Map making

incl. materials

oral

15 min.

Objectives

The learner can understand the description of a room.

Materials

• For every learner a small whiteboard
  
• Whiteboard markers
  
• Whiteboard erasers
  
• Blackboard

Preparation

You can make small whiteboards yourself by laminating A4 sheets. They can be used on both sides.

Instructions

• Describe your living room (or another room) in detail: the furnishing, the decoration, e.g. The door is on the right. When you enter the room, there is a couch on the left, …
• Describe the room again and let the learners draw the room.
• Compare the learners’ drawings. Do they look alike? Who drew best?
• Write down and explain the words the learners did not know or recognize.

Variant

• Ask a learner to describe his/her living room while the others draw.
  
• Divide the group into pairs. Let each pair in turn describe and draw.