Activity Five:

  • ask your student to write a list of the various signs that they might have
  • seen on the subway
  • review the handout, Subway Signs
  • add any that your student has mentioned discuss each word and the meaning

Activity Six:

  • using the TTC map, discuss the various bus and streetcar routes
  • all of the bus and streetcar routes are given at the bottom of the large map under the name of each station (e.g.: Bathurst - 7C , 90, 511 )
  • choose destinations from subway stations and have your student identify how they might get there (e.g.: Q: From the Dundas West subway Station how would I get to Queen St.? - A: I would take the 504 streetcar.)

Activity Seven:

  • using the list of key phrases have your student write a dialogue asking for directions to a particular place
    e.g.: Excuse me. I live at St. Clair and Yonge. Can you tell me how to get to Bloor and Royal York?
  • once your student has developed a basic dialogue, have him role-play it with you
  • provide him with different scenarios to role-play so that he uses all of the key phrases
  • have him use the map to identify the starting point and the destination
  • take turns asking for and giving directions

Activity Eight:

  • using the TTC map have your student locate the area that explains about the cost of tickets (Metro Area Fare)
  • have him highlight and then record the telephone number of where he would call to find out how much tickets cost

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