Phase 5 :
Haveagoatmappingacolectionofdifferentobjects – place them onatrayonthe�oor .
Phase 6 :
Itwilbeimportanttotrytodrawthem intherightplacesrelative tooneanother . Imagineyourtrayisyourwholepieceofpaper . Thismeansyourdrawingwilmostlikelyneedtobesmalerthanthe realthing – maybeaquarterofthesizeorles . Cartographerscal this ‘ drawingtoscale ’.
If , whenyoulookfrom above , there ’ saspoononthetrayinthe topleftcorner , thenonyourdrawing , yourspoonshouldbein thetopleftcorner . Andiftheplateisclosertothespoonthanitis tothepepperpot , itshouldbecloseronyourdrawingtoo . Make surethatyoualwayslookfrom thesamesideofthetray – don ’ t changesides , oryourmapwilendupmuddled ! Andremember , onlydrawwhateachobjectlookslikefrom above .
Thingstothinkabout
rCompareyourmaptoarealmapofa mountainrange . Canyouthinkofsomewaysto makeyourdrawinglookmoreliketherealthing ?
rImagineyourdrawingisamapofamysterious placeyou ’ vejustdiscovered – addnamestothe features – teacupmountain , pepperpotpeak , stringriveretc . Couldyouusethismapasaseting forashortstory ?
Phase 7
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Compareyourmaptothetray . Nowyoucanaddsomecolourto makeitevenmoresimilar .
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