Television: Reading TV Schedules

from: Remedial Reading for Elementary Students

Brief Description
Students use a weekly TV schedule to locate specific information concerning television programs.

Objective
To develop students' reading comprehension skills while doing minor research in an enjoyable medium.

Procedures
Activity One: TV Schedule

In a TV schedule, find and underline one example of each item named below. Write the title of the show on the blank line at the end of each item.

1. a daily talk show ______

2. a daily game show ______

3. a sports special ______

4. a weekly stunt show ______

5. a movie that starts between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. ______

6. a nightly game show ______

7. a show dealing with government/politics ______

8. a national news report ______

9. a fine arts show ______

10. a local news report ______

Activity Two: TV Search

You will need a current week's TV schedule to do this activity.

1. List the channels that broadcast a five o'clock news program. Note whether it is a national or a local newscast.

2. Fill in the timetable, listing the names, stations, and times of the shows you plan to watch tonight from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m.

TIME CHANNEL NAME OF SHOW

3. Choose on two-hour movie to watch this week. Tell when it aires, on which channel, and why you chose that particular show.

4. Design an advertisement for your selected two-hour movie (from item #3) for display in your home to convince other family members to watch it with you. (A newspaper page makes a good poster draw, color, or paint right over the printed words.)

5. Find the name of a show that could give you a recipe.

Source
ED 221 843
Reading: Parents, Kids, Teachers, Inc. A Resource Guide for Teachers interested din Parental involvement. Oklahoma State Department of Education, Oklahoma City, 1982. 224 pp.

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