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Downloadable worksheets:
READING Comprehension -Two articles: E-mails - a sign of progress or of laziness? / Text messaging :-) OR :-(?
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-17
Downloads:
4756
"Bullying... WHY ME?!!" Reading/ Writing Worksheet for Intermediate students
Level:
intermediate
Age:
11-17
Downloads:
4009
"Television - Benefits and Side Effects": a 90-minute-lesson with the focus on Reading + Writing skills for Intermediate Students
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-17
Downloads:
3945
"Shopping - Do you like it or hate it?" ( a 90-minute class) - Reading comprehension + writing for Intermediate or Upper elementary students
Level:
intermediate
Age:
11-17
Downloads:
3135
100 READING GAMES - POSTER + Timesavers + Hippo Report + Suggestions + BW + tons of LINKS - ((11_PAGES)) - A1-C2 level
Level:
elementary
Age:
6-17
Downloads:
2926
"Me and My family" - Reading comprehension for Upper elementary and Lower Intermediate students
Level:
elementary
Age:
10-12
Downloads:
3149
TV Nation
In 1950, only 9% of U.S. homes
own
owned
has owned
a television. Today 99 % of households have at least one TV and 56 % of 13 to 17 years olds have a television in
his
her
their
bedrooms. Most people with cable or satellite TV can watch over 200 channels.
A recent survey
told
showed
say
that children aged from 2 to 17 watched television for an average of 25 hours a week. One in five children watched more than 35 hours of TV each week. By the age of 18, the average
American teenager spends more time
watching
watch
watches
television than learning in the classroom. Children who watch too much TV do not do other important activities such as reading, talking with other people and getting exercise. As a result, experts
believe
believed
were believing
that children who watch a lot of TV are fatter , less healthy and eat less healthy food.
American TV is full of adverts. Most channels have a break for adverts
for
every
a
five or six minutes. By the time he or she is eighteen the average American child has watched 350,000 adverts. Many of
this
that
these
are for junk food and fizzy drinks and these aren't good for their health.
There is also
many
a lot of
most
violence on American TV. One study estimated that children watched 8,000 murders before they left primary school. Some studies suggest that
there is
there are
their is
a link between the violence children watch on TV and violence in later life. Is this why violence
be
was
is
a problem in many American schools? What do you think?
