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)