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3 As a busy, working mother, how can I physically be everywhere my son is? The reality is, no parent can be with his or her child 24/7. And while we may restrict gruesome video games in our homes, who will protect the kids when they set foot into the outside world? Knowing that my son wasn’t running around in the streets, I took comfort in the notion that video games at least provided an alternative, safe form of recreation for young people. But what are we teaching them if these games are inundated with nothing but guns, shooting and graphic violence? How different is that from what’s tragically out on the streets? And what kind of subliminal impact are we having on these kids if we flood them with these messages?
4 The Supreme Court has failed to protect us in the most fundamental manner. Who will prevent our children from the devastating material designed to pollute and tarnish their minds, body and soul? In order to raise a strong, educated and focused generation, it takes a village — including all levels of government. It’s unfortunate that ours just let us down.
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
Word CoNNeCTIoNs
Cognates
The English word inundate is a synonym for flood. It has the same meaning as the Spanish cognate inundar.
Notebook. My Notes 1. Key Ideas and Details: The article is in response to a Supreme Court ruling.
According to the text, what did the court rule?
2. Key Ideas and Details: What is this author’s main claim?
3. Craft and Structure: Taking into account the author’s role as a mother, what reasoning does she use throughout the article? What is the effect?
4. Craft and Structure: What rhetorical device does the author use throughout this text?
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inundated: flooded subliminal: below the level of conscious awareness
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