Name __________________________
Create Your Own Island
Goal: You are going to create own island using map features and the landforms that you have
learned about. Your island features and details should match the setting and description in your
story. Be creative and use alliteration with your landform names (i.e. Magic Mountain, Precious
Plain, Busy Bay).
Procedure:
Check off each step as you complete it.
Step 1: Landform research
Use your Our Country and Its Regions textbook pages GH4-GH5 to draw and define the
following landforms.
Word
mountain
river
lake
Definition
Picture
harbor
peninsula
plateau
bay
coast
island
plain
valley
Step 2: Planning your map.
a. List the six landforms, their alliteration names, and the symbol that you will include on
your map in the key.
Map Symbol
Example: Lasso Lake
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
4. ________________________________
5. ________________________________
6. ________________________________
b. Title/Theme of your map: ________________________________________________
c. What is the date on your map? ____________________________________________
d. Who is the author of your map? ___________________________________________
e. What is your scale going to look like and represent? ___________________________
f. What is the capital city of your island? ______________________________________
g. What are the names of the three cities/towns you will have on your map?
1. _____________________________
2. _____________________________
3. _____________________________
h. What is the name of the highway or main road on your map?
_______________________________
i. Please list any other features that your map will have and the symbols you will use for the
items below. Do not overfill your map. Keep it simple, but put a lot of effort into it.
Step 3: Drawing your rough draft
1. Draw the rough draft of your island on white paper.
2. When you have finished drawing, see a teacher to check for spelling, requirements, and
completeness.
3. Remember to include all the items from Step 2, a key, and a compass rose.
Do you have T.O.A.D.S. (Title, Orientation, Author, Date, Symbols and Scale)?
Step 4: Final draft of your map
1. Using pencil, draw your map on cardstock provided by your teacher.
2. Cut out your island and glue it onto blue paper with glue stick.
3. Outline the names and landforms on your map with a Sharpie.
4. Color your map neatly and carefully (Not too dark, you want to be able to read it.)
Island Rubric
4
Grade: _________
Parts of a Map
Landforms/Cities
Spelling/
The map includes all of the
The map includes all of the
following items:
Grammar
o
Well organized
No daily
o
Effort and
following items:
Effort/Organization
o
title
o
6 or more landforms
oral
creativity is beyond
o
compass rose
o
drawn accurately
language or
expectation
o
author
o
names use alliteration.
spelling
o
date
o
Three cities, labeled
mistakes
o
a key with symbols that
o
Capital city, labeled
match the map
o
Highway, labeled
o
3
Student Name: ___________________________
o
neatly and is
legible
scale (i.e. 1 inch = 100 mi.)
Has 90% of the following:
Has 90% of the following:
1-3 daily
o
organized
o
Effort and
o
title,
o
6 or more landforms
oral
o
compass rose
o
drawn accurately
language or
creativity is at
o
author
o
names use alliteration.
spelling
grade- level
o
date
o
Three cities, labeled
mistakes
expectation
o
a key with symbols that
o
Capital city, labeled
match the map
o
Highway, labeled
o Work is done
neatly and is
o scale (i.e. 1 inch = 100 mi.)
2
Work is done
legible
Has more than half of the
Has more than half of the
4-7 daily
o
Fairly organized
following requirements:
following:
oral
o
Effort and
o
title
o
6 or more landforms
language or
creativity is below
o
compass rose
o
drawn accurately
spelling
grade-level
o
author
o
names use alliteration.
mistakes
expectation
o
date
o
Three cities, labeled
o
a key with symbols that
o
Capital city, labeled
match the map
o Highway, labeled
o Work is not done
neatly and is at
times illegible
o scale (i.e. 1 inch = 100 mi.)
1
Has less than half of the
Has less than half of the
More than
following requirements:
following requirements:
7 daily oral
o
Not organized,
cluttered
o
o
title
o
6 or more landforms
language or
o
compass rose
o
drawn accurately
spelling
creativity is far
o
author
o
names use alliteration.
mistakes
below expectation
o
date
o
Three cities, labeled
or incomplete
o
a key with symbols that
o
Capital city, labeled
o Work is messy and
match the map
o Highway, labeled
o scale (i.e. 1 inch = 100 mi.)
Effort and
is illegible often