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Grand Opera House

Arriving at the end of our journey!

Our journey to the city of Belfast finishes at The Grand Opera House. The Grand Opera House is a theatre in Belfast, which was designed by a very well-known architect of the end of the nineteenth century, Frank Matcham. It opened on December, 23rd, 1895. According to the Theatres Trust, the "magnificent auditorium is probably the best surviving example in the United Kingdom of the oriental style applied to theatre architecture".

Grand opera house
William Murphy. Belfast - Grand Opera House (CC BY-SA)

At the end of the session, you will have:

  • visited the Grand Opera House in Belfast.
  • listened to and watched a video quiz about the city of Belfast.
  • reflected on all the different tasks you have worked on at the Learning Diary.

If you visit its official website, you will realize about the big amount of different shows that are scheduled in the Opera House. Which would you choose to view? You can also visit the Grand Opera House Youtube Channel if you wish to watch the different promos of the shows that are offered at the Opera House.

Remember that the Grand Opera House must be part of the route at your Google Sites map.

Continue with your posts on Twitter (#taskinterview and #EDIAbelfast). Have you chosen which your favourite show is? Send a tweet with the name and the hashtags of this project. The 'Rubric to assess a Tweet' can help you do a great job at this social network.

The city of Belfast

Once we have visited all the main landmarks in Belfast, let's revise some of the major features of this city with the help of the following video quiz about the city of Belfast. 

HMS Belfast
davidgsteadman. HMS Belfast (CC0)

Play the video and watch it once and again; as many times as you feel you need to. Once you have seen it, answer the questions to check what you have understood.

Your challenge: Belfast at the Google Site

Challenge Step 6: List of all links and images you have used in your project.

To finish your Google Site project about Belfast, add a new page where you and your group have to add the complete list of links that you have used throughout your research.

You also have to add a complete gallery of all the images that you have used in your Google Site project about Belfast.

Learning diary

Learning Diary. Step 8: Posting your Belfast Site and every audio / video outcome that you have produced.

Writing Tools

Peter O'Shea. Writing Tools (CC BY)

Remember to post the Belfast sites and the audio /videos you have recorded to your personal Learning Diary. That way, at the end of all the units, you are going to have a wonderful portfolio of all the materials you will have produced individually, in pairs and collaboratively in groups.

Learning Diary. Final Step: Complete revision of the project 

At this moment, you have to reflect on all the diferent tasks you have gone through this project.

Remember to share all the links of your posts through Twitter using the hashtags #EDIAbelfast and #taskinterview

Your teacher can put together all the tweets produced throughout this project through the following tools:

And now, answer the questions you can find below, at the Learning Diary. You can also assess the classroom experience you have had while doing this project.