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Checking What Teenagers Do With Their Mobile Phones




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Tracking a Teen's Cell Phone Use�

�Watch the following video, then answer the questions.
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�How much do parents have to pay to know who their children are talking to on their
����������� phones?
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����������� $5���� $10���� $15���� �$20���� �$25.
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����������� (Note: buck is slang for dollar.)
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�Complete�the mother's comment.
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����������� "These kids' phones, they can get �and��all �long.
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�How old is Sammy?
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������������She is �years old.
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�How long has Sammy had her cell phone?
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����������� She has had�her cell phone�since she was in the �grade. She is now in the �grade.
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����������� Note: Grades in the USA.

AGE

GRADE

6

1st

7

2nd

8

3rd

9

4th

10

5th

11

6th

12

7th

13

8th

14

9th

15

10th

16

11th

17

12th

�True or False?
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����������� Only Sammy's parents can check her phone whenever they want.�� True.�� �False.
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�Complete Sammy's analysis about text messaging strangers.
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����������� "Normally if someone is text messaging you, you don't normally �if you .
����������� It could be a strange person, you don't know it, you just connect text back."
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�What happened to Sammy a�few months ago?
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����������� She �to someone she �really .
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�How did her parents react?
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����������� It� �them.
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�Complete Sammy's father's comment.
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����������� "I want to see if there's somebody I . I want to see �that person is and
����������� �they are contacting her.
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�Describe the purpose / goal of the website�"My Mobile Watchdog".
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����������� It allows you to �every single �that �or �of your child's cell phone,
����������� including �and �those �are coming .
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�How long have Sammy's parents been using "My Mobile Watchdog"?
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������������a month���� �2 months���� �3 months���� �4 months.
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�What is Sammy's mother�opinion about�"My Mobile Watchdog"?
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����������� "It is �to have that device just to �for �what is ing �and that
����������� something is not taking too ."
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�True or False?
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������������� My Mobile Watchdog also informs a teenager if his/her parents are checking his/her cell phone.��
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�������������True.����False.
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����������������� � Sammy's opinion about My Mobile Watchdog: .�
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�Complete Sammy's argument.
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���������� �� "If other people are doing �stuff, does that �mean I'm going to do ?"
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������������� ��� � Sammy calls it "", an �of her .
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�What are the two important things for Sammy's parents?
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����������� For her parents �and �are much more important than , especially at .
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�What is the impact of My Mobile Watchdog on teenagers?
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����������� It makes kids �before they .
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�What is the only complaint the journalist got from Sammy's parents about My Mobile
����������� Watchdog?
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���������� �Many teenagers send out��of messages a ��it is pretty �to�
����������� �all�those messages, ing every thing that they were ing.
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YOUR TURN!!!
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Prepare the answers to the following questions on a sheet of paper, then share them with the rest of the class.
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1. Do you have a cell phone / mobile phone?
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2. How long have you had it?
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3. What do you do with it?
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4. Your parents�have just told you they are going to use My Mobile Watchdog.�What is your
�����first reaction?
THE END!!!