Have students follow the steps below to create their tessellation.

• Click View>Zoom, select 150 percent (or greater) and click OK.
• Press CTRL D (Mac: Apple/Command Key and D) to duplicate the chevron. (That both copies and pastes in only one step.)
• Duplicate the chevron 15 times.
• Arrange the chevrons in a pattern so they are end-to-end and row-upon-row, with no spaces in between. (There should be four chevrons on each of four rows.)
• Use the paint can icon on the Drawing toolbar to color the polygons. (Alternate two colors for best effect.) Hint: Hold down the shift key while selecting every other polygon, and then click a color to quickly paint half the polygons.
• The complete tessellation will look something like this:
  
  
  
• Save your work!
  

Next: Creating a tessellation with an original polygon.