Entertainment District

Do you fancy going out this evening?

In Toronto, there is something similar to New York's Broadway: the Toronto Entertainment District. It normally comes to life in the evenings. This is the place that you must visit in order to see major theatre productions with the latest shows and musicals, concerts, and other performing arts.

There are also different kinds of restaurants and places for socializing, as well as hotels and shops. The main centre of activity in the Entertainment District is along King Street.

Shaun Merritt . *Toronto Entertainment District BIA Master Plan* (CC BY)

At the end of the session, you will have:

used a thinking routine about the Toronto Entertainment District.
learnt how to give recommendations with the modal verbs "should" and "ought to".

To start with, let’s begin with a thinking routine, about the Toronto Entertainment District. Look at the picture of the street.

After having viewed this picture of Toronto Entertainment District, answer these questions in your learning diary:

What can you see?
What kind of shops and places can you visit in this district?
Do you think that a lot of people visit this district daily? When do they visit it?

You can obtain more information about what you can do in this district by visiting its official website.

Then, after visiting the website, answer the following questions:

What kind of different activities can you do in this district?
Do you have something similar where you live? Where do you have to go to have something to enjoy yourself?
What does it make you wonder?

You have to answer these questions in your personal blog. The title of the post must be "Toronto Entertainment District Thinking Routine"

Remember that the Toronto Entertainment District and King Street must be part of the route at your Google Sites map.

Continue with your posts on Twitter (#taskadvice and #EDIAtoronto). You have to answer these questions in your tweets: Do you like going out in the evening? What do you usually do? Who do you usually go out with? Do you usually go to a music concert? And to the cinema or the theatre? Have you ever been to an opera? The 'Rubric to assess a Tweet' can help you do a good job in this social network.

You should visit a country like Canada!

As in this project we have to search and recommend some aspects of Canadian cities, you must know one modal verb that can help you express these recommendations. The modal verb "should" is used to make recommendations and to give some piece of advice.

Robert Taylor . *Royal Canadian Mounted Police* (CC BY)

Sometimes, instead of using the modal verb "should", you can also use the semi-modal verb "ought to". Whether you use one modal verb or the other, practise doing three different exercises: Exercise 1 & Exercise 2 & Exercise 3.

Try to do the activities in pairs. Your teacher can help you with all the exercises.

Once you finish, you have to write in your learning diary a short text using these two modal verbs ("should" and "ought to") about things that you recommend doing in the Canadian city you are working with.

Your Task: First version of your presentation

Task Step 3: Time to start finishing the design of your digital presentation about a Canadian city

As you have to do this task individually, you can share your draft with another classmate and he or she can give you some suggestions in order to improve your final product. Then, you have to give some feedback to another classmate as well.

Remember that in the following step, you will have to use the Genial.ly website. So, try to make the most of it with your presentation.

Your challenge: Toronto at the Google Site

Challenge Step 4: Organizing the Toronto entry at your Google Site

At this step, you have to keep on organizing all the information you have gathered in order to complete the entry.

Each group ( 2 / 3 people) has to organize the information you have searched about Toronto at your Google Site. Creativity in the distribution of the contents is very important.

At this step, you have to include at your Google Site the following information: one video about tourism in Toronto.

If you find more than one representative video or any other audiovisual information, you can also include them in your Google Site.

Learning diary

Learning diary Step 4: Revise all the steps of your task and challenge so far.

You are in the middle of your ´Toronto´ project. It is time now to revise all the steps you have done so far in both the task and the challenge.

Click on the "Show Feedback" button and answer these questions individually in your learning diary.

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