"Screen Time?"

In a student essay, the question of "Screen Time?" is partly answered by a new word: screenagers. Find out what this means in this list.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 7 Unit 2's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: So Much to Buy, Facts About Marketing to Children, Responsible Marketing, Marketing to kids, America the Not-So-Beautiful, the insanity of selling junk food, Ain't I a Woman?, Remarks to the U.N., Failure to Ban, It's Perverse, But It's Also Pretend, Screen Time?
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  1. capable
    having ability
    Imagine a future world without teenagers, instead, as people in the United Kingdom like to call it, screenagers--kids that have a variety of mental and physical illnesses and are no longer capable of doing some of the jobs that are most important to our society.
  2. conduct
    the way a person behaves toward other people
    Something else the overuse of screens causes is psychological difficulties such as hyperactivity, emotional and conduct problems, as well as difficulties with peers.
  3. isolated
    remote and separate physically or socially
    The cause of this is not necessarily looking at the screen, but much rather the addiction, not knowing when to stop, and being isolated from others.
  4. severe
    extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
    Depression is a severe illness which causes lots of deaths.
  5. adolescent
    a person who is older than 12 but younger than 20
    It is proven that adolescents who watch three or more hours of television a day are at especially high risk for poor homework completion, negative attitudes toward school, poor grades, and long-term academic failure.
  6. enthusiasm
    a lively interest
    This mainly happens because of the lack of enthusiasm towards school and the time spent using a screen instead of studying.
  7. content
    the sum of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
    In addition, the content of some TV shows out there don't necessarily make you smarter, in fact, some of them make you dumber.
  8. decrease
    lessen in size, extent, or range
    In conclusion, decreasing screen time below two hours a day could prevent youth from having a bad life.
  9. reduce
    cut down on
    Reduced screen time helps you in school, helps you have a healthier diet, be more physical, and tends to get you more engaged in activities.
  10. tsunami
    a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave
    The end of our world will most likely not be caused by a bunch of earthquakes and tsunamis as shown in the movie "2012"; it is going to be our young generation wasting away in front of screens.
Created on Fri Aug 29 15:56:55 EDT 2014 (updated Fri Aug 29 16:28:27 EDT 2014)

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