This document discusses the effects of television viewing on children. It notes that children in the US watch an average of 3-4 hours of TV per day, spending more time watching television than in the classroom by the time they graduate high school. While TV can entertain and inform, it can also influence children in undesirable ways by taking away from other important activities like reading, homework, exercise, and family interaction. Children also learn inappropriate or incorrect information from television and have trouble distinguishing fantasy from reality. The document provides tips for parents to help control what and how much television their children watch.

1. Task 1: Look for the words about science and technology. Then, you have matching
so you have to match the words with the synonym or antonym.

2. Children and Watching TV
Television viewing is a major activity
and influence on children and
adolescents. Children in the United
States watch an average of three to
four hours of television a day. By the
time of high school graduation, they
will have spent more time watching
television than they have in the
classroom. While television can
entertain, inform, and keep our
children company, it may also
influence them in undesirable ways.
Time spent watching television takes
away from important activities such as
reading, school work, playing,
exercise, family interaction, and social
development. Children also learn information from television that may be inappropriate or
incorrect. They often cannot tell the difference between the fantasy presented on television
versus reality. They are influenced by the thousands of commercials seen each year, many of
which are for alcohol, junk food, fast foods, and toys.
Children who watch a lot of television are likely to: have lower grades in school, read fewer
books, exercise less, be overweight.
Parents can help by doing the following: don't allow children to watch long blocks of TV, but
help them select individual programs. Choose shows that meet the developmental needs of
your child. Children's shows on public TV are appropriate, but soap operas, adult sitcoms, and
adult talk shows are not. Set certain periods when the television will be off. Study times are
for learning, not for sitting in front of the TV doing homework. Meal times
are a good time for family members to talk with each other, not for watching television.

3. 1. Fill in the table with the good and bad sides of watching TV.
Good sides Bad sides
1. Give complete answers to these questions.
A. What may be the bad effects of watching too much TV on school work?
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B. How can it affect your health?
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C. Which programmes are appropriate for children and which are not?
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D. How much TV do you watch on an average day?
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4. E. Should parents control what their children see on TV? Why/ Why not?
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Write a short paragraph about the effects that the television has in people is accustomed to watch TV.
Write 5 to 10 lines.
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Formative Evaluation
Aspects to Evaluate.
1 2 3
Task Achievement The students do not
achieve any aspect
which are asking for the
paragraph
The students comply
with some aspects are
asking for the paragraph
The students comply all
the aspects are asking
for the paragraph .
Spelling The students have many
errors.
The student has some
errors
The students show no/
few error
Grammar The students show
deficient use of
grammar so; the
students do not show
good manage of
grammar.
The student shows good
manage of grammar
with some errors in the
paragraph
Student show excellent
manage of grammar in
the paragraph
Vocabulary The student does not
show good manga of
vocabulary.
The students show
some difficulty with the
vocabulary
The students have good
manage of vocabulary at
this level in the
paragraph