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//**Captain Funny Faces**// //**By:Salena D.**//

=== The start to tessellations can be complicated or easy. It's a repeating pattern that fits together. To start your tessellations project you have to make your own grid. Take a ruler and put it on the piece of paper and mark off every two inches across and down. Then your grid is complete. Next step is to take your two inch blue square and draw a line from your top left corner to the right corner then a line from the top left corner to the bottom left corner. Next cut along the lines and save everything. Now your ready to start. === === Now to decide on which tessellation to pick. There is reflection, rotation and translation. If you pick translation then you have to take the top piece you cut and slide it down to the bottom and take your left side piece and slide it to the right side. Then tape it together. If it is rotation then you take your top piece and put it on the right side and take your left piece and put it on bottom and tape it. But If you did reflection like I did then you have to draw a line from top right corner to top left corner. Then draw a line from top right corner to bottom right corner. Next cut along the lines and save pieces. Flip the pieces and bring them to the opposite side. Then of course tape it. === === Moving on! Now to learn about how to move the design on your grid. First, take your design you made and place it on a square on your grid and trace it. Wait! Before you go any farther, if your doing a translation then you take the pattern and slide it over make sure it is lined up and trace. But if you do reflection you have to flip over the pattern and slide it over and trace. Then for rotation you have to trace the design and rotate around one of the patterns. Now your grid should be accomplished. === === Alright, now look at your grid and tell me what you see. Use your imagination to see a picture I saw a face with a pirate hat and added my own creation to it. So draw your pictures and color it then come up with a name with it. Mine is called “Captain Funny Faces”. Enjoy your imaginations and use them very well. === === To sum this all up, this Tessellations project can be easy if you try. The only part that may be difficult is this essay you have to do after. Explain the steps carefully so others understand. Captain Funny Faces is full of adventure and fun within' your own eyes. Hope my project impresses everyone. ===