementary school. Then, his mother who was an elementary school teacher taught him study.
3 In 1877 he put record player to practical use, and he got fame.
4 A few years later he invented the incandescent lamp.
5 The next year he succeeded in the invention of the dynamo.
6 In 1931 he died at the age of 84 yeas old.



Thomas Alva Edison is a man of much invention. He was born in 1847 in Milan. When he was a child, he dropped out of elementary school. Then, his mother who was an elementary school teacher taught him study. He put such a boyhood.

In 1877 he put record player to practical use, and he got fame. A few years later he invented the incandescent lamp. The next year he succeeded in the invention of the dynamo. In 1931 he died at the age of 84 yeas old. As you can see, Thomas Alva Edison is an “Invention king”.(180words)

Homework sentence

Here are the latest news developments. It is about space travel. The travel agency announced a new plan about space trip for civilian. The company’s name is JTB. It is the one of the world-class travel agency. According to the new plan, we can enjoy space travel at small cost. I will give a particular account of the plan. Please, look at this pamphlet which was published by JTB.
First of all launch a rocket to go to space with it. Next you can enjoy staying in the International Space Station for eight days. Naturally, you can eat space food and look round the station while you stay there. As you can see, you can enjoy space and what is more, you pay only 22 million dollars. The cost of travel is far cheaper as compared with 20 years ago. By the way, JTB has the other plans. For example, you go to space with aircraft and you can enjoy staying space for 25 minutes and experience weightlessness in space for 5 minutes. The cost of it is cheaper than space travel so it is the most popular of all. It was a dreamlike story to go to the space a long time ago but it became a reality now. The scientific progress is amazing.(214words)

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Wedding dress show




I went to hotel Nikkou which is famous hotel to see the wedding dress show! I went there with my mother and one older sister because my cousin gave us the ticket of show. I had a very good time there. All of the show models were very beautiful! All of the dresses were very cute and nice!! I took a lot of pictures!!! I felt the beauty of the wedding dress show. I want to see again. As you can see, the show was very good!(88words)

The Enormous Turnip


The man pulls the turnip. The turnip doesn’t move. The man sees the woman.
‘Come on help!’ he says.


I borrowed this book in Kumamoto Gakuen University library to write book review. I chose this book because I thought that this book’s cover was nice and cute! I knew this story. I read this book when I was a child. One day, the man got a seed. He put the seed in his garden and grew it. The seed became a big turnip so he was very happy! The man pulled the bog turnip to eat it but he couldn’t pull it!! The turnip was too big!! Could the man pull the big turnip? What the man did then? Was the big turnip delicious? If you want to know the end of this story, I recommend you to borrow this book! You can borrow this book in Kumamoto Gakuen University library. This book’s title is “The Enormous Turnip”.
CLASSIC TALES,YL is 0.6-0.7, words450(160words)

The Musicians of Bremen

"Let's run away! We can go to Bremen and join thetown band."

The book’s title is The Musicians of Bremen. There were a lot of animals in The Musicians of Bremen. For example this story had a donkey, a cat, a dog and a rooster. One day, they went out from their house because their master was mean. They tried to go to Bremen to join the town band! Could they join the town band? What they did after going out from their house? What happened for them..? This book made me happy. I recommend you The Musicians of Bremen. (100words)

Elmo says ACHOO!





“Achoo!” Elmo sneezes. Down blow all the clothes!




I borrowed this book to write book review. I chose it because illustration was cute! There were a lot of SESAME STREET’s characters in this story. I like the characters. Above all, I like Elmo. It is my favorite character in this book! Elmo has big nose and eyes and mouth. Elmo is cute!! This story is Elmo’s story. One day, Elmo had present for Oscar and took it to him. The present tickled Elmo’s nose. What happen then? If you want to know the end of this story, I will recommend you to borrow this book in Kumamoto Gakuen library.




RANDOM HOUSE,YL is 0.4-0.6, words 133(114words)






I like cats


I examined about cats for second essay.

My favorite animal is cat. I don’t have cats as a pet but I have liked them since I was a child. Cats have big eyes and small head so cats are very cute! Cats’ behaviors are also cute. Now, I will tell you about the cats. I wish my essay would help you to like cats.
First, I will tell you about cats of every variety. Cats contain a lot of forms of cats. For example, there are tortoise shell cats, Persian cats and Siamese cats in the world. Above all, Munchkins, American Shorthairs and Russian Blue are popular in Japan. Munchkins were discovered in America and Germany. They fell with a freak of nature. Their legs are short and their tail is straight. Munchkins are always curious. American Shorthair’s a country of origin is America. Their hairs are short and their natures are cheerful and friendly. Russian Blue is from Russian. Their hairs are also short. They have green eyes. Their nature is obedient. (174words)

Friday, December 18, 2009

The little Red Hen

“Fine!” said the little red hen. ”Then I’ll do

it myself.” And she did.


