Answer Sheet

Instructions:

1. Select the text and copy

2. Paste the answer sheet into a word document

3. Answer the questions

4. send the word document through e-mail to lizcrivas@yahoo.com

Please fill in this information:

Student’s name:_____________Grade:______E-mail address:_____________


Part 1: Answer the following question before you read the article. Select (x) the appropriate answer according to what you think.

1. What do you think the text is about?

a. Teens express their love through the internet


b. What are blogs?


c. The different uses of blogs among teens



Part 2. Questions related to the article

“Pay attention to the structure used in the text: Should/ Shouldn’t.”

Should/shouldn’t are followed by…?
- Ing verb
- The base form of the verb without “To”
- Verb in past tense.

Look for some examples in the text, copy and paste in the answer sheet. (Copy here)

Part 3. Complete the following chart using specific information from the text:

1. What is intelliseek?

2. Who is Freaked, kids or parents?

3. How can you interpret the following statement: “Experts are divided about whether and how parents should treat the journals — especially when it comes to teens over 13”

4. According to the text, what is a wake-up call?

5. According to Pew, what is the most important interest in teen’s life?
a. Cars
b. TV
c. Music
d. The internet

Part 4. Read the following cases an give an advice, using should/ shouldn’t

“Cassie Lealamanu'a, 19, a Lewis & Clark College student living in Portland, Ore., says her online friends "become almost like a kind of psychologist. Instead of paying to go to a shrink, you just log onto your blog and see what your friends say about things."

Write your advice here:




“Girls, who dominate blogging, use it especially to talk about personal feelings.”

Write your advice:







Part 5: Write a paragraph giving your personal opinion (what you should do or shouldn’t do) about the topic exposed in the article.

Here you find the meaning to some vocabulary! In your language

Glossary

angst-ridden poetry: poemas de angustia
Banning: prohibiendo
Eavesdropping: escuchar a escondidas
Ecstatic: euforico, embelezado, de puro éxtasis
Exhibitionist: exhibicionista
Hooked: enganchado
Post: publicar
Taking bong hits: fumar
Scroll: acción de bajar y subir utilizando el mouse de la computadora
Shrink: Psiquiatra