1. Friday, 3/21 Get out independent reading material and read silently.

2. Write a ‘Y’ for yes, or ‘N’ for no. 1. I spend more than seven hours a day using social media – using a computer, listening to an MP3 player, watching TV, texting, or playing electronic games. 2. I would rather talk to my friends using social media than in person. 3. My parents are friends on my social networking site. 4. My parents enforce rules about how much time I can spend using electronic media. 5. The people I’m friends with on my social networking site are mostly the same people I’m friends with face-to-face. 6. Electronic media helps me express who I really am. 7. Electronic media helps me explore things that interest me.

3. ANSWERS QUESTIONS Y=9 N=18 1. I spend more than seven hours a day using social media – using a computer, listening to an MP3 player, watching TV, texting, or playing electronic games. Y=4 N=23 2. I would rather talk to my friends using social media than in person. Y=10 N=17 3. My parents are friends on my social networking site. Y=12 N=15 4. My parents enforce rules about how much time I can spend using electronic media. Y=24 N=3 5. The people I’m friends with on my social networking site are mostly the same people I’m friends with face-to-face. Y=12 N=15 6. Using social media makes it harder for me to make friends face-to-face. Y=23 N=4 7. Electronic media helps me explore things that interest me. 27 Students Responded

4. ANSWERS QUESTIONS Y= 33% N= 67% 1. I spend more than seven hours a day using social media – using a computer, listening to an MP3 player, watching TV, texting, or playing electronic games. Y=15 % N=85% 2. I would rather talk to my friends using social media than in person. Y= 37% N= 63% 3. My parents are friends on my social networking site. Y= 44% N= 56% 4. My parents enforce rules about how much time I can spend using electronic media. Y= 89% N= 11% 5. The people I’m friends with on my social networking site are mostly the same people I’m friends with face-to-face. Y= 44% N= 56% 6. Using social media makes it harder for me to make friends face-to-face. Y= 85% N= 15% 7. Electronic media helps me explore things that interest me. 27 Students Responded

5. Rewrite the sentences to accurately reflect the findings from the survey. Your answers may vary. 1. I spend more than seven hours a day using social media – using a computer, listening to an MP3 player, watching TV, texting, or playing electronic games. A. More than half of my classmates reported that they do not spend more than seven hours a day using computers, MP3 players, TV, and computer games. (67% = more than half.) B. A third of the students in my class reported that they do spend more than seven hours a day using computers, MP3 players, TV, and computer games. (33% = one third) 2. I would rather talk to my friends using social media than in person. A. The majority of students in my class concluded that they would rather not talk to their friends using social media than in person. (85% = the majority) B. Based on the results of the survey, we found that few students would rather talk to their friends using social media than in person. (15% = few)