HOW ENGLISH, LANGUAGES & CARTOGRAPHY INTERACT

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Are you learning about the Oceans, Explorers, or a particular Country?  Reading and writing is a human skill we develop to communicate! 

Here are some fun activities to help you with your mappy words and phrases!

See how authors write adventure stories. Why are maps important in an adventure storybook?

See how Cressida Cowell uses maps in her storybooks below!

Check out the National Geographic Kids Explorer series !! https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/kids-club/entertainment/books/explorer-academy/

Which languages do you speak? Where else in the world do they speak it?

A language family tree - in pictures | Education | The Guardian 

A great way to remember spellings of mappy words!

Authors use maps for shaping their stories but we can also Map where stories are located on a map. 

Shakespeare's plays and poems can be seen on this map - painted by English Artist Jane Tomlinson

A great mappy Glossary 

Source: National Library of Scotland

Learn some more map words in the downloads section below!