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