A Trouble

I am going to study abroad in Canada this summer. I received acceptance letter from university in Canada. I am able to be accept as visiting student. This mail says please reply e-mail. That's why I tried to reply but I couldn't sent e-mail. My cellphone's display was said that you can't find user and ensure her address. I didn't have no idea why I couldn't send e-mail. I though my cellphone can't send to overseas. So I sent g-mail. I'm sure I could sent. But after 2 days, I received a notice which said that I couldn't find user. I want to reply early. I am very worry. I must receive letter because I will be must take Visa. I hope a problem is solve early.

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Typing4: Golden Week Plan

I will go to picnic with my friends from high school in Golden Week. It will be the first time to go with my friends. I am very lucky because I have no part time job this week. My friends works at same place. One of my friends live Fukuoka so we seldom meet. I am looking forward to see them. My friend said I cook Obento. That's way I will try to cook too. I have not been picnic since I was elementary school student. Moreover I will finish all my homework until Golden Week. I must do a lot of homework.

[101 words]

Audiences and Titles

I think titles are very important for audiences because audiences can know about  books, movies, or magazines and so on. In my opinion, If titles are easy to understand contents, audiences can know rough content and they can know they are interested in books, movies and so on or not. 

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Japanese Literature Reading

I took a lesson today's 1 period. I learned about Heike Monogatari. I didn't know well about it because era is from Heiann era to Muromachi era. My teacher teold me about especially Kiyomori Tairano, Yoritomo Minamotono, Yoshitune Minamotono and Goshirakawa ex-emperor. I'll write about them and my thinking.

Heiann era, at that time was aristocracy. However they struggled for power was aggravated and they used to solve not only consultations but military power.

That was why noblemen cooperated with samurai. At that time samurai's position was low. Gradually samurai was joined competitions. Most famous war is Heizinorann, I think. The most powerful family was Minamoto. Tadamichi Minamoto who joined hands with Kiyomori Taira competed with Tadazane Huziwara who cooperated with Yoshitomo Minamoto. Yoshitomo is Yoshitune and Yoritomo's father. As a result, Tadatane won. Of course, Kiyomori Taira who joined hands gained power.  However Yoshitomo Minamoto was killed and his sons were left to temple.

Kiyomori succeed in his life but noblemen was dissatisfied especially Mochihitoou. He is Takakura emperor's younger brother. However Takakura emperor married Kiyomori's dauther. Their son became crowned emperor. Mochihito was angly and he wrote a letter to subjugate Kiyomori. The letter could gatherd Yoritomo and Yoshitune. They are Yoshitomo, he lost to Kiyomori, son. Kiyomori and Taira family met with a misfortune. Kiyomori dead. His heir didn't success. Taira fell at least.

Then Yoritomo began Kamakura government. Kamakura was samurai government. He succeed as a politician. His younger brother, Yoshitune, played an active part in war. He was hero in Japan. However Yoritomo felt something repugnant about his brother's activity. After all, Yoritomo kept his mind to kill Yoshitune.


A famous story is Atakanoseki. After Yoritomo decided to kill his brother, Yoshitune run away. At Ataka, Yoshitune tried run away and appeared in disguise. However people who will kill Yoshitune saw through his disguise right away. And suddenly, His follower, Benkei, clubbed him. People was very surprised and impressed because follower clubbed and people felt Samurai soul. People overlooked Yoshitune. Benkei apologized Yoshitune but Yoshitune forgave and thanked for his action. Finally, Yoshitune and Benkei were killed but they are hero in Japan.

 
I learned history but It was until today that I don't know the detailed. I'm happy to learn a lot of things. However my teacher gave us many homework. It make me sad.

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Typing3: My hobbies

My hobbies are listening to music. When I ride a bus, I always listening to music Recently I like Let it Go. This is a main theme song of a famous movie. It is very beautiful melody and makes me happy and relax. Secondly I often watch DVD. I seldom go to see a movie because there is a rental shop near my house. In my university library, there are many  DVDs. I watched the most lated movie was Jiburi movie. It is Kokurikozaka kara. I watched it with my friend.

[91 words]

Typing2: Music I Like

My favorite song is “Set Fire To The Rain”. This song is sung by Adele. She is British and 25 year-old women. His voice is beautiful and her song's word is beautiful. Melody is slowly. She got a Grammy Award. Almost her song about love. “Skyfall” which is 007's main song. I like it too. However Adele don't active as singer. She worked as a mother. She seldom appears TV so my friend's don't know her. However Her songs are great, I want everyone to listen to her music.

[78 words]

Typing1: the first classes

The first writing class started last week. It was difficult for me because computers became new! I'd kike to remember hoe to use it. Other classes almost started. I can new things that I don't know and have never learned. I could level up my English classes. For example, Listening and reading class. However I level down writing class, so I was shock.   But I want to learn a lot of things.

