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Genesee Name: No, cass: Date; Mark Teacher The fina task you are expected to complete is ‘towmite a comment on.a quotation about consumerism, ‘Atvties A and 8 wil provide you with input for Activity C ACTIVITY A {Choose from thelist below (Ato D) two reasons to stopidiminish consumerism, Justify our two choices in a total of 30-40 words. a ess debe less environmental impact less pressure to impress with material possessions 4) ess desire to upscale testyle noxms Complete the following text with six words from the box. Use each word only once. ‘ onnership * traded + underprivteg 5 tips for raising teenagers in an age of consumerism Moc simplicity, The first and mest Important step in asng teenagers i to mode for them the Joys and benets of intentionally ving with les. ‘olunteer asa family. Be active offering your time in the community tough focal Soup kitchen or community organization that serves the In your area ‘Watch less television. It’ nt as hard as you thnk. and has immediate results Make teenagers pay for expensive items themselves. Asking teenagers to } ‘expensive items with their own money wil eae a stronger sense of| ) and a better understanding of he relationship between work and consumerism “Teach them what matirs most not what tey ov, but who they are. A man or woman of able character hlds afar eater asset than those who have iefor _ossessons. Reming the teenagers in your feo it as often as possible OOO rocaessress 155, ACTMITY B Read the following text Minimalist teenagers . 7 our years ago, we sold, donated o dscacded most of our material possessions. Was , 'a decision based on discontent with our current lives, We were ted of living pay-check > to paycheck — never abl to get ahead with our finances, And we were growing Weary of al the time, enery, ad ert that our possessions were draining fom us, We realized We ha far 5 too resources lft ver forthe things most mpertan ous. ‘Since embarking on this ie-givng journey, we have fund this iste resonates efectivly , ith young adits, parents, and older generations. _ There are, ofcourse, significant challenges in reaching teenagers withthe message of simply 19 The world around them grows increasingly materi + Teenagers valve acceptance and conormity wth their pees. ’ 1 Advertisers target ther message tothe young adult demographic + Teenagers are beginning to explore thei wn decision making As a resut they are ess ’ key to value input from others. particularly parents 15 __ The challenges are certainly formidable. But we fil great motation by also recognizing the benefits of reaching teenagers with tis message: > ‘+ Many oftheir significant decisions ae stil ahead of them. The message of simplicity helps equip them to make wise ones. . ‘+ They ae no in debt... yet AS a result they are not held captive under the weight of 4g —__creors especialy housing, cars, student loans, *+ Their spending habits are not ye formed. They are definitely being shaped, but are nat 7 uly determined ‘We must recognize the challenges before us. But we also understand the importance of . sparing our tenagers from decades of facial burden and empty promises of fuliment. We ~ 25 recognize an important opportunity to inspire our teenagers to pursue Wes of greater value ’ ‘As pafents, mentor, and community members iis our duty to model simply, encourage 5 Idealism and teach teenagers what matters most is nat what they own, but who they > are Finding an accompanying voice inthe community that subscribes to these values and * roving opportunites for hiner to contribute to your tenager’ ie may also be benef 50 our world has chased happiness, joy ar fuiment i the pursuit of riches and possessions 7 for arto longs time we intenonaly seek torais a generation that values greater things, 7 7 7 7 _ 5 patenting eee ‘According to what you have read, what changed four years ago? Write 20-50 words on the separate sheet. Explain the sentence “Teenagers value acceptance and conformity with their peers” Write 20-50 words. @2 (3) 3 Complete the folowing sentences using information from the text. a) Teenagers are starting to ) Most oftheir biggest decisions «d Greitors don't yet Say what the following words refer to. aia.) by this 0.6) them (10) Find synonyms for these words in the text. 6) boarding, stenting bi tests, demands 9 saving, relieving Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets, Jn 2008, a 34-year-old security guard in New Yor, by what local papers. t a8 an “outotcontro mab of 2,000 ened” shoppers who ‘overnight in the promise ofa sash price sale. withthe crowd outside chanting “Push the door in, stat ‘on to vending machines to escape the resulting stampede. Even when police later thatthe shop was dosed because It as now a crime scene angry shoppers. oth oficers, A costumer sat ues) there when the incident I shouldbe entitled to mytleision™ Rewrite the sentences below using the words given in brackets and without ‘hanging their meaning. Make the necessary changes. 8) My cousins have got new part-time jobs, They refused to lt me pay fr their dlothes ») Monica is oluntering to work fora soup Kitchen every Friday evening, Ths ‘makes her family very proud of her, 1 At the soup kitchen she sees a homeless man. She knows his family. 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