One day, a little red hen found the some grains of wheat. She wanted to make some bread so she told her friends, the cat, the duck, the rat about her plan, but they didn't help her. What did she do then? If you want to know this story, I will recommend you to borrow the book from the English Garden. (74words)

Illumination



December, 16th, I went to Saisyunkan to watch some illumination with some of my club member. Saisyunkan is a company which made famous cosmetic. The company has illuminated their buildings since last year. I hadn't never seen the illumination at Saishunkan so I was looking  forward to watching their illumination. First, we met the super market which there is near our university. We  bought our dinner there and went to Saisyunkan by friend's car. Saisyunkan was very far. When we arrive there, we were so excited!! Illuminations were so beautiful. I had a very good time!! I want to go there again!!(104words)

Saturday, December 5, 2009

The Musicians of Bremen


"The master is putting me in his cooking pot." "Oh no he's not!." said the
donkey. "He must be stopped." "Let's run away! We can go to Bremen and join the
town band."


I borrowed the book at Kumamoto Gakuen University liberally. The book’s title is The Musicians of Bremen. I chose this book because I like the book’s cover but I have read the story since I was a child. There are a lot of animals in The Musicians of Bremen. For example this story had a donkey, a cat, a dog and a rooster. One day, they went out from their house because their master was mean. They tried to go to Bremen to join the town band! Could they join the town band? What they did after going out from their house? What happened for them..? If you want know the end of this story, you should go to liberally in Kumamoto Gakuen University!! By the way, my favorite characters are a donkey, a cat, a dog and a rooster because they are funny and positive. This book made me happy. I like this book!! I recommend you The Musicians of Bremen.


USBORNE FIRST READING,YL is 0.5, words 518 (192words)

Friday, December 4, 2009

Today's plan

Today, I have a plan after school. I will have a dinner with some of same club members. I like them, I have known some of them since I was a high school student. I will make rendezvous with them. We're going to meet at downtown. I'm looking forward to go to restaurant with club members. By the way, I have 7 plans to have dinner with some of my friends on this month so I think that I must use a lot of money. I think that I should save money now so I don't want to use some money. This is my problem now. I should work hard. (110words)

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

The Little Red Hen


“Who will help me plant the wheat?” “Not I,” said the cat. “Not I,” said
the duck. “Not I,” said the rat. “Fine!” said the little red hen. ”Then I’ll do
it myself.” And she did.

I read this book to write the book reviews. I borrowed this book at Kumamoto Gakuen University library because the book’s illustration is very cute. One day, the litle red hen found thesome grains of wheat. She wanted to make some bread so she said her friends, the cat, the duck, the rat about her plan. Consequensly, all of her friends didn't help her. What did she do then? If you want to know this story, I will recommend you to borrow the book from Kumamoto Gakuen university. By the way, my favorrite charaster is little red hen because she worked hard. This book made me happy. When I finished reading the book, I thought that I should work hard! (153words)

USBORNE FIRST READING,YL is 0.4, words 482

Friday, November 27, 2009

Birthday cake


Last month, I celebrated Chiaki's 24th birthday. She is my brother's girl friend. My brother and his girlfriend are going to get married February. When I heard this news, I felt really happy. I like his girl friend because she is very kind. She is good on cooking. She often cooks some dishes and sweets for our family. Some dishes and sweets which she cooked are always tasty. I can’t cook so I want her to tell me how to cook. By the way, last month was girl friend’s birthday! She always does very well by me so I bought birthday cake for her at Kiichigo which is good cake shop. There is the cake shop in Hikarinomori. I recommend you the cake shop because all of cakes in the cake shop are delicious and cute. I think that girls like this cake shop. As you can see, she was very pleased at her birthday cake.(156words)

My favorite movie



  


I'll tell you about my favorite movie. Listen here.

Wednesday


Wednesday, I went home from university. My aunt call me in her car. There were my aunt, my grand father and my grandmother in her car. She said that they were going to go to a restaurant to have their lunch. I had a little time by part-time job so I went to a restaurant with them. We considered what restaurant we want to go. Consequently, we went to "Sye Irie" which is a Italian restaurant in Hikarinomori. I heard about the restaurant but I had never went there. I heard that the restaurant's dishes are good so I was happy to go there. The restaurant's building is very clean and smart. I ordered an omelet containing fried rice. It was delicious. I like the restaurant. I want to go again. (134words)

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Speaking class

Do you want to make parking area in school?
Do you go to school by car if parking area is made?
How much can you pay parking charge?
a.free/b.~\100/c.~\500/d.\500~
How do you go to school?
a.bicycle/b.car/c.bus or train/d.walk
Where do you park your car?
Do you think it is bad for the earth to use car?
Can you park car backward?
What do you think about cutting tax of 'eco car'?
a.agree/b.not agree/c.other
Do you have a driver license?
Do you have your own car?
(74words)

