Background Notes:

Activity One:

• you may need to use questions to solicit all of the information your student knows e.g.: Mel Lastman - What is Mel Lastman's title?

Activity Two:

• this activity could be done as a homework activity
• you may wish to encourage your student to use more than one word in a sentence
• another way to use the vocabulary is to create a cloze activity and have your student fill in the blanks using the words from the brainstorm

Activity Three:

• a good website to help your student complete this activity is : http://www.city.toronto.on.ca
• the Blue Pages in the telephone directory also offers a listing of city councillors

Activity Four:

• discuss the various services/responsibilities that the municipal government looks after

Activity Five:

• this activity should help you gain further information about your student's prior knowledge of the article you are about to read
• ask your student about current issues in her country/city