1. Download the activity suggested in the “Materiales Educativos Digitales” and have the beam projector ready to show the second activity.

2. Ask students what their favorite TV show is, what language it is in, what type of show that is, and why it is their favorite.

3. Tell students they are going to watch a video about the different types of TV programs and the genres they can be divided into.

4. Ask students to write in their notebooks the 4 categories of TV programs they will see in the video and take notes under those categories.

5. Ask students to answer these questions,

a) What are narrative TV shows)

 b) What are non-narrative TV shows?

6. Play the video and make several pauses for students to write the information they need. You can suggest they write only keywords and not complete sentences.

7. Ask students to work in groups of three and compare their notes and complement them and discuss them.

8. Invite the whole class to tell you what ‘narrative TV shows are’ and give some examples.

9. Ask students how many different types of TV shows they know and write them down to use later in the session.

10. Distribute the worksheet and tell students they are going to match the 11 types of shows to their descriptions. The first one is used as a model.

11. Help with vocabulary as needed and set a time limit so you have time to check answers and work with another activity.

12. Check answers by reading the words, ‘Sitcom’ and ask for the description, etc.

13. Ask students to give you examples of TV shows (in English or Spanish, it’s ok).

1. Have the beam projector ready to show the interactive worksheet suggested in the “Materiales Educativos Digitales” section and download the file suggested as well for the next activity.

2. Ask students to define ‘news’, ‘soap (opera)’, and ‘documentary’ (they can use the activity from the previous session.)

3. Ask students to work in groups of 3 and write in their notebooks a list 1- 16 for them to write the type of show they will see in the video.

4. Tell students these are clips from famous TV shows in the USA-

5. Pause the video every three samples of shows so students can have time to discuss and classify the shows. If they write some keywords about each sample, that may help in classifying them.

6. Monitor and make sure they are discussing and working as a team.

7. Check answers by inviting groups to call out the answers and invite the class to correct if necessary.

8. Ask students to define ‘cast’, ‘location’, ‘talk show’ and what they have in common.

9. Tell students they are going to answer a fun quiz about movies and television to score your vocabulary knowledge

10. Distribute the worksheet and invite students to answer these fourteen questions and ask them to work individually.

11. Monitor the activity and help as needed, however, encourage students to read and try to work on the meaning of new words by using the context.

12. Check answers with the whole class by choosing students at random and invite the rest of the class to correct gently if necessary.

13. Ask students how much they know about movies and television by using the estimates at the bottom of the page.

1. Have the beam projector ready to show the reading suggested in the “Materiales Educativos Digitales” section and download to make copies of the activity suggested for the first part of the session.

2. Unless you sign up on the webpage, you will be able to download and print.

3. Ask students how much TV they watch a day, a week, on the weekend and how much TV their parents watch.

4.  Show the activity and keep it projected on the board or wall for students to be able to read it.

5. Ask students to interview classmates, walk around the room, and ask the questions to 12 different students since there are 12 questions.

6. Review how Yes/No questions are formed in the present tense: DO + you + have + a TV in your room? And make sure students understand they need to change the statement into a question. You may want to leave that example on the board for them to guide them.

7. When they finish asking their questions, invite students to share the information by reporting, (about question 1) ‘Luis used to watch TV but he doesn’t do it anymore’, then, ask the class to ask Luis ‘Why don’t you watch it anymore?’

8. Tell students they have been working with TV genres, shows, and famous people so this activity is to help them describe shows and talk about Television in general

9. Distribute the word search activity and ask students to read the words listed to the right. Help them with vocabulary as needed and make sure they know the words.

10. Set a time limit and if time is up and they are not finished, ask them to mingle and sit with another classmate to complete the search.

11. Check answers and ask students to group the words into two groups, whichever they want, label the categories and tell you why they did it that way.