Art Gallery of Ontario

Visit to the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto

The well-known Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) occupies a very modern building on the west side of the city centre. A complete series of temporary exhibitions are organized throughout the year by this gallery.

Some of the most important collections include Canadian, African, Oceanic, and European art. The museum also contains a particularly impressive collection of Canadian paintings.

At the end of the session, you will have:

visited the Art Gallery of Ontario virtually.
listened to two people talking about backpackers.
thought about what to include in your Genial.ly digital presentation about the city you have chosen.

Continue with your posts on Twitter (#taskadvice and #EDIAtoronto). This time you have to visit its official website and browse all its sections in order to choose which of the exhibitions is, in your opinion, the most interesting. The 'Rubric to assess a Tweet' can help you do a good job in this social network.

You can also send a tweet to the Art Gallery of Ontario saying you have visited it virtually. What has drawn your attention the most? What would you highlight from the Art Gallery? Send them a tweet: Art Gallery of Ontario Twitter.

Remember that the Art Gallery of Ontario must be part of the route at your Google Sites map.

Backpackers!

Listen carefully to Jonathan, who talks about backpackers and compares them to tourists and travellers. Pay attention to the accent because these two speakers are Canadian. After listening, do the vocabulary and quiz activities. You can do this activity in Backpackers.

After having done the listening activity, you have to answer the following questions orally and record your questions and answers in pairs in order to upload the result to your learning diary after having answered them:

Have you ever been backpacking? Did you like it? Why / Why not?
Have you ever been to a camp? Who with? How long did you stay there?
Would you like to go backpacking in the future? Where would you go? Which country would be your first option to go backpacking?

In order to record the answer to these questions, you can use the web WeVideo. Your teacher can help you in all this process and with the pronunciation. After having recorded them, you have to project them in the classroom and your classmates have to assess it using the 'Rubric to assess a video assignment in the classroom'.

Your task: Let's continue the research!

Task Step 2: Starting with the research for your digital presentation with Genial.ly.

As the task for this project is to create a digital presentation with the tool Genial.ly about one Canadian city that you have already chosen, it will be necessary to start looking for the information that you will include in your final product. Remember that, in this project, you have to use the Genial.ly website to compose your digital presentation.

Watch how you can use Genial.ly in your presentation.
Now, you have to look for some interesting links to complete the information of your city and start composing your digital presentation. Your teacher can help you select the most interesting ones.
You have to share what you have found with the rest of the class through different means. For example, you can use these Twitter hashtags: #taskadvice and #EDIAtoronto
You can brainstorm ideas about “Canadian cities” and start thinking about which topics you are going to include in your digital presentation about Canadian cities.

Learning diary

Step 2: Uploading the video with the questions from "Backpackers"

In this step, you have to upload the video file you have recorded in pairs.

As this is a perfect moment for you to check your work, you have to press the button and answer the questions in your personal blog.

Don't forget to share the entry with the video through Twitter using the hashtags #taskadvice and #EDIAtoronto.

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