Friday, October 31, 2014

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
lion, pig, dog, cat  
wood
forest, forest, tree,
pine,   peach,  fruit
soil
ground,  in/on/at
cǎo
grass
grass, apple
()
huǒ
fire
burn, to put out fire, hot
sun
dawn, morning, is /am/are
(氵)
shuǐ
water
to fish,海seariver
lakegulf
()
jīn
gold
silver,铜 bronze
()
rén
person
he,   you, to rest  
woman
she, mother, older sister, 
younger sister, baby
()
xīn
heart
meaning, to think,  
busy,    to rest
kǒu
mouth
eat, drink, cry, ha, 
MW for animal, call, name
()
yán
speak
talk/speak,  speech
()
ròu
meat
belly, foot, fat, friend
()
shǒu
hand
hit,   clap       
foot
run,跳jump,  kick         

Animal
People
 chicken
  grown man
shésnake
渔夫 yú fūfisherman
狮子 shī zi: lion
  : she; her
zhū : pig
 he, him
gǒu : dog    
哥哥 gē ge: older brother
māo : cat
弟弟 dì di: younger brother
fish
娃娃 wá wa: baby
乌龟 wū guī: turtle
老师 lǎo shī : teacher
yā ziduck
nǚfemale

Things
Others
 : rice
这是 zhè shì : this is
chē: car   
什么 shén me: (QW) what
shí  : stone
  : QW for numbers
yī fu: clothes
zhī MW for animals
yù:jade
  : (sound of laughter)
Verbs
意思 yì si : meaning
: cry 
liǎng: 2 (used before MW)
  drink
: four
chī: eat     
: 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

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