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Lesson 4. Television - Coggle Diagram
Lesson 4. Television
4.1. Talk about your
television habits
4.1.1
Vocabulary
. Types of
television programs
Documentaries, the news, comedies, reality shows,soap operas
(telenovelas),
weather show, sitcom
(comedia de situcaión),
science fiction, dramas, game shows
(television program in which people play games or answer questions to win prizes), sports
4.1.2
Expresions
.
Express likes and dislikes
Likes:
I almost always watch
…(sports),
I’m crazy about…
(sitcoms),
I’m really into
….(documentaries),
I’m addicted to…
(the news),
I generally like…
(dramas)
Dislikes:
I don’t care for …, I can’t stand…, I never watch…, I absolutly hate…
4.1.3
Vocabulary
. Related to TV shows
Serious TV shows, cable TV, channels, silly, funny, programs, couch potato
My favorite
channel
has a lot of sitcoms from the 1990s
This new
cable TV
offers so many more shows than regular TV
Ex. I love this game show, It’s my favorite
program
Sometimes on the weekend I feel really lazy. I order pizza, watch TV and become a
couch potato
I saw a really
silly
game show: people had to sit in a bathtub of chocolate milk
4.1.4.
Express frequency
100%
Every morning
Almost always
Generally
Once in a while/occasionally/every now and then (de vez en cuando)
Seldom (rara vez)
Never
0%
4.2.
Describe a television program
4.2.1. More television
vocabulary
It’s set in
…(sucede en),
episode, murder, dialogue, acting, plot
(la trama)
4.2.2.
Grammar
.Future in the past
to talk about an event that was about to happen, but it was prevented by another event
was going to...
(+verb, BUT...verb in the past)
Chris
was going to kiss
Hannah,
but
her
phone rang
was about to...
(+verb,BUT...verb in the past)
The show
was about to
end, but they wrote three more episodes
4.2.3.
Vocabulary
. ADJ, that end: -ING/-ED
end
-ING
describe
things
EX.Documentaries are
boring
This show is
confusing
end in
-ED
describe
feelings
I'm
bored
I'm really
confused
4.2.4.
Expressions
. Describe a television program
What's it about?, It's set in Miami, great dialogue and excellent acting, It takes place in the 80's, It's about a young english couple, It's quite funny and kind of sweet
Omit subjects & verbs
With subjects & verbs
A. Have you seen the show 'Cry Wolf'? B.Did you say 'Cry Wolf'? What's it about? B.It's about a police detective in Seattle. It's written by Randi Sedgwick. The plot is fascinanting. She also wrote Murder First.
Omiting some subjects & verbs
A.Have you seen the show 'Cry Wolf'? B.Cry Wolf'? What's it about? A. A police detective in Seattle. Fascinanting plot. It's written by Randi Sedgwick. She also wrote Murder
4.4.
Write about TV in your country
4.4.1
Vocabulary
. Words to evaluate TV
violence, rating system, complex, educational, entertainment,restrictions,negative
Ex. I didn't know they could show taht on TV. Don't they have
restrictions
?/ This TV software is so
complex
. I'm not sure how to use it./ Have a look at the TV
rating
before you let kids watch the program/ The show was really
entretaining
but it also made you think/ Documentaries are the best way of
education
from TV/ In my opinion, there's too much
sex and violence
on TV these days
restrict (V), restriction (SUST), restricted (ADJ)
educate (V), education (SUST), educational (ADJ)
entertain (V), entertainment(SUST), entertaining (ADJ)
Words terminations:
-ion/-ment//-ence/-ing
Nouns
-ed/-al/-ing/-ent
Adj
Television program ratting sytems USA
Y
suitable for children
G
suitable for general audience
EX. The movie's rated
G
, so it's okay for the kids to watch it
PG
parental guidance suggested
MA
suitable for mature audiences only
EX. The program has an
MA
rating because there's a lot of sex and violence in it
4.4.2.
Grammar
. '
Because' VS 'Because of'
Because
because.... (PHRASE)
Kids love it
because it's entretaining
It's a good show because
it's educational
Because of
because of...(NOUN)
Maybe it's
because of the scary monkeys
Monkeys are my favorites
because of that show
4.4.3.
Expresions
.
Give and justify an opinion
Give an opinion
I was surprised at.../In my opinion .../ I feel strongly that...
Ex. I feel strongly that TV's positive
Justify an opinion
(The opinion)...,
Because
.../ ( The opinion)...,
for example
...
Ex.TV taught my kids how to cook
Read someone's opinion
when reading someone's opinion you can find the following:
The opinion
:
In my opinion
, TV can help educate children
Support for the opinion
:
For example
, TV can show children countries and places they may never visit
An action step/suggestion
:
We need to
help our children choose the right shows. Watch TV with them.
4.4.4.
Final Task
.Write about TV
In my opinion, TV is boring. Most of TV programs are to old and not made for young people. Youtube, Instagram and Tik Tok have become more popular in the las five years. Young people is not anymore interested in TV. Television programs need to change their formats and content in order to attract young people.
4.3.
Talk about a television commercial
4.3.1.
Vocabulary
.Describing advertisments
commercial
(TV advert),
marketing,feedback,humor,jingle
(canción de anuncio publicitario),
slogan
('just do it'),
endorsement
(respaldo comercial de un famoso),
logo, advert
He gave me great
feedback
. There was some criticism and some good ideas/ A lot of people enjoy
humor
in commercials/ Companies hire famous people for
product endorsement
. I can't stop singing the
jingle
of that commercial/ How about this
slogan
: Just do it?/Guess what? Crimson Johansson is going to
endorse
our new product
Advertisement vs Commercial
Advertisement
advert/ad- TV/newspaper...
Commercial
TV
4.3.2.
Expressions
. Express preferences
I like the
(second one)
better than...
/
'd rather
(watch the 1st one)
than
(the second)/
I like the
(third commercial)
better than .../ We prefer the xx to the xx/ I'm not keen on it
(No me encanta)/
I'm not crazy about...