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Common Core State Standard
SL.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: An essay of a current news event is provided for discussion to encourage participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the article. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event within the news, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support. FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 19, 2008 :-( TXT TLK uncool 4 skul![]() ![]() For some families, text messaging reflects a "digital divide" between generations. Find an article, photo or ad illustrating another pop culture area that may separate students and parents.
![]() Reading the paper regularly builds skills in spelling, grammar and other subjects. Show an example of content that adds or reinforces knowledge.
![]() Texting shorthand is hardly the only common instance of a group language. See if you can spot jargon or slang used by politicians, athletes, business executives or – yes – journalists.
The good news is that parents say their teens write more than previous generations did. The flip side is concern that informal – or in4mal – communication via e-mail and instant messages lowers the quality of students' writing because of carefree spelling, casual punctuation, loose grammar and use of initials in place of words. Can NE1 say OMG? Students who write daily on BlackBerry and Motorola Razr phones don't always switch to formal English in school, a new national study confirms. Phone interviews with 700 teens and their parents by the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that two-thirds of middle school and high school students have accidentally used text-messaging style in academic work. Half confessed to informal punctuation and grammar. A quarter admitted they’ve turned in papers with smiley faces and other emoticons.
Lax and loose writing doesn't make adults LOL. "It's like nails on a chalkboard for the teacher. When people's vocabulary becomes abbreviated, you therefore think less," says Carol Miloszewski, who teaches high school English in Allegheny, Pa.
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