The rest of the online article's title gives the reason: "to Warn Against Texting & Driving." The unimportant and now tragically ironic content of the unfinished text drives home the message.
Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 8 Unit 2's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Grant and Lee, Harrison Bergeron, The Giver, Banned Books Week, Fatal Text Message, Distracted Driving, How the Brain Reacts, Cellphones and driving
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