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aCTIvITy 2.3
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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: What is the central idea of each section of the text?
My Notes
2. Key Ideas and Details: According to the text, how much of a youth’s day is spent using technology? What might be the advantages and disadvantages for youth to be “plugged in” this much?
3. Key Ideas and Details: What is the function of footnotes in an informational article such as this?
4. Craft and Structure: Notice the author’s use of terms infiltrate, deploy, and taskforce. What is the connotation of these terms? What might the connotation suggest about the author’s position on the topic?
Working from the Text
5. Advertising like that described in the article is directed at your age group. How might the information in the article influence your buying decisions? Cite specific examples of information from the text.
6. Based on this text, how do you think advertising directed at children influences what they buy or ask their parents to buy?
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