repare to write your story :  

1. Choose a math topic and math standard(s) from the list of standards to focus your book on.
2. Pick the vocabulary words (10 or more geometry words) that you’ll use to support the math topic that you’ve chosen.  Feel free to use other math vocabulary to support your story.
3. Choose an age or grade level for children that your book will be appropriate for.
4. Create a name for your main character(s).
5. Choose a setting for your story.
6. Create a plot for the story.
7. Choose a Title for your book…(Some books that have been published include The Greedy Triangle; How Big is a Foot; Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi; Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland; A Higher Geometry; So Many Circles, So Many Squares; Shapes, Shapes, Shapes, A fly on the Ceiling, etc. )

 rite your story:

1. Write a rough draft of your story.
2. Read it to at least two people (at least one adult) and ask them to tell you what they like about the story, whether you’ve used the geometry vocabulary correctly, and what they would change to make it better.  Have each of them complete a feedback form and sign it.  Make sure to hand this in with your book and evaluation sheet.
3. Make revisions and word-process the text.
4. Divide the book into a minimum of 10 “children book” pages so that you can add illustrations to your story. 
5. Bibliography and Illustrations:    Illustrations can be original (which are preferred)  - drawings or photographs that you’ve taken OR un-copyrighted clipart.  If you use clipart, make sure to include a page that cites where the pictures came from – Include a copy of the picture and a link to the exact page on the Internet with the picture on it.

PRINT the project, feedback forms, and the evaluation rubric

Read the books from the spring of 2007

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