[71 words]

Typing E: Fukuoka

In during vacation, I went to Dazaihu in Fukuoka with my family. I and my young sister graduated our each school last year. I failed my university exam but my sister could go to school where she wanted to go. We went to Dazaihu to thanks to god there. The day was rain but we enjoyed. This is because we could see Sakura. It was very beautiful. It was worth looking there. Moreover we ate Umegayamochi. Dazaifu is very famous for it. It was very good.

[81 words]

Typing D: Soccer game

I love watching soccer games. In during spring vacation, the game took place in Japan. Japan team played with NZ. Japan team won. I was very exciting and so happy. It was great game I think. This is because my favorite player, Shinji Kagawa, get a goal. He did not active in his team, Manchester United then. So His goal made me happy. He hit a goal in PK. Other player played well. Some players could not play game due to injure. They are my favorite player so I was sad. However I could watch up and coming player's game.

[93 words]

Typing C: My friends

I met friends from high school. The day was graduate day in my university. And I went to there to give flower for same club people. I was very busy. And then I went to Kamitori lately. When I was bus, my friends said me "Hurry up!" many times. This is because then it was 5 o'clock. This is unusual. When I meet friends from high school, we played until about 6 o'clock. I gathered them, we had a dinner. We eat a delicious food and we told about us and memories about high school days.

[87 words]

Typing B: part time job during spring vacation

During spring vacation, I had a part time job, a lot. I work at clam school as a teacher. I worked from the evening to night. I was very tired. However teaching students was very interesting. I taught elementary student, junior high school student and high school student. When I taught elementary school student, students talked every time even during class. It was very hard. Junior high school student, they are little shy but they asked, "how old are you?" I said "How old do you look me?" One boy said, "26". I was very sad and I'll remember him forever. I am 19-years-old student.

[85 words]

Typing A: takeing examination in spring vacation

When it was a spring vacation, I took examination. It is IELTS. It was the first time I took it. I had to go to Fukuoka. I was very nervas and tired. I took reading, listening and writing test in the morning. Speaking test took place in the afternoon.

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typing homework A~E, 1~4

Week	Date (yy.mm.dd)	Topic	Passages Typed  (5 minutes)	Word Count
A	2014.4.17	During the vacation	When it was a spring vacation, I took examination. It is IELTS. It was the first time I took it. I had to go to Fukuoka. I was very nervous and tired. I took reading, listening and writing test in the morning. Speaking test took place in the afternoon.	50
B	2014.4.17	During the vacation	During spring vacation, I had a part time job, a lot. I work at clam school as a teacher. I worked from the evening to night. I was very tired. However teaching students was very interesting. I taught elementary student, junior high school student and high school student. When I taught elementary school student, students talked every time even during class. It was very hard. Junior high school student, they are little shy but they asked, "how old are you?" I said "How old do you look me?" One boy said, "26". I was very sad and I'll remember him forever. I am 19-years-old student.	85
C	2014.4.17	During the vacation	I met friends from high school. The day was graduate celemony in my university. And I went to there to give flower for same club people. I was very busy. And then I went to Kamitori lately. When I was bus, my friends said me "Hurry up!" many times. This is because then it was 5 o'clock. This is unusual. When I meet friends from high school, we played until about 6 o'clock. I gathered them, we had a dinner. We eat a delicious food and we told about us and memories about high school days.	87
D	2014.4.17	During the vacation	I love watching soccer games. In during spring vacation, the game took place in Japan. Japan team played with NZ. Japan team won. I was very exciting and so happy. It was great game I think. This is because my favorite player, Shinji Kagawa, get a goal. He did not active in his team, Manchester United then. So His goal made me happy. He hit a goal in PK. Other player played well. Some players could not play game due to injure. They are my favorite player so I was sad. However I could watch up and coming player's game.	93
E	2014.4.17	During the vacation	In during vacation, I went to Dazaihu in Fukuoka with my family. I and my young sister graduated our each school last year. I failed my university exam but my sister could go to school where she wanted to go. We went to Dazaihu to thanks to god there. The day was rain but we enjoyed. This is because we could see Sakura. It was very beautiful. It was worth looking there. Moreover we ate Umegayamochi. Dazaifu is very famous for it. It was very good.	81
１	2014.04.16	First classes	The first writing class started last week. It was difficult for me because computers became new! I'd kike to remember hoe to use it. Other classes almost started. I can new things that I don't know and have never learned. I could level up my English classes. For example, Listening and reading class. However I level down writing class, so I was shock.   But I want to learn a lot of things.	71
２	2014.4.17	Music I Like	My favorite song is Set Fire To The Rain. This song is sung by Adele. She is British and 25 year-old women. His voice is beautiful and her song's word is beautiful. Melody is slowly. She got a Grammy Award. Almost her song about love. Skyfall which is 007's main song. I like it too. However Adele don't active as singer. She worked as a mother. She seldom appears TV so my friend's don't know her. However Her songs are great, I want everyone to listen to her music.	78
３	2014.4.23	My hobbies	My hobbies are listening to music. When I ride a bus, I always listening to music Recently I like Let it Go. This is a main theme song of a famous movie. It is very beautiful melody and makes me happy and relax. Secondly I often watch DVD. I seldom go to see a movie because there is a rental shop near my house. In my university library, there are a lot of  DVDs. I watched the most least movie was Jiburi movie. It is Kokurikozaka kara. I watched it with my friend.	91
４	2014.4.30	Golden Week Plan	I will go to picnic with my friends from high school in Golden Week. It will be the first time to go with my friends. I am very lucky because I have no part time job this week. My friends works at same place. One of my friends live Fukuoka so we seldom meet. I am looking forward to see them. My friend said I cook Obento. That's way I will try to cook too. I have not been picnic since I was elementary school student. Moreover I will finish all my homework until Golden Week. I must do a lot of homework.	101
５	2014.5.7	Food and eating habits	I don't like eating very much, especially I don't like western food. My favorite food is Japanese food. Japanese food is very much so I want to cook very much. My food habits is not too bad. This is because I eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner ever yday. Moreover I don't eat too much. However I like snack. When I eat dinner, I eat snack with my family. My family like snack too. I understand what we eat snack after we eat dinner is bad for health, but I can't stop. My family like to eat so we like to eat out.	104
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Histry of the Meiji Era