Sea








I went to Otachi-cape to swim with some of my friends on August 4th. Their names are Mai, Tomoko, Hanae and Yurimi. I and Hanae and Yurimi and was same high school so I have known them since we were high school students. I met Mai and Tomoko fast when we became university students. I was looking forward to going to sea
First of all, we met at Kumamoto station in the early morning because we went to Otachi-cape by train. When we arrived at Otachi-cope, we were excited about beautiful view. I went to sea last time when I was a child. I was really happy to visit there. We enjoyed swimming and rented some float ring. We had curry and some shaved ice at noon. I ordered a shaved ice with a flavor of orange. We also enjoyed lunch because we thought that they were delicious.
Next, we went to Japanese-style hotel by bus in the evening. There is a lot of hot springs in the Japanese-style hotel. For example, the hotel has sauna bath, open-air bath and so on. I like hot spring so I was happy to visit the hotel.
Finally, we ate "Kaisendon" after hot spring. Kaisenndon is putting sashimi which is a sliced raw fish on the rice. The Kaisendon which I ordered were put a lot of sashimi. For example, they are some tuna, some salmon and some shrimp. It was delicious. I want to eat it again.
As you can see, I had a very good time. I really want to go there again.(258words)

Friday, November 20, 2009

“The Devil Wears Prada”

I’ll tell you about “The Devil Wears Prada”. It was originally a novel, published in 2003 and written by Lauren Weisberger. The movie’s director is David Frankel. In this movie, the heroine, Andrea Sachs, wants to be a journalist. She moves to the city to realize her dream and gets a job with the editorial department of “Runway”, a famous fashion magazine. She encounters many difficulties under her despotic boss, Miranda Priestly. The leading actors are Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. They are famous actors. Especially, Meryl Streep has played in a lot of movies and received two Academy awards. (102/2445words)

movie podcast episode : outline

  1. The Devil Wears Prada 
  2. novel printed in 2003
  3. David Frankel: movie director
  4. Andrea Sachs: want to be a journalist
  5. Maryl Streep: Miranda, Runway, Academy award
  6.  Anne Hathaway: beautiful(25words)

Recently

I think that it is cold recently. I want to buy some winter goods. For example, I want trench coat, long boots and so on. I hardly go shopping because I was busy last month. Now, I have some time so I should go shopping to buy coats and long boots. I don't know about shop so I want you to tell about good shops. I also have to buy a dress because my brother's wedding is next spring. I have to buy some clothes this month.(87words)

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Konigs-krone




A few days ago, I went to eat to a cake with some of my friends. Their names are Saki and Shoko. I have known Saki since we were junior high school students. We weren't same junior high school students but we went to same cram school. Next, I met Shoko fastentrance exercise of Kumamoto Gakuen University. Saki, Shoko and I commute same English conversation school so we often go to dinner and tea after school. This time, we went to "Konigs-krone" which is a cake shop in Thuruya. I like cakes which were made in the cake shop. We enjoyed talking as we ate some cakes. I had a very good time. I want to go again. (119words)

a week ago




Yesterday, I went to downtown with one of my friends. The friend's name is Kana. I met her first when I was a high school student. We were same high school student. She had other plans from 7 o'clock so we had dinner until then. We went to swiss which is Italian restaurant. I ordered a tomato gratin and a caramel marron roll. They are tasty. I like a caramel marron roll, especially because I like chestnut. I thought that the cake at this shop is always tasty. Then, we enjoyed shoopping. She is always careful about her appearance so I like going shopping with her. I did not buy any clothes after all but I had a very good time.(121words)

Friday, November 13, 2009

My spring vacation

Recently, I feel happy because I'm going to go to New Zealand. To tell you the truth, I would go there during summer vacation on this year but I could not go there because of swain flu. I was very disappointed when I hard the news what home stay program was call out. Now, I'm really happy because I'm going to visit New Zealand during spring vacation. I want to see a lot of things, visit a lot of places and meet people who live there. I'm looking forward to go there. I don't regret so I should search about New Zealand. (103words)

