Activity Procedures:

Activity One: Handout: The Provincial Government

• using the brainstorm sheet, have your student tell you everything she knows about the provincial government
• one question to ask may be what words come to mind when you think of provincial government

Activity Two:

• have your student record the word from the brainstorm on index cards and use each word in a sentence

Activity Three

• have your student read the handout, The Ontario Government
• to herself ask her to underline any vocabulary she is unsure of (either pronunciation or meaning)
• take turns reading the handout aloud
• ask your student to stop if she does not understand something
• have your student complete the cloze activity at the end of the unit

Activity Four:

• using the handout, Provincial Responsibilities discuss each department in the provincial government
• have your student read each word aloud
• take the main responsibilities from the list and then order the other offices under each main heading
• use the Blue Pages of the telephone directory to expand the list