I have a part time job at a cram school as a teacher. I teach Japanese and social studies. My students studies about the  Meiji era now. In fact, I'm surethat the most interesting era is Meiji. There are some reasons.

First reason , Meiji was turbulent era. From the Kamakura shogunate to the Tokugawa shogunate, samurais is center of government. However,great and famous people such as Takamori Saigo,the boss samurai of the Satsuma clan, Ryoma Sakamoto and so on changed Japan. For instance, government authority came back the Imperial Court. This is called the restorotion of imperial rule. Almost samurai lost thier works. Some famous samurais became statemans. Other some samurais became professer and police men. There were good point. It is begining a election. In those days, those who can vote were only rich men. However I thin this is the first step Japan to be democracy.

The end of the Edo Era, Perry Matthew Calbraith came Japan . Almost people especially samurai think Japan invaded other countries. Japan had closed the country long time so Almost Japanese didn't know Western culture, weapons, language and politics.Of course, there are men who learned abut West countries but a few. Japan opened country. At the same time, men with a broad outlooktook action.

Last year, Sakura of Yae was broadcasted NHK.Just then I became to be interested in history.  A heroine is Yae. She live live from the end of Edo to  the begining of Meiji. Her father was samurai and her brothers were samurai too. However her young brother and father dead  in war. Yae was in Aizu-han. Aizu guarded Kyoto where the emperor was. Of course Aizu successed. However  Aizu was on the verge of crisis before realized it.At least a lot of people who lived Aizu became enemy of the emperor. Aizu put up a good fight including Yae. She did battle with using a gun. It was rare that woman join the war. However she demonstrated her leadership. I think she is very cool. After war, she learned English and Christianity. Moreover she visited a battlefield as a nurse. She had much trouble, sad experience but she live storong.

Those who lived in the Meiji era were respecrable person. And they changed Japan with their the risk of her live. I want my students who study in my cram shool to know and learn about it.

 [400 words]

BR-03: Florence Nightingale ( Lucy Lethbridge, 2005)

This story is written about the most famous and great nurse is Florence Nightingale. She was born in Italy about one hundred and fifty years ago. Her family was very wealthy . However she longed to be a nurse. Moreover she heard a voice telling her she must do good in the world and... 
If you want to know about her life and herself, you should read it.

[66 words]

                                                                       Reference
Lethbridge,Lucy. (2005).Florence Nightingale . Saffron Hill , London, England: Usborne Publishing Ltd.

BR 1-02:The Little Mermaid (Katie Daynes, 2007).

The Little Mermaid is young children's book. It is short and a mermaid's story. The little mermaid was long for the world above the waves. She found the way to live the ground. And her life changes forever. If you would like to read sad and easy story, I'm sure you enjoy it.

[53 words]

Reference

 Daynes,Katie. (2007). The Little Mermaid. Saffron Hill , London, England: Usborne Publishing Ltd.