Thursday, November 5, 2009

movie essay latest version

My hobbies are reading books, listening to music and watching movies. Above all things, I like watching movies. I have watched a lot of movies for a long time. What kind of movies do you like? I like action movies but my favorite movie is “The Devil Wears Prada”. I watched the movie for the first time when I was a high school student. I had wanted to watch the movie since I watched the movie’s commercial message. I went to watch the movie with my older sister. It is not movie with action but the movie made me happy. I like the movie very much so I watched the movie again and again. Just, I’ll tell you about “The Devil Wears Prada”.
First of all, it was American movie. Japanese title is “Pulada wo kita Akuma”. From the very beginning “The Devil Wears Prada” was a novel which has been printed in 2003. It was written by Lauren Weisberger who served as assistant to the editor in chief. Anna Wintor was her boss then. She was well known to severe woman so it is rumored that the editor in chief of the novel was modeled on her. The movie’s director is David Frankel. He made the novel into a movie. He also made “Sex and the City” and “Band of Brothers”. Both of them are very popular among young people.
The movie’s plot is as follows. Andrea Sachs who wants to be a journalist is the heroine of the movie. She moved to the city for her dream but she got a job with an editorial department of “Runway” which is a famous fashion magazine by luck. Millions of girls were wishful for the job but it was more difficult than every one think. She encountered many difficulties under her despotic boss whose name was Miranda Priestly.
Next, some famous people were concerned in this movie. Two of them are Mary Louise Streep and Anne Jacqueline Hathaway. They are famous actors. Mary Louise Streep played in a lot of movies. For example, she appeared on “Mamma Mia!”, “Sophie’s Choice” and “Kramer vs. Kramer”. When she appeared on “Sophie’s Choice” and “Kramer vs. Kramer”, she received Academy award. She also has received Golden Globe Awards six times. I think that she was a great actor. Anne Jacqueline Hathaway is a beautiful person. She is my favorite actor. She was introduced to film on “The Princess Diaries”. It is one of my favorite movies. When I watched it, I knew her. She is really beautiful. I think that she like a doll. She also appeared on “The Cat Returns” which is Japanese animation movie. The movie’s Japanese title is “Nekono ongaeshi”.
Finally, this movie’s most enjoyment is a lot of lovely clothes. There were a lot of famous brand-name-goods in “The Devil Wears Prada” so it greatly excited a lot of girls. As you can see, “The Devil Wears Prada” is a good movie. My heart filled with joy after the movie. I really recommend this movie. If you are interested in this movie, you should get one at DVD shops. (520/1629words)

Octorber 20th

Yesterday, I met some of my friends。Their names are Kana, Rina and Ayana. I met them first when I was a high school student. We were same high school student. We met in front of PARCO which is clothes shop for young. All the members assembled in front of PARCO so we went to restaurant. We had our dinner “JOHN ROE”. Then, we sent Ayana a present and birthday card. Her birthday is October 20th so we celebrated her twentieth birthday. We sent a necklace and a watch. She was very pleased with them so I felt very happy. We enjoyed talking. I had a very good time. (I wrote this octorber 21th ) (115words)

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

movie essay

My hobbies are reading books, listening to music and watching movies. Above all things, I like watching movies. I have watched a lot of movies for a long time. What kind of movie do you like? I like action movies but my favorite movie is “The Devil Wears Prada”. I watched the movie for the first time when I was a high school student. I had wanted to watch the movie since I watched the movie’s commercial message. I went to watch the movie with my older sister. It is not action movie but the movie made me happy. I like the movie very much so I watched the movie again and again. Just, I’ll tell you “The Devil Wears Prada”.
First of all, it was one of American movies. Japanese title is “Pulada wo kita Akuma”. From the very beginning “The Devil Wears Prada” was novel which has been printed in 2003. It was written by Lauren Weisberger who served as assistant to the editor in chief. Her boss’ name was Anna Wintor then. She was well known for severe woman so it is rumored that the editor in chief of the novel was modeled on her. The movie’s director is David Frankel. He made the novel into movie. He also made “Sex and the City” and “Band of Brothers”. Both of them are very popular among young people.
The movie’s plot is as follows. Main character is Andrea Sachs who wants to be a journalist. She moved to the city for her dream but she got a job with an editorial department of “Runway” which is famous fashion magazine by luck. Number in millions girls were wishful for the job but it was more difficult than every one think. She encountered many difficulties under her despotic boss whose name was Miranda Priestly.
Next, some famous people were concerned in this movie. Two of them are Mary Louise Streep and Anne Jacqueline Hathaway. They are famous actors. Mary Louise Streep played in a lot of movies. For example, she appeared on “Mamma Mia!”, “Sophie’s Choice” and “Kramer vs. Kramer”. When she appeared on “Sophie’s Choice” and “Kramer vs. Kramer”, she received Academy Award. She also has ever received Golden Globe Awards six times. I think that she was a great actor. Anne Jacqueline Hathaway is a beautiful person. She is my favorite actor. She was introduced to film on “The Princess Diaries”. It is one of my favorite movies. When I watched it, I knew her. She is really beautiful. I think that she like a doll. She also appeared on “The Cat Returns” which is Japanese animation movie. The movie’s Japanese title is “Nekono ongaeshi”. Finally, this movie’s most enjoyment is a lot of lovely clothes. There were a lot of famous brand-name-goods in “The Devil Wears Prada” so it greatly excited a lot of girls. As you can see, “The Devil Wears Prada” is a good movie. My heart filled with joy after the movie. I really recommend this movie. If you are interested in this movie, you should get one at DVD shops.(517words)

