Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Chapter 7

Personal Finance

Chapter 7 Assignments 11-1-11 (due 11-8-11)

1. Fill in workbook questions for Chapter 7 (in class while watching dvds)

2. Type vocabulary words (page 116) and definitions from glossary.

3. Answer Chapter 7 Money In Review section of workbook. Check your answers with the answer key. Use this as a study guide for your Chapter 7 Test.

4. Do student activity sheet, “Balancing Your Checkbook”.

5. Do student activity sheet, “Student Budget.”

6. Do student activity sheet, “Consumer Equity”

7. Do student activity sheet, “How to Write a Check.”

8. Do Chapter 7 case studies.

9. Continue to track your stocks and mutual funds on the student activity sheet “ Individual Fund Tracker”. This assignment will take 10 weeks. Due on December 13.

10. Take Chapter 7 Test. This is NOT an open book test.

11. Answer Before you Begin Chapter 8 (pg. 120)

12. Listen to Dave Ramsey for at least ½ hour this week. Type up a paragraph or two explaining what you learned.

If you have any questions or problems, please call or email me.
Ms. Diane (708) 275-1726
Dianet64@hotmail.com

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Chapter 6

Personal Finance
Chapter 6 Assignments 10-18-11 (due 11-1-11)

1. Fill in workbook questions for Chapter 6 (in class while watching dvds)

2. Type vocabulary words (page 88) and definitions from glossary.

3. Answer Chapter 6 Money In Review section of workbook. Check your answers with the answer key. Use this as a study guide for your Chapter 6 Test.

4. Do student activity sheet, “Pro Rata Debts”. You can review how to do this on pages 82 and 83 of your workbook.

5. Do student activity sheet, “Research Project.”

6. Do student activity sheet, “Investigate and Report Scams”

7. Do student activity sheet, “Reading a Credit Report.”

8. Do Chapter 6 case studies.

9. Continue to track your stocks and mutual funds on the student activity sheet “ Individual Fund Tracker”. This assignment will take 10 weeks. Due on December 13.

10. Take Chapter 6 Test. This is NOT an open book test.

11. Answer Before you Begin Chapter 7 (pg. 94)

12. Listen to Dave Ramsey for at least ½ hour each week. Type up a paragraph or two explaining what you learned. You will have 2 weeks of radio papers due on Nov. 1. You may listen for 1 hour at once or ½ hour for 2 weeks.

If you have any questions or problems, please call or email me.
Ms. Diane (708) 275-1726
Dianet64@hotmail.com

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Chapter 5

Personal Finance
Chapter 5 Assignments 10-11-11 (due 10-18-11)

1. Fill in workbook questions for Chapter 5 (in class while watching dvds)

2. Type vocabulary words (page 70) and definitions from glossary.

3. Answer Chapter 5 Money In Review section of workbook. Check your answers with the answer key. Use this as a study guide for your Chapter 5 Test.

4. Do student activity sheet, “Advertising Awareness”.

5. Do student activity sheet, “Marketing Madness.” Prepare an advertisement that will appear in a magazine of your choice for a product you invent. Use a sheet of plain paper for your ad. Use the popular techniques in the “Commercial Viewer” assignment to help you with your ad..

6. Do student activity sheet, “0% for 24 Month, Nothing Down.”

7. Do student activity sheet, “Commercial Viewer.”

8. Do Chapter 5 case studies.

9. Continue to track your stocks and mutual funds on the student activity sheet “ Individual Fund Tracker”. This assignment will take 10 weeks. Due on December 13.

10. Take Chapter 5 Test. This is NOT an open book test.

11. Answer Before you Begin Chapter 6 (pg. 74)

12. Listen to Dave Ramsey for at least ½ hour each week. Type up a paragraph or two explaining what you learned.

If you have any questions or problems, please call or email me.
Ms. Diane (708) 275-1726
Dianet64@hotmail.com

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Chapter 4

Personal Finance
Assignments 9-27-11 (due 10-11-11)

1. This chapter will take two class periods to finish. Fill in workbook questions for Chapter 4 (in class while watching dvds)

2. Type vocabulary words (page 42) and definitions from glossary.

3. Answer Chapter 4 Money In Review section of workbook. Check your answers with the answer key. Use this as a study guide for your Chapter 4 Test.

4. Do student activity sheet, “Hidden Costs of Credit”.

5. Do student activity sheet, “True Cost of Ownership”

6. Do student activity sheet, “Drive Free”

7. Do student activity sheet, “Making the Minimum.”

8. Do student activity sheet, “The Debt Snowball”

9. Do Chapter 4 case studies.

10. Continue to track your stocks and mutual funds on the student activity sheet “ Individual Fund Tracker”. This assignment will take 10 weeks. Due on December 13.

11. Take Chapter 4 Test. This is NOT an open book test.

12. Answer Before you Begin Chapter 5 (pg. 66)

13. Listen to Dave Ramsey for at least ½ hour each week. Type up a paragraph or two explaining what you learned. You will have 2 weeks of radio papers due on Oct 11. You may listen for 1 hour at once or ½ hour for 2 weeks.

If you have any questions or problems, please call or email me.
Ms. Diane 708-275-1726
Dianet64@hotmail.com

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Chapter 3

Personal Finance

Chapter 3 Assignments 9-20-11 (Due 9-27-11)

1. Fill in workbook questions for Chapter 3 (in class while watching dvds)

2. Type vocabulary words (page 42) and definitions from glossary.

3. Answer Chapter 3 Money In Review section of workbook. Check your answers with the answer key. Use this as a study guide for your Chapter 3 Test.

4. Do student activity sheet, “Monthly Retirement Planning”.

5. Do student activity sheet, “401(K) and Roth IRA”.

6. Continue to track your stocks and mutual funds on the student activity sheet “ Individual Fund Tracker”. This assignment will take 10 weeks. Due on December 13.

7. Read the USA Today article, “Can you depend on Social Security?”

8. Take Chapter 3 Test. This is NOT an open book test.

9. Answer Before you Begin Chapter 4 (pg. 48)

10. Listen to Dave Ramsey for at least ½ hour this week. Type up a paragraph or two explaining what you learned.


If you have any questions or problems, please call or email me.
Ms. Diane
Dianet64@hotmail.com
708-275-1726

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Chapter 2

Personal Finance

Chapter 2 Assignments 8-30-11 (Due 9-20-11)

This chapter will take two class periods to finish. There is a week off (Sept. 6) in between. All assignments for this chapter are due Sept. 20. Please note that you will have 3 weeks of radio papers due at that time.

1. Fill in workbook questions for Chapter 2 (in class while watching dvds)

2. Type vocabulary words (page 28) and definitions from glossary.

3. Answer Chapter 2 Money In Review section of workbook. Check your answers with the answer key. Use this as a study guide for your Chapter 2 Test.

4. Do student activity sheet, “Investments Compared”.

5. Do student activity sheet, “Name That Investment”.

6. Do student activity sheet “Investment Scavenger Hunt”

7. Do student activity sheet “ Individual Fund Tracker”. This assignment will take 10 weeks. Due on Dec 13.

8. With your partner, complete the “Investments Examined” activity sheet. Each group will teach the rest of the class about your investment on Sept. 20.

9. Take Chapter 2 Test. This