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aCTIvITy 3.7
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a Graphic Is Worth a Thousand Words
public domain: available free for use by any person or entity
avid: eager and dedicated
my Notes
24 Some younger readers have been exploring the classics, thanks to the availability of older e-books that are in the public domain—and downloadable free.
25 After receiving a light gray Sony Reader from her grandparents for Christmas, Mia Garcia, a 12-year-old from Touchet, Wash., downloaded “Little Women,” a book she had not read before.
26 “It made me cry,” Mia said. “Then I read ‘Hunger Games,’ ” the best-selling dystopian novel, “and it also made me cry.”
27 Her 8-year-old brother, Tommy, was given an e-reader, too. “I like it because I have so many different books on it already,” he said, including “The Trouble Begins at 8,” a fast-paced biography of Mark Twain written for children in the middle grades.
28 Eryn Garcia, their mother, said the family used the local library—already stocked with more than 3,000 e-books—to download titles free, sparing her the usual chore of “lugging around 40 pounds of books.” *
29 “There’s something I’m not sure is entirely replaceable about having a stack of inviting books, just waiting for your kids to grab,” Ms. Garcia said. “But I’m an avid believer that you need to find what excites your child about reading. So I’m all for it.”
Second Read
• Reread the news article to answer these text-dependent questions.
• Write any additional questions you have about the text in your Reader/Writer Notebook.
3. Craft and Structure: What is the meaning of the word consumers in paragraph 7? Use context clues to help you determine the meaning.
4. Knowledge and Ideas: What details in the first page of the article support the idea that e-readers are growing in popularity among teens? Does the quote from Rita Threadgill in paragraph 8 provide evidence?
5. Knowledge and Ideas: What information in the article could be turned into a graphic to visually develop an idea?
200 SpringBoard® English Language Arts Grade 6
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