Friday, October 9, 2009

The Devil Wears Prada








English title: The Devil Wears Prada
Japanese title: Prada wo kita Akuma
Actors: Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt.
Director: David Frankel(21words)


Tomorrow

Recently, I'm busy because I work a five days week. My part-time job is very hard. I have to work hard because I want to save money for spring vacation. Now, I want new camera and music player so I have to work hard. By the way, I'm going to go to downtown with some of my friends tomorrow. Their name are Kana, Hanae and Shoko. I didn't see my friends recently so I'm looking forward to tomorrow. We're going to meet in front of PARCO and have lunch. We will enjoy Karaoke after lunch. We will spend a good time. (106words)

Monday, October 5, 2009

International Cocktail Party(speaking assignment)

Hello every one! My name is Demi. I'm from Middle East but I live in Kumamoto now. When I was fifteen years old, l went to Kumamoto in Japan with my family because my father would go away on business. Now,my job is film director. I feel happy because I had wanted to be a film director for a long time. My hobbies are using a computer, taking some photos and watching movies so I was interested in film director. I spent a full life. I hate typhoons but I try to make a film about typhoons.(98words)

Friday, October 2, 2009

The Ant and the Grasshopper


Winter comes. Ant is happy.
Grasshopper is cold . . .
. . . and very hungry.

This story is very famous so I know it when I was a child. There are an ant and a grasshopper in this story. In summer, the grasshopper was always singing, resting and playing but the ant worked hard. One day, the grasshopper said the ant that he want to play with you but the ant didn't play with him. He have to work to pass this winter. When winter come, how did they spend during winter? If you want to know the end of this story, I recommend you to read this book. (113words)

two days ago


Two days ago, I went to "swiss" to eat a "maron pafe" with some of my friends. We talked about it a week ago because my friend who works there said about it. When I heard about it, I really want to eat it. My friends also want to go there and eat one so I'm going to go there with my friends. Their name are Mai and Kana. Kana had a lot of classes the day when we were going to go there so I waited her (90words)

I examined

I examined about “The Devil Wears Prada”.

This movie was one of American movies. Japanese title is “Pulada wo kita Akuma”. From the very beginning “The Devil Wears Prada” was novel which has been printed in 2003. It was written by Lauren Weisberger who served as assistant to the editor in chief. Her boss’ name was Anna Wintor then. She was well known for severe woman so it is rumored that the editor in chief of the novel was modeled on her. The movie’s director is David Frankel. He made the novel into movie. He also made “Sex and the City” and “Band of Brothers”. Both of them are very popular among young people. By the way, some famous people were concerned in this movie. Two of them are Mary Louise Streep and Anne Jacqueline Hathaway. They are famous actors. Mary Louise Streep played in a lot of movies. For example, she appeared on “Mamma Mia!”, “Sophie’s Choice” and “Kramer vs. Kramer”. When she appeared on “Sophie’s Choice” and “Kramer vs. Kramer”, she received Academy Award. She also has ever received Golden Globe Awards six times. I think that she was a great actor. Anne Jacqueline Hathaway is a beautiful person. She is my favorite actor. She was introduced to film on “The Princess Diaries”. It is one of my favorite movies. When I watched it, I knew her. She is really beautiful. I think that she like a doll. She also appeared on “The Cat Returns” which is Japanese animation movie. The movie’s Japanese title is “Nekono ongaeshi”.(259words)

Friday, September 25, 2009

Brer Rabbit and the Blackberry Bush

One day, Brer Fox set up a trap. Twang! went the trap.

This story is very interesting. There were Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox in this story. They were enemies. One day Brer Fox set up a trap! What did the Rabbit do? If you want to know the end of story, I recommend you to read this book. I like some characters in this story. Especislly, I like Brer Rabbit because the rabbit is very wise! This book made me happy so I recommed this book everybody. (89words)

summer vacation

My summer vacation was bad. I did not satisfied my summer vacation because I couldn't go to New Zealand. I thought what will do there before summer vacation so I didn't any plan during summer vacation. I usually worked in August. I was boring because I want to travel. (49words)

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Robin Hood



Suddenly the key began to glow. "Look out, Anneena, " said Biff. "This is a
magic key and the magic is working. It7s time for an adventure. " The magic took
the children to a wood. It was the wood where Robin Hood lived.

