Character Book Project

Requirements for Character Picture Book Project （Due Friday，November 14th)
* 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）	quǎn	dog	狮lion, 猪pig, 狗dog, 猫cat
木	mù	wood	森forest, 林forest, 树tree, 松pine,   桃peach,  果 fruit
土	tǔ	soil	地ground,  在 in/on/at
⺾	cǎo	grass	草grass, 苹apple
火 (灬)	huǒ	fire	焚burn, 灭to put out fire, 热 hot
日	rì	sun	旦 dawn, 早 morning, 是is /am/are
水 (氵)	shuǐ	water	渔to fish，海sea，河river， 湖lake，湾gulf
金 (钅)	jīn	gold	银silver，铜 bronze
人 (亻)	rén	person	他he,   你 you, 休 to rest
女	nǚ	woman	她she, 妈mother, 姐older sister,  妹younger sister, 娃baby
心 (忄)	xīn	heart	意meaning, 思to think,   忙 busy,    息to rest
口	kǒu	mouth	吃eat, 喝drink, 哭cry, 哈ha,  只MW for animal, 叫call, 名name
言 (讠)	yán	speak	说talk/speak,  话speech
肉(月)	ròu	meat	肚belly, 脚foot, 胖fat, 朋friend
手 (扌)	shǒu	hand	打 hit,   拍clap
足	zú	foot	跑run，跳jump,  踢kick

Animal	People
鸡 jī ：chicken	夫 fū ：grown man
蛇 shé：snake	渔夫 yú fū：fisherman
狮子 shī zi: lion	她 tā : she; her
猪 zhū : pig	他 tā：he, him
狗 gǒu : dog	哥哥 gē ge: older brother
猫 māo : cat	弟弟 dì di: younger brother
鱼 yú：fish	娃娃 wá wa: baby
乌龟 wū guī: turtle	老师 lǎo shī : teacher
鸭子 yā zi：duck	女 nǚ： female

Things	Others
米 mǐ: rice	这是 zhè shì : this is
车 chē: car	什么 shén me: (QW) what
石 shí  : stone	几 jǐ : QW for numbers
衣服 yī fu: clothes	只zhī ：MW for animals
玉 yù：jade	哈 hā : (sound of laughter)
Verbs	意思 yì si : meaning
哭 kū: cry	两 liǎng: 2 (used before MW)
喝  hē : drink	四 sì : four
吃 chī: eat	雨 yǔ : rain

Others：汉，字，中，文，部，首， （子曰：知之为知之， 不知为不知， 是知也）， 万圣节， 一二三四五六七八九十，云， 山， 门，马， 牛， 月， 川，鸟，哪里






Grading Rubric (project is worth 100 points)

	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
Content	Missing parts, below 25 pages, minimal information presented, no hand-written characters	Missing part, inadequate information, character writing is barely recognizable	Missing some parts, characters writing is neat, information educational	Have all parts, character writing is excellent, information is interesting and educational
Accuracy of information	Generally not accurate, errors consistent throughout the book	Generally accurate, shows large amount of error	Generally accurate, shows occasional errors	Very accurate information with no errors
Creativity/ Appeal to readers	N/A	Shows some creativity, ways of presenting not appealing to readers	Shows good creativity, ways of presenting catches readers attention	Shows great creativity, ways of presenting very appealing to readers
Appearance	No bounding, messy, the product doesn’t resemble the format of a book	The product minimally resembles the format of a book	Clean, the product resembles the format of a book	Appealing aesthetically,  ready-to-publish-format book