Period 4 Vocabulary

Task 1 Warming –up

Discussing how to relax oneself.

Pre-task warming-up

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cartoon

Mini –task 1 Talking about cartoons

comedy

Mini-task 2 Talking about comedy

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documentary

Mini-task 4 Talking about documentary

drama series

Mini-task 3 Talking about drama series

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chat show

Mini-task 5 Talking about chat show

game show

Mini –task 6 Talking about game show.

• Sandy:What types of TV programs do you like, Millie?

• Millie:I like watching _________because I learn a lot about nature ,history and real life events from them.

• Sandy:I prefer ___________. I hope one day I can take part in one of them, answer all the questions and win a great prize!

• Daniel:I like ___________because actors are always very funny and they make me laugh.

documentaries

game shows

comedies

While-task : Finishing the conversations among the students

• Simon:If I have time, I will watch a________________ . There are always famous people on these shows talking about their lives.

• Amy:I love _________so much.My favourite one is Hello Kitty.

• Andy: Do you like ____________?I think they are great. They always have such interesting stories.

• Sandy:Yes, bust sometimes they are too long.I don’t have time to sit in front of the TV every night.

chat show

cartoons

drama series

1 It is a set of programs that have the same subject or characters.

3 It shows the things and events that happen in real life.

2 It is interesting and some of the people can win prizes at it.

drama series

game show

documentary

While-task Guessing the names of the TV programmes.

6 It can also be called ‘ talk show’.

4 It is very funny. It usually has a happy ending.

comedy

cartoon

chat show

5 It is made up of a series of drawings. Most of the children like it

I like( prefer) _____because ______________.

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Reality showReality show

While-task : Practice the function of the types of TV programmes.

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cartoon

documentary

chat show

drama series

game show

Post-task activity: Learning more vocabularies about the TV programs. Work in groups.

Use different adjectives to say more about your favorite programsSuch as educational, interesting, more interesting, and so on.

Discussion

As we know, all the students in Grade 9 are very busy all day .Some parents and

teachers don’t think it is good for you to watch TV.Do you agree with them?

Why or why not? If you have time to watch TV, what is your

favourite program? Why?