* Have a introduction paragraph (in English) introduce your readers to Chinese characters (you can talk about what characters, radicals and strokes are, where they are used, history of characters, Simplified/traditional characters etc.) Wikipedia Entry for "Chinese Characters"
* At least 25 Pages (25 characters minimum)
* Have a graphic (PICTURE) of the character on each pages
*All characters need to be hand-written
*Have a cover page, include a title to your book (some names you can use include: 汉字书- character book, 我的汉字书 my character book， 汉字图画书 --character picture book
*Have a back cover page that is empty
Some ideas for your book：
*Have a different section for radicals, strokes
*Show stroke order of the character Copy and paste character to check stroke order and other information
*Show evolution (different forms of the character in history) of the characters Copy and paste character to Character to Wiktionary Copy and Paste characters to Vividict
*Anecdotal stories about the character (ex: 旦 is a sun rising above the sea, thus it means dawn)
*include Pinyin and English meaning for characters
Characters we have learned so far
犬（犭）
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quǎn
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dog
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狮lion, 猪pig, 狗dog, 猫cat
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木
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mù
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wood
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森forest, 林forest, 树tree,
松pine, 桃peach, 果 fruit
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土
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tǔ
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soil
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地ground,
在 in/on/at
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⺾
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cǎo
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grass
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草grass, 苹apple
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火 (灬)
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huǒ
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fire
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焚burn, 灭to
put out fire, 热 hot
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日
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rì
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sun
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旦 dawn, 早 morning, 是is /am/are
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水 (氵)
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shuǐ
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water
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渔to fish，海sea，河river，
湖lake，湾gulf
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金 (钅)
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jīn
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gold
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银silver，铜 bronze
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人 (亻)
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rén
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person
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他he, 你 you, 休 to rest
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女
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nǚ
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woman
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她she, 妈mother, 姐older
sister,
妹younger
sister, 娃baby
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心 (忄)
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xīn
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heart
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意meaning, 思to think,
忙 busy, 息to rest
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口
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kǒu
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mouth
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吃eat, 喝drink, 哭cry, 哈ha,
只MW for animal, 叫call, 名name
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言 (讠)
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yán
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speak
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说talk/speak, 话speech
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肉(月)
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ròu
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meat
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肚belly, 脚foot, 胖fat, 朋friend
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手 (扌)
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shǒu
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hand
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打
hit, 拍clap
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足
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zú
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foot
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跑run，跳jump, 踢kick
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Animal
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People
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鸡 jī ：chicken
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夫 fū ：grown man
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蛇 shé：snake
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渔夫 yú fū：fisherman
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狮子 shī zi: lion
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她 tā : she; her
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猪 zhū : pig
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他 tā：he, him
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狗 gǒu : dog
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哥哥 gē ge: older brother
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猫 māo : cat
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弟弟 dì di: younger brother
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鱼 yú：fish
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娃娃 wá wa: baby
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乌龟 wū guī: turtle
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老师 lǎo shī : teacher
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鸭子 yā zi：duck
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女 nǚ： female
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Things
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Others
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米 mǐ: rice
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这是 zhè shì : this is
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车 chē: car
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什么 shén me: (QW) what
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石 shí : stone
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几 jǐ : QW for numbers
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衣服 yī fu: clothes
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只zhī ：MW for animals
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玉 yù：jade
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哈 hā : (sound of laughter)
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Verbs
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意思 yì si : meaning
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哭 kū: cry
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两 liǎng: 2 (used before MW)
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喝 hē : drink
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四 sì : four
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吃 chī: eat
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雨 yǔ : rain
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Grading Rubric (project is worth 100 points)
Poor
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Fair
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Good
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Excellent
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Content
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Missing parts, below 25
pages, minimal information presented, no hand-written characters
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Missing part, inadequate
information, character writing is barely recognizable
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Missing some parts, characters
writing is neat, information educational
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Have all parts, character
writing is excellent, information is interesting and
educational
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Accuracy of information
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Generally not accurate,
errors consistent throughout the book
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Generally accurate, shows
large amount of error
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Generally accurate, shows
occasional errors
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Very accurate information
with no errors
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Creativity/
Appeal to readers
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N/A
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Shows some creativity, ways
of presenting not appealing to readers
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Shows good creativity, ways
of presenting catches readers attention
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Shows great creativity,
ways of presenting very appealing to readers
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Appearance
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No bounding, messy, the
product doesn’t resemble the format of a book
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The product minimally
resembles the format of a book
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Clean, the product resembles
the format of a book
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Appealing aesthetically, ready-to-publish-format book
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