Unit 5 Exam Review Debrief

Based on the selection, what can the adults most likely gain by allowing teens to use social media? 

• An awareness of how teens can positively use social media 

• An interest in social media for their own use 

• An increased admiration for blogging 

When describing the impact of social media, the author mostly focuses on – 

• Their concern for cyberbullying 

• The positive impacts of social media 

• Helping disadvantaged teens play sport’s  

Which sentence from the selection best expresses the authors enthusiasm about teens and social media? 

• These young people are certainly shining examples about the positivity that can be found online. 

• There’s so much bad publicity these days about teens and social media. 

• Because of their blogging experience in middle school, Michael and Mark learned how to gain visibility4 on social media and then created a program called Teenager Entrepreneur. 

Which sentence from the selection best conveys the authors main message? 

• We found some teens using social media for good deeds and worthy causes that we want to share with our readers. 

• Cyberbullying, inappropriate postings on social networking sites, and apps that put teens in bad situations tend to make headlines. 

• The website’s main teen writers live on the remote and rural island of Orcas off the coast of Washington State and work with girls from Australia, the United States, and France.  

What is the best summary of this selection? 

• Social media is being used to inspire others, share interests, and help those who are disadvantaged. Therefore, adults should try to focus on the strengths of social media, and not the disadvantages.  

• Although there is bad publicity about teens and social media, many teens are using the platform in a positive way. Therefore, adults should try to focus on the strengths of social media, and not the disadvantages. 

What change if any needs to be made to sentence 15?

• Delete the coma after change

• Change play to played

• Change too to to

What is missing from the following paragraph below?

• question mark

• parentheses

• quotation marks

• semicolon

What is the correct way to write the paragraph?

• Michael and Marc are in middle school , they started using social media to promote their baseball blogs about the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets. to inspire his peers to never give up and pursue their dreams, Michael also wrote about athletes and how they would overcome their challenges. He wrote about living with food allergies and getting used to that as a kid for others struggling with the same issues.

• In middle school, Michael and Marc started using social media to promote their baseball blogs about the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets. In an effort to inspire his peers to never give up and pursue their dreams, Michael also wrote about athletes and how they would overcome their challenges. Marc wrote about living with food allergies and getting used to that as a kid for others struggling with the same issues.

• Two dudes In middle school, social media promotes baseball blogs about the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets. In an effort to inspire his peers to never give up and pursue their dreams, Michael also wrote about athletes and how they would overcome their challenges. They had wrote about living with food allergies and getting used to that as a kid for others struggling with the same issues.

What change, if any, should be made to the conclusion sentence?

• Change parents to Parents

• Change seen to see

• Change of to the