What an interesting story! I borrowed this book at Kumamoto Gakuen University library because the book’s illustration is very cute. There are some children and Robin Hood in this story. Some children’s names are Biff, Wilma and Anneena and Kipper. This story and The Willow Pattern Plot are same series so this story was written by Roderick Hunt. Of course, there are magic key in this story. One day, they were taken into other world by the magic key. The world had Robin Hood. They met some accidents. Can they go home? If you want to know it, you have to read this book. I recommend this book. It is exciting story.
Oxford Reading Tree, YL is 0.6-0.6, words 614.(160/10096words)

restaurant and cafe















I went to downtown to have lunch with some friends of mine after school. I don’t know good restaurants well so one of my friends told me "La Passage" . There are the restaurant near the bus stop of SUIDOUTYO. I didn’t know there so I went there first time then. I wavered in my order for a minute because all dishes looks so delisious! I eventually ordered a dish of the photos. It is delisious so I like the restaurant. I recommend "La Passage". We went shopping after lunch. We walked a lot of time so we were very tired. We paused for a cup of tea at Cafe. The cafe which we went was very good. We ordered tea and some waffle and a cake. They were very good. I forgot the cafe's name but I want to go again. I really recommend the cafe. (148words)

broiled meat











Two weeks ago, I met my friends and went to eat out at "Daikokuten". If you go there, you can eat a lot of meats. There is the restaurant near GINZADORI. I went there to eat dinner with some of my friends. They are Mai, Tomoko and Kana, Yurimi and Hanae. We went there on 12th. We plan to have Birthday party for Kana and Hanae. We bought some presents and a cake. When we showed them, Kana and Hanae was surprised. Iwas happy to they pleased. We ate the cake. It was cute and delicious. We went to "Star Backs Coffee" after the dinner. We enjoyed talking. When I spend time with them, I am always happy. I had good time.(122words)

My discription

My name is Haruna. I am an average college student. I am a taller young woman of average. I have dark brown eyes, moles. I have long straight brown hair. Today I am got my hair in a ponytail because it is hot for this time of year. I am wearing a white T-shirt and a check skirt which I bought yesterday. I am also wearing a new pair of rain shoes because it is heavy rain today.
My character is also average young woman. But, I am little shy and a negative personality. As you can see, I am an extremely an average teenager.(105words)

other class

It was homework in other class. The homework's thema is "The new me" .

Hi! My name is Mary Smith so my friends call me Molly. Please, call me Molly. I have lived in Boston since I was born. I’m eighteen years old and an university student. I’m studying Japanese, but I’m also interested in Japanese history and culture. I am going to study about them. If I learn to speak Japanese well, I want to go to Japan and study there for a year. So, I’m working hard as a waitress in a restaurant, which is near to my university, to save money for studying abroad. But I don’t always do part-time job. To tell the truth, I spend my time freely. For example, I spend a lot of time on my hobby or seeing my friends.

My hobbies are reading, listening to music and playing basketball. I like to spend my time listening to music. I often listen to classical music in particular. My favorite composer is Chopin so I often read books about him. I like “Valse” which was composed by Chopin. “Valse” is called “KOINUNOWALTZ” in Japanese. I also sometimes play the piano in my house. I learned how to play the piano for seven years. I often play basketball with my friends after school. Basketball is my favorite sport. I was on the basketball team when I was a high school student. I still play basketball with my old teammates once in a while.

I have a happy family. There are six people in my family. I have a father, a mother, one younger brother, one grandfather and one grandmother. My parent’s names are Roy and Catherine who are forty-two years old. They met when they were university students. They have been married for nineteen years. My father is an office worker now in Boston. My mother is an editor now. I have a dream of becoming an editor like her because I look up to her. My younger brother’s name is Mark. He is sixteen years old and he is a high school student. He likes to play baseball. He is on the baseball team. My grand parent’s names are Tom and Rebecca. I like them very much, as they are kind. I think that my family is really happy.

I like Boston which is the capital city of Massachusetts. There were 589,141 people in Boston in 2000. The city has a continental climate. There are some universities which are known all over the world. And, it is famous for Boston Red Sox which is baseball team. I often go to watch baseball games with my brother. And, there is Boston Celtics which is a basketball team. The team colors are green and white. The team logo is very cool. I really like the team very much. As you can see, I am living happily in Boston.(479/9561words)

Land of Dinosaurs

 
Chip found a footprint. It was a giant footprint. "Come on look," said
Chip. "It must be a dinosaur's footprint. " Biff took a photograph of the giant
footprint. "I can take this photograph to school, " she said. Nadim found some
eggs. "They must be a dinosaur's eggs, " he said. One of the eggs began to
crack.




