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| Contentid | 6697 |
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| Title | Geography Lessons |
| Body | Here are some ideas for teaching geography from MoreTPRS users: Put a map of France on the floor. I made mine on a shower curtain, taped to the wall, with a map projected on the curtain. Use a black marker to indicate country borders (France and the surrounding countries), red dots to indicate major cities, blue for water (rivers and surrounding oceans), and green peaks for mountain ranges. Other ideas for getting a map on the floor: outlined on the floor with tape, or simply an old map pulled off its roller. Give commands to an individual student as with normal TPR, but add a location to the command. Example: Thérèse,Viens ici. Va en Italie. danse en Italie. Jérôme, marche dans les Alpes. Franck, va à Paris. Bien. Maintenant, chante. Now ask questions! Qui est à Paris? Qui marche? Où est Jérôme? Que fait Thérèse? My students all had blank paper maps of France that they labeled at their seats, three to five locales per day. Gross, S. [moretprs] A TPR geography lesson. MoreTPRS listserv (moretprs@yahoogroups.com, 14 Aug 2007). --- One year I pushed the desks to the edge of the room, put the students in groups of 3, gave each group a roll of masking tape and an outline map of France and asked them to make the map of France on the carpet. It had to cover the entire open area of the classroom. The next class finished the map, the next class added the bits of borders of the neighboring countries and the next added the rivers and mountain ranges. Then, we did various TPR activities with our map. I left it there for most of the year and would refer to various towns and regions as they came up in reading and lessons. I was amazed at how accurate they managed to make the map. It was much better than if I had done it myself. Volz, R. Re: [moretprs] A TPR geography lesson. MoreTPRS listserv (moretprs@yahoogroups.com, 18 Aug 2007). |
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