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Program 13 (#113)

TV Schedule:

Professional women basketball players explain applications of fractions and percentages in their sport; new immigrants get advice on applying for citizenship, and Laverne helps a customer fill out a credit application. An Oakland woman shares how writing a letter can generate change in a community.

Education Record Rights: Fixed expiration date - Sep 01, 2010.

Program Description: TV411 focuses on parenting, money matters, and health. Subjects include reading comprehension, research techniques, writing to others, filling out forms, calculating percentages, using fractions, test taking, and more. The series teaches life skills in a manageable, lively format. Fictional and real-life personalities host segments: Dennis Franz from NYPD Blue explains how to read a newspaper article. A WNBA star and new mom offers advice on time management. Famous authors share their love of reading and writing. A cast of entertaining characters covers the math and literacy topics of everyday life. And real adult learners tell how they acquired literacy skills to become better parents, employees, and lifelong learners.

All Upcoming Episodes

  • Program 9 (#109)

    Agent Know How tries out the library computer to find a book, and a father shares tips on reading to children. The book club members read "Angela's Ashes" and meet author Frank McCourt.

  • Program 10 (#110)

    A young couple gets advice on getting their finances under control from a credit counselor, and John Fugelsang hosts a look at the fine print on "too-good-to-be-true" credit card offers. The "Rip Off" segment looks critically at a TV ad, and author Studs Terkel reads from his book "Working."

  • Program 11 (#111)

    Salsa musician Rubén Blades performs some of his songs and talks about his writing process. An El Paso mother enters the Even Start program and learns ways to bring her family closer together through reading and writing. Then Question Man shares tips on taking tests.

  • Program 12 (#112)

    Laverne helps a young man write a card to his girlfriend; parents choose a school for their child, and bluegrass singer/songwriter Hazel Dickens shares some of her music.

  • Program 13 (#113)

    Professional women basketball players explain applications of fractions and percentages in their sport; new immigrants get advice on applying for citizenship, and Laverne helps a customer fill out a credit application. An Oakland woman shares how writing a letter can generate change in a community.

  • Program 14 (#114)

    A son writes an emotional letter to his estranged father, and Dictionary Cinema shows how foreign words are listed. An adult learner talks to his boss about his continuing education. LaPhonso Ellis and Alan Henderson of the NBA demonstrate how to figure out time and distance on a map when planning a trip. Also, tips on highlighting text, a pop quiz about word origins, and an explanation of the word "reconcile."

  • Program 15 (#115)

    Question Man goes to the library for books on parenting, and Laverne explains how to use a glossary to read a health insurance plan. Street Beat offers advice on figuring the tip in a restaurant, and a mother and daughter create a daily schedule. Poet Jimmy Santiago Baca shows a group of adult learners how to keep a journal. Other topics include energy consumption of appliances and the word "stereotype."

  • Program 16 (#116)

    Question Man looks at the economics of rent-to-own deals; a basketball pro shows how she uses her day planner to stay organized, and actor Dennis Franz gives a tip on reading the newspaper. Laverne helps a painting contractor figure the cost of a job, and singer-songwriter Toshi Reagon writes a song on the spot. Other topics include credit card debt and the word "analogy."

  • Program 17 (#117)

    A couple of first-time home buyers learn how to read a mortgage chart, Question Man works on understanding his utility bill, and Street Beat shows how to evaluate written information. Four students from California, calling themselves the Freedom Writers, use pen and paper to fight prejudice and intolerance. Also: how to use a thesaurus, a pop quiz about volunteering, and the word "anomaly."

  • Program 18 (#118)

    Question Man reads the newspaper, ABC News anchor Antonio Mora hosts a report on multiple intelligences, tennis pro Zina Garrison explains percentiles and rankings, and Jimmy Santiago Baca shows a group of adult learners how to summarize a poem. Street Beat covers looking up government listings in the phone book, while other segments introduce facts about the United States Census and the word "dynamics."

  • Program 19 (#119)

    Tips on how to summarize almost anything, a pop quiz about adults in college, and the word marginalized. ABC News anchor Antonio Mora reports on different learning styles, a Maryland steel worker studies for his GED, Laverne explains how to use unit price labels on store shelves, and poet Jimmy Santiago Baca talks about how he discovered the joy of language.

  • Program 20 (#120)

    While reading a pamphlet on breast cancer, Laverne explains the basics of probability and odds. Elizabeth Daniels Squire, a novelist who is also dyslexic, talks about her work, and Antonio Mora of ABC News reports on dyslexia. Also: different meanings for the same word, how to learn and remember new words, a quiz about water and the human body, and the word "genetics."

Past Episodes

These episodes of TV411 aired in the last few months on Iowa Public Television.

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