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

TV, Movies & Other Media

Today is Monday, August 1, 2011.


1) Warm-Up

Write 3 sentences and 2 questions about this picture.

from class:

There are three people: grandfather, father & son.They are eating snacks. They are watching a football game on TV.The son is riding on his father’s shoulders. The man is holding his son.The grandfather has a beer in his hand.

1. What kind of a sport game are they watching?
2. What type of a sport are they watching? 
3. Do they watch a movie?What are they watching? 
4. Are they watching a movie? 
5. Who are the people in this picture? 
6. What type of food are they eating?

2) Survey: What kind of movies do you prefer?

• comedy
• drama
• documentary (true)
• historical fiction
• romance
• action
• horror movies
• science fiction
• animation

3) Let's Talk:  How are TV, movies, and radio in the US different from TV in your country?