SOCIAL MEDIA: GOOGLE & PDF eBOOK SET - Real-World Skills

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Learn the Joys and Pitfalls of Social Media...While Also Improving Reading Comprehension Skills!Social media is here to stay… and it’s the main way that teens communicate with each other. But there’s a lot to know about using social media in a safe and healthy way.

These high-interest, life-skills lessons tackle relevant topics in a light-hearted, easy-reading style that readers will LOVE. Teens and ‘Experts’ offer helpful advice through text messages and high-interest reading passages. Follow-up questions challenge students to learn more while also improving essential reading comprehension skills.

STANDARDS-BASED READING & WRITING ACTIVITIES:

• Locate Information • Summarize• Generalize• Compare & Contrast• Cause & Effect• Form Opinions• Draw Conclusions • Main Idea• Make Inferences• Use Context Clues• Sequence• Determine Author’s Viewpoint • Analyze, Evaluate & Apply

Topics Include:• Why isn’t my life as exciting and perfect as everyone else’s on Instagram and TikTok?• Someone wants to be my ‘friend.’ What is there to worry about?• It’s called Social Media...Privacy is beside the point. Right?• News is News...Why shouldn’t I believe everything I read and see?• My online ‘friends’ are so cool, what is there to worry about?• Why are there different versions of the same event?• This video is unreal! Wait, is it?• Why can’t I post whatever I want on social media?• This challenge has gone viral...I should do it, right?

Reading Level: Grades 3-4

Interest Level: Grades 6-12

Slides: 110

PDF Pages: 61

Easy-to-Use:

Simply download these Google Slides and assign them to your students. Assign them all, or just a few for today's lesson! For additional flexibility, these slides can also be printed for in-class use!

Benefits of Google Slides:

If you've been looking for a way to integrate technology into your lessons, this is your answer. And the best part is you don't have to print, cut, laminate, or replace when you lose pieces....it's ALL DIGITAL!

How do Google Slides Work?

Students read each high-interest story on a computer or iPad then answer the comprehension questions right on their copy of the slides. Teachers can see students' answers in real time, or review them later. Slides can also be printed and used as colorful classroom worksheets. You can assign a set of slides to each student, so that they have their own personal packet.

Description
Reviews

Learn the Joys and Pitfalls of Social Media...While Also Improving Reading Comprehension Skills!Social media is here to stay… and it’s the main way that teens communicate with each other. But there’s a lot to know about using social media in a safe and healthy way.

These high-interest, life-skills lessons tackle relevant topics in a light-hearted, easy-reading style that readers will LOVE. Teens and ‘Experts’ offer helpful advice through text messages and high-interest reading passages. Follow-up questions challenge students to learn more while also improving essential reading comprehension skills.

STANDARDS-BASED READING & WRITING ACTIVITIES:

• Locate Information • Summarize• Generalize• Compare & Contrast• Cause & Effect• Form Opinions• Draw Conclusions • Main Idea• Make Inferences• Use Context Clues• Sequence• Determine Author’s Viewpoint • Analyze, Evaluate & Apply

Topics Include:• Why isn’t my life as exciting and perfect as everyone else’s on Instagram and TikTok?• Someone wants to be my ‘friend.’ What is there to worry about?• It’s called Social Media...Privacy is beside the point. Right?• News is News...Why shouldn’t I believe everything I read and see?• My online ‘friends’ are so cool, what is there to worry about?• Why are there different versions of the same event?• This video is unreal! Wait, is it?• Why can’t I post whatever I want on social media?• This challenge has gone viral...I should do it, right?

Reading Level: Grades 3-4

Interest Level: Grades 6-12

Slides: 110

PDF Pages: 61

Easy-to-Use:

Simply download these Google Slides and assign them to your students. Assign them all, or just a few for today's lesson! For additional flexibility, these slides can also be printed for in-class use!

Benefits of Google Slides:

If you've been looking for a way to integrate technology into your lessons, this is your answer. And the best part is you don't have to print, cut, laminate, or replace when you lose pieces....it's ALL DIGITAL!

How do Google Slides Work?

Students read each high-interest story on a computer or iPad then answer the comprehension questions right on their copy of the slides. Teachers can see students' answers in real time, or review them later. Slides can also be printed and used as colorful classroom worksheets. You can assign a set of slides to each student, so that they have their own personal packet.