I read this book to write the book reviews. I borrow it from Kumamoto Gakuen University library. I thought that the illustration of the book was very cute so I chose it. This story is interesting and exiting for me. There are four children and a lot of dinosaurs in this story. Children’s names are Chip, Biff, and Nadim and Wilf. I think that they have an attractive personality and are liked by all. For example, Chip and Nadim are safe persons but Biff and Wilf are careless persons. One day, they went through the door of the magic house. When they went through the door, there were a lot of dinosaurs beyond the door. They were very surprised. They met a lot of dinosaurs. For example, they met a little dinosaur, a flying dinosaur and an Apatosaurus and a fierce dinosaur. What will they do? Could they go home? If you want to know them, you have to read this book. You can borrow this book at liberally in KGU. This book’s title is “Land of the Dinosaurs" .

Oxford Reading Tree, YL is 0.6-0.6, words 483.(242words)

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

My bucket list

Bucket list means things which you want to do by you die. One day, my English teacher told me to write your bucket list. Now, I tell about my bucket list. I have a lot of things that I want to do sometime. First of all, I want to go scuba diving in Okinawa because I want to see beautiful fish and coral reefs. I have been there before but I couldn’t it. Next, I want to go to Disney Land to enjoy the attractions because I have loved Disney’s characters very much since I was a little child. Then, I want to go abroad to see World Heritage Sites because I promised my friends when I was a high school student. After that, I want to eat my favorite food. Finally, I want to write letters to people that are very precious to me because I want to convey how glad I am to see them. As you can see, I have a lot of things that I want to do. I want to do them because I don’t want to regret.(184words)

letter for my host family

My name is Haruna. My friends called me Haruna or Haru. I’m twenty years old and university student. I go to Kumamoto Gakuen Daigaku which is university in Kumamoto so I live in Kumamoto now. I study English there because I want to be a flight attendant. My teacher said to me, “If you want to be a flight attendant, you will have to study English hard.” so I thought that I want to enjoy studying English in New Zealand. I’m a little shy girl so I try to be an active person. I want to visit many places and see many things in New Zealand because this time is my first traveling abroad. I want to do everything what I’m interested in. Above all, I like eat foods in Japan so I’d like to eat foods in New Zealand. I like animals so I think that I try to work part-time as a clerk in a pet shop. I’d like to see some animals in New Zealand.
I’m looking forward to going to New Zealand because I have many things what I want to do. I’d like to go shopping, making friends with some people, going sightseeing in New Zealand. I want to have good time there.(208words)

typical day

During the week, my days are very busy. First of all, I wake up at 6:00 a.m. every morning. Next, I often make breakfast and lunch at 6:10 a.m. After wards I always leave home at 7:45 a.m. and I go to school by car and train. Then, I go home at 8:00 p.m. and I do my homework at 9:00p.m. If I have to work at part time job, I go home 12:00 p.m. so I go to bet at 2:00 a.m.
Finally, I usually go to bet at 12:00 p.m. As you can see, my days are very busy!(101words)

The Christmas Disco



The children were going to have a disco, with a proper DJ, and flashing
lights. "The disco will be brilliant!" said Ravi. "I'm going to be the best
dancer." "No," said Jojo. "I'll be the best dancer." She began to sing and
dance. "Doo-bee-doo-bee-doo!" At last the evening of the disco came. There
was front in the air. Story Street was full of people making their way to
the school for the dance.






Story Street School’s students were excited because it was almost Christmas! Their teachers had hung the braches with coloured balls. One day, students thought that they want to have a disco. What did they do? If you read this book, you can know it. There are many people in this story so this story is excited and fun! This story has good characters! When I saw the book first, I think that the book's illustration was very cute. All of illustrations which Tom Clayton illustrated are very cute. I recommend this book to you when you are unhappy because I think that this story makes everyone happy. This story tells about Christmas. All of characters had a good time then. When I read this book, I want to have a good time on Christmas! I really would like to have a good Christmas! I can’t wait it! Finally, this story was written by Jeremy Strong. If you want to read this book, you can get it KGU library.


Story Street, YL is 0.7-0.7, words 544. (243words)





Friday, July 10, 2009

another summer vacation plan

I said that I' m going to go to Okinawa before but it put out. I was sad when I knew the news but I'm really happy now. I'm going to go to Tokyo with my club members. Some club members and I was same high school students so I know them very well. They are very kind and nice! I often meet them after school. I often eat out, go to Karaoke, go shopping with them. Next, I go to sea with some friends of mine. I met them in university. They are also kind. I can't wait summer vacation!  (105words)  

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Two weeks ago 2


We wanted to eat a piece of cake after the lunch. We left ROSARIAN COFFEE and we searched for good cake shop but we couldn’t search good cake shop. We eventually buy some piece of cake at ITALIAN TOMATO COFFEE where we have known since we were high school students. I wavered in my order for a minute. I eventually ordered CHOCOLATE CAKE. It was sweet and delicious. It is my best cake in the Cake shop. There were a lot of cakes in the shop. All of them were big and cheap.(94/8006words)

