2017 Shudo Reading & Writing

One of my hobbies is to travel and when I was younger I spent a lot of time in other countries, experiencing the different lifestyles and cultures. I took the photos (shown below) while I was in each of the 5 native English-speaking countries. Can you tell which photo comes from which country? I went to many non-English speaking countries, too. Unfortunately, these days I have less time to travel and visit exotic places. However, I still like to dream, and some Internet websites help me to dream of far-off places. Take a look at the websites I introduce and start dreaming, too. I haven’t been to China even though it is so close to Japan. I have heard that travel in China is quite tough, but that it is getting easier every year. With the Beijing Olympics being such a success, China has become more popular as a travel destination.  The photos here  are truly wonderful and will make you want to jump on a plane right now. If it is Europe that inspires...

To set up your blog you need to do the following things: 1. Visit  http://www.blogger.com  (you can use the Japanese website or English) 2. Follow the instructions to set up a gmail account ( on paper you must write down important information such as your email address and password - you will need these, so  don't forget  your address and password!) 3. Follow the guide to set up your blog - you will need to create an account; choose a "handle name" (your real name or a nickname is fine) choose a name for your blog; choose a blog URL address; and choose a template. DO NOT FORGET YOUR BLOG TITLE, BLOG ADDRESS, AND HANDLE NAME. WRITE THIS INFORMATION ON PAPER. YOU WILL NEED TO TELL ME THIS INFORMATION. In future you will login to blogger using your account information (account name & password).  Don't forget your password!   Settings On the left side of the page you will see a list that includes...

Welcome back! I hope you had a good summer. I am John Herbert and this is my blog for this  Reading and Writing (4)  course. Our second semester course is a little different from the first semester. We will be using blogs. Blogs have been pretty popular for quite a while now. People create blogs for many different reasons. Some do it because they want to show very important information to the world; some do it to keep in contact with family and friends; others just do it for themselves. We are going to do it for our reading & writing course this semester. In this class, you are going to create your own blog and you are going to write a variety of assignments (blog posts). Some of the assignments will be obligatory (4 blog posts), some will be optional. You will also spend time reading other students' blogs and making comments on them (also obligatory). You will find a list of other students' blogs on this teacher's blog in the near futur...