Monday, August 1, 2011

Monday Night Homework


YOU DECIDE / Group Discussion:

What should be allowed on TV commercials? List 5 things that should be prohibited on TV commercials.

guns, alcohol, sweets, birth control, fast food, cigarettes, medicine

Homework: Write your own list of 2 or 3 and explain WHY you would prohibit these items on TV commercials.

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Notes from class:

Ads during children’s television

Should commercials for sweet snacks be allowed on children’s shows?
  1. discourage obesity (being fat)
  2. Children are still growing.
    1. encourage good eating habits
    2. they can get thinner
  3. Children are easily influenced.

VOCABULARY:

genre
movie
movie theater = cinema
action
horror
comedy
drama
romance

censor / censored
prohibit / prohibited
restrict / restricted
allow / allowed
permit / permitted

alcohol / beer / liquor / hard liquor / wine
guns
sweets
sugar
obesity
medicine / medication / pharmaceuticals





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