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4 Scholastic Action | September 2, 2013
 1.  What  effect  might  too  much  tex1ng  
have  on  student’s  rela1onships  
Too  much  tex+ng  might  hurt  rela+onships  with  
Response   friends  and  family.  

According  to  the  ar+cle  “Two  Days  Without  a  Phone”  from  

the  September  issue  of  Scholas+c  Ac+on  Magazine,  teens  
Text  Evidence   may  spend  so  much  +me  on  social  media  and  not  enough  
+me  face  to  face  which  can  hurt  rela+onships.  In  fact,  aEer  
spending  two  days  without  his  cell  phone,  student  Kenny  
Alarcon  said  that  his  mother  helped  him  with  his  homework  
for  the  first  +me  in  two  years.  
 2.  What  is  Sleep  Tex1ng?  
Sleep  tex+ng  is  when  you  wake  up  in  the  middle  
Response   of  the  night  and  send  messages  that  do  not  
make  sense.  

Text  Evidence  
According  to  Dr.  Elizabeth  Dowdell  from  the  ar+cle  “Two  
Days  Without  a  Phone”  from  the  September  issue  of  
Scholas+c  Ac+on  Magazine,    
teens  sleep  is  being  interrupted  by  text  messages  
and  they  send  text  messages  filled  with  nonsense  
when  they  do  not  wake  up  all  the  way.  
3.  What  does  the  word  adolescent  mean  in  
Dr.  Dowdell’s  quotes  about  sleep  needs?  
Adolescents  are  teens.  
Response  

Text  Evidence  
Dr.  Elizabeth  Dowdell  from  the  ar+cle  “Two  Days  Without  a  
Phone”  from  the  September  issue  of  Scholas+c  Ac+on  
Magazine,    
uses  the  words  “adolescent”  and  “teen”  
interchangeably.  
4.  Make  a  predic1on  about  Kenny  and  Franchesca.  
Which  student  is  more  likely  to  text  less  in  the  future  
than  they  did  before  the  experiment?  

Response   Franchesca  is  more  likely  to  text  less  in  the  
future.  

Text  Evidence  
In    the  ar+cle  “Two  Days  Without  a  Phone”  from  the  
September  issue  of  Scholas+c  Ac+on  Magazine,    
Franchesca  decided  to  con+nue  the  experiment  
aEer  the  two  days  were  over.  Kenny  said  that  he  
doesn’t  plan  to  give  up  his  phone  again.  
5.  A  teen  checks  his  phone  every  five  minutes,  and  his  
mood  changes  when  he  doesn’t  have  access  to  his  
phone.  Might  he  have  an  addic1on?  

Response   If  a  teen  checks  his  phone  every  five  minutes  he  

or  she  probably  has  an  addic+on  to  the  phone.  

Text  Evidence  
In    the  ar+cle  “Two  Days  Without  a  Phone”  from  the  
September  issue  of  Scholas+c  Ac+on  Magazine,    
possible  addic+on  is  defined  as  someone  who  
has  strong  cravings  to  pick  up  his  or  her  phone  to  
check  messages.  
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