Two weeks ago


I went to downtown to have lunch with some friends of mine after school. I don’t know good restaurants well so one of my friends told me ROSARIAN COFFEE. I didn’t know there so I went there first time then. There is the restaurant in Shimotori. If you turn left the front of pedestrian crossing, you’ll be able to see the restaurant. There were a lot of bagel and cakes. All of them tempt me. I wavered in my order for a minute. I eventually ordered a bagel with slices of roast beef between. It was very good. I like ROSARIAN COFFEE. I want to go there with some friends of mine next time. (115words)

Friday, July 3, 2009

Kumamoto

Welcome to Episode 1 of my podcast. Today I'm going to talk about my favorite places in Kumamoto.

First of all, my favorite place is Aso in Kumamoto. The mountain scenery of Aso is very beautiful. Mt. ASO is well-known for its big caldera.

Next, Kumamoto is well known for Kumamoto Castle in Japan and it is liked by other prefectures. Kumamoto Castle is attractive so I like it very much.

Finally, I will recommend you “Kiichigo” which is a cake shop near the “You me Town Hikarinomori”. I like their cakes. All of their cakes are very delicious and cute. (104/7797wor

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next Sunday

Next Sunday, I will go to eat lunch with my friends. Their name are Hikaru and Aya. I met Hikaru, when I was a first grade student at university. I have known Aya since we were high school student. They are always kind. When I have some problems, they advice me. Last week, Aya took us nice restaurant. We were amazed. We like the restaurant very much. Aya knows a lot of good restaurants. She is familiar to good restaurant so we are going to eat lunch next sunday. I can't wait the day. (99words)    

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Do you know whose autograph this is? 2


Do you know whose autograph this is? The autograph was written by Michael Joseph Jackson!! He was a very famous singer. My te4acher said "When I heard the news about him, I couldn't believe the news. " but she smiled. When she was a a fright attendant and she worked for JAL, he signed his autograph on the menu for some fright attendants. I was glad to hear the story. I respect her. I would like to be like her in the future.(83words)

Do you know whose autograph this is?


One day, my teacher showed this paper. My teacher was a fright attendant and she worked for JAL. She is always kind. She often teaches me about a lot of things. This paper is a menu which was used in first-class. The menu has an autograph on the reverse. When I saw the autograph, I couldn’t know whose autograph this is. I asked her whose autograph this is. She smiled happily and told me whose autograph this is. When I heard about the autograph, I was amazed. Do you know whose autograph this is? A famous person sighed the menu. The person was a famous male singer.(107words)

Friday, June 26, 2009

Kumamoto podcast




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My summer vacation

Do you have some plans during summer vacation? I don't have any plans last summer vacation so I want to have a lot of plans during summer vacation this year. Now, I plan to go to Okinawa with my friends, Kana and Syoko. We have wanted to go to Okinawa for long time. One of my friends have never been to Okinawa so I want her to know how interesting Okinawa! We talk about Okinawa. We don't know about Okinawa well. Have you ever been to Okinawa? I want to know about Okinawa. For example, where should we go? What is famous in Okinawa? (107words)

Thursday, June 25, 2009

About blogging

I have a problem now because my blogging is bad. There are only 6000 words in my blog. Recently, I seldom do the renewal of my blog because I don't have a lot of things what I can write. Recently, I didn't go out because I don't have a lot of money and I don't have a lot of time. I don't know what I should write so I am at a loss. Now, I have some homework which I should do. I don't finished ALC and some reports so I have to finish them. I have to drudge away.(101/7297words)

Vacation plans

I have a lot of plans during summer vacation. First of all, I am going to go to Okinawa to swim in August. I am looking forward to going to Okinawa because I have wanted to go there for long time. I want to swim sea in Okinawa. I think that the sea in Okinawa is the most beautiful sea in Japan. Next, I'm going to go to Tokyo with my friends. I'll go to Tokyo Disny Land there. I'll have a good time there because I like Disny Land very much. Finally, I want to go Fukuoka to buy a lot of cute clothes. I have many vacation plans so I have to make a lot of money.(120words)

The Go-kart Race


Wiolma and Anneena had a race. The go-karts raced down the hill. Anneena
was in front. "Come on !" shouted Biff. Suddenly, a dog ran in front of
Anneena crashed into Anneena.

There are many people in this story. Above of all, Wilma and Biff were important characters in this story. One day, they saw a notice which is about a go-kart race. They interested in the race but they didn’t have their go-kart. What did they do then? Could they get their go-kart? Could they take part in the race? If you read the book, you can know the ending of this story. The book made me happy so I recommend you to read when you are unhappy.

Oxford Reading Tree, YL is 0.6-0.6, words 475. (125words)