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These visuals also show how tweens and teens spend money.
Percent that will personally buy
or influence the purchase by others in the next few months
Tickets to entertainment/sporting Hand held video games
Video game system
Cell phone/smart phone
Digital media player
Computer
TV
Camera
Camcorder or video camera
New car/truck/SUV
Source: Trends & Tudes, Harris Interactive Youth & Education Research, 2010. Source: Trends & Tudes, Harris Interactive Youth & Education Research, 2010.
Second Read
• Reread the informational text to answer these text-dependent questions.
• Write any additional questions you have about the text in your Reader/Writer Notebook.
1. Key Ideas and Details: Look again at the first four paragraphs of the article. In what ways are youth the “new big spenders” as stated in the title?
2. Craft and Structure: What did you notice about how the author uses text features to organize the information presented in this text?
3. Key Ideas and Details: What examples does the author include to explain how kids influence what parents buy?
My Notes
8-12 year olds
13-17 year olds
18-24 year olds
40%
43%
45%
35%
20%
17%
31%
27%
24%
22%
30%
29%
21%
24%
20%
17%
24%
28%
12%
17%
20%
10%
20%
18%
7%
14%
13%
Not asked
18%
19%
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