BR 1-01: Marie Antoinette

This story is about Marie Antoinette who is familiar to everyone. When she was born in Austria as the youngest child. That's way she was a spoiled child. And the when she was still child, her mother sent her to marry France's future king. Marie Antoinette's life as a queen gradually worsened with gossip running life. This book is very easy and interesting. If you want to read it, I recommended!

[71 words]

Reference

Daynes, Katie. (2005). Marie Antoinette. Saffron Hill , London, England: Usborne Publishing Ltd.

A movie and Music

   Today, I watced a DVD. This is " Hawl's Moving Castle" It is until recently that I wasn't interested in it. However my sister loves Jiburi movie which are created by Hayao Miyazaki so she watches Jiburi movie every weeked. Moreover she rent music which are used in Jiburi movies at CD rental shop. She has rent normal music, classic version and orgel version. I could't understand her because classic music make me sleepy. However my sister said " When I hear Jiburi music, I can so relax."

   When I came home, my sister watched DVD. She watched " Hawl's Moving Castle" with doing her homework so I watched with her with reading newspaper. And then I was completely absorbed in watcing TV. I was surprised what this movie is very interested, beautiful and wounderful! Now that in listening to Haul's Moving Castle music, I'm happy.  

[146 words]

Soccer World Cup

Today, I watched a news about World Cup Trophy come Japan. I like watching soccer games on TV. I have never watched games live, so I want to go to Germany, England someday . In Germany, there are a lot of famous Japanese players. For examle, Makoto Hasabe, Atuto Utida, Hiroshi Kiyotake, Moe Hosagai, Takashi Inui and so on belong Germany teams. In England, there are Maya Yoshida and Shinji Kagawa. I like Shinji Kagawa in particular.

In March 5, Kirin Challenge Cup took place in Japan. Zac Japan play a match against NZ and Japan team won! I was very happy because Japan team won and Shinji Kagawa made a goal. It had been 176 days since hie made a goal. Moreover I watched the first time that he scored in a penalty shoot-out. He looked happy.

This year, Soccer World Cup is going to hold in Brazil. I envy soccer players because they can visit around the world. However, when Zac Japan played a match with North Korea , they were terrified. This is because the hotel where they stayed, there were a lot of mirror and guards. Some Japanese soccer players stayed same rooms. Some Japanese players went to the same bets. If I were a soccer plaer, I go to the room where Shinji  Kagawa stay. But I'm uneasiness. After all I go to Eiji Kawashima who can speak 8 languages with Shinji Kagawa.

Next game will be hold in May.  Now some principal players injure, and I'm worried. However new substitute players will be able to play. I'm looking forward to watch it. Honda, Kagawa and Okazaki are playing an active role so I'm sure Japan will win!!

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A Story Of Prof. H.

Today, I heard an interesting story, in 4th period class. my teacher, Brof. H., said to us that a story about when he worked in high school as an English teacher.

The high school where he worked was leading an unsettled and his students didn’t like studying. One day, a student was having lunch in his class. He didn’t bother but from his viewpoint, he was in a position of leadership. He said him that stop eating. The student grabed a person by the collar and he tried to hit. My teacher didn’t have no idea what he should did. However he cry for help!! ( Almost students in my class and my teacher laughed then.)  And another teacher from next class came to help him. The student was expelled from his high school.

After short time, my teacher met the boy. He said that Hi, I haven’t seen you! My teacher said us in class that I realized the boy was good student. When he told the story, he looked very happy and laughed.

I’d like to get a teacher’s certificate, so I’m happy to hear this story.  The teacher told us that teacher can learn a lot of things wherever.

[170 words]

Essay 1-01a: Letter to My Host Family

Hello, I’m Misaki. I’m going to stay with you for 6 weeks this summer. I want to get along with you and I am looking forward to meet you. 

Let me introduce myself. I’d like you to know as many details as possible about me. I’m 19 year-old student in Japan. We are a family of four and I live with my family. I have a younger sister. She is a high school student. How many people are there in your family? I live with my family but I like cooking. When I stay with you, please teach me about Canadian dish. Next, I often get up early in the morning and I go to bed. How about you? How do you spend your free time? I sometimes listen to music and watch spots on TV. I’m not good at playing sports, but I like watching. My favorite sports are soccer and figure skating.

By the way, I have never been to Canada. However I am looking forward to visit there. I decide to stay overseas because I want to make progress in my English. I’m not good at speaking English but I’ll make effort to get along with you. I’d like to chat with you a lot. Please tell me about yourself, Canadian culture, and so on. Moreover I want to go out. If you have a recommended place, would you mind visiting it with me? I think there are a lot of places which are worth visiting.

Lastly I’m deeply grateful to you for your kindness. I’m sure my home stay with you will be a wonderful time and experience. Before I stay there, I study English as much as possible .I’m looking forward to meet you and visit Canada!

Best Regards

Misaki

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