<strong><span style="color: #008000">Due:  March 26, 2010</span></strong>
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	<li><span style="color: #008000">The book must be the original work of the author.  Your child </span><strong><span style="color: #008000">must</span></strong><span style="color: #008000"> write the story.</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #008000">There is not a set length that the story should be.  I would suggest at least 4 pages with several sentences on each page.  (Each page can also include an illustration.) Your child has been writing during Writer’s Workshop throughout the year and I have suggested that they take one of the stories in their folder and elaborate on that.  If they made a Young Authors story last year, they can also take that story and make it stronger.</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #008000">The writing can be poetry, story (narrative)-fiction or nonfiction, or informational.</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #008000">The book may be typed or legibly handwritten.  If the text is typed by someone else-(parent, etc.), credit must be given to that person.  The typist may not edit the book in any way.</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #008000">If your child chooses to illustrate the book, the illustrations can be photographs, pictures, and illustrations cut from newspapers, magazines, etc. or author’s original artwork.</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #008000">Informational books must include reference section.</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #008000">The book must have a substantial cover (cardboard, heavy paper, etc.) and the pages should be securely attached.</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #008000">Each student must have a printed identification card affixed to the inside cover.  I have many index cards and will give several to each student.  The card should include the following information: </span>
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	<li><span style="color: #008000">Author/illustration name</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #008000">Grade</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #008000">Age</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #008000">Home address</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #008000">School name and phone number</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #008000">Teacher’s name</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #008000">Title of book</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #008000">Genre of book (narrative, informational, or poetry)</span></li>
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<span style="color: #008000">9.  Completed books are due no later than Friday, March 26, 2010.</span>

<span style="color: #008000">10. Only a very few books can be submitted for competition, but we will spend time in the classroom reading and enjoying everyone’s work.</span>

<span style="color: #008000">As always, thanks for your help!  Everyone seems excited about this project!  Have fun!  This will be your child’s language arts homework for the next two weeks!  Please feel free to email me your questions at </span><a href="mailto:ssprasad-hei@cps.edu"><span style="color: #008000">ssprasad-hei@cps.edu</span></a><span style="color: #008000">.</span>