Narnia: Position and Direction

LO: to know and use the language of position and direction.

How do we read/identify the position of an object on a grid?

We can add numbers and letters to allow us to say its position.

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Where is Aslan? Where is the White Witch? Where is her castle?

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Aslan = D4, Witch = A1 , Castle = A5

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If we add a compass we can also use

this to describe

movement on the grid.

What words can we use to describe movements around a grid?

Narnia’s Enemies Start War

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Describe a route the witch could take to attack

Aslan.

Narnia’s Enemies Start War

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East 1 square, North 2 squares,

East 1 square, North 1 square,

East 1 square.

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A B C D E F G H I J

Cair Paravel

Witches camp

Stone table

Beaver DamWardrobe

Lantern Wastes

Witches Castle

Stormness Head

Shuddering Wood

Frozen Lake

Ettinsmoor

Archen River

Tables 1 and 2 :

Draw the creatures in the right squares. Centaur H2, Dwarf E3, Father Christmas F6, Mr Beaver C7, Mr Tumnus B8, Minoboar C9, Giant H9. Extension: add some characters of your own and note their positions.

Tables 3 and 4:

Add some characters of your own and describe the grids references.Extension: Describe the route Aslan takes from the stone table to the witch’s castle.

Table 5:

Copy the map onto a 10 x 10 grid. Add some characters and describe their positions. Draw and describe a route from the wardrobe to Cair Paraval.

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