Skill: Reading Level of Assessment: Novice Low/Mid ACTFL Topic: Self and family, telling time Title: TV/Radio Listings

Your teacher from your beginning level language class assigned the schedule below for homework and asked you to answer the questions. You really have a lot of reading for chemistry and so you do this fun looking assignment for your language class first.

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12:00 12:30 1:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 PM 3:30 PM PM PM Zoboomafoo Teletubbies Mister Baking With Anything I Religion & Between the George : Tracks : Marble Rogers' Julia Can Do ... Ethics Lions : The Shrinks : If It (Children's) Track Neighborhood (Cooking) CC Stereo Newsweekly Sad Dad Ain't Broke TVY CC (Children's) (Children's) CC Stereo : (Children's) (Children's) Stereo DVS TVY CC TVY CC Misericordia; TVY CC TVY CC Stereo The Mikvah; Stereo DVS Stereo 2 Virgin of 2 KTCA Guadeloupe KTCA (News) CC Stereo 4 News The Bold As the World Turns (Soaps) Guiding Light (Soaps) Dr. Phil (Talk / Tabloid) Today and the TV14 CC Stereo TV14 CC Stereo TVPG (News) Beautiful (Soaps) 4 TV14 CC 4 WCCO Stereo WCCO All My Children (Soaps) One Life to Live (Soaps) General Hospital (Soaps) The Ellen DeGeneres TVPG CC Stereo TV14 CC Stereo TVPG CC Stereo Show (Talk / Tabloid) CC Stereo

5 5 KSTP KSTP Judge Divorce Texas Justice Texas Montel Williams (Talk / Maury (Talk / Tabloid) Hatchett Court (Talk / Justice (Talk Tabloid) TVPG CC TV14 CC (Reality) (Reality) Tabloid) / Tabloid) (Repeat) TVPG CC TVPG CC TVPG CC TVPG CC 9 (Repeat) Stereo Stereo Stereo 9 KMSP (Repeat) (Repeat) KMSP Days of Our Lives (Soaps) Passions (Soaps) TV14 CC Starting Over (Reality) Access Pyramid TV14 CC Stereo Stereo TVPG CC Stereo Hollywood (Game) (Talk / TVPG CC Tabloid) Stereo 11 TVPG CC (Repeat) 11 KARE KARE

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For questions 1-4, put a check () beside the right answer.

1. This schedule is for TV programs Radio programs

2. This programming starts at midnight starts at noon ends at noon ends at midnight

3. How many channels/stations are listed? Four Five Six Seven

4. Which station has a program with a chef? a. KTCA b. WCCO c. KSTP d. KARE

5. What is scheduled between 2:00 and 3:00 pm on WCCO?

______

6. When is there a news program and where can you find it?

When? Where?

Time: ______Name of station: ______

7. List two programs that you are interested in the time and where you can find them:

(1) (2)

Title: ______

Day & Time: ______

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Location: ______

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Answers:

1. TV programs  2. starts at noon  3. five  4. a 5. Guiding Light 6. Time: 12:00 P.M. Location: WCCO 7. Student list two programs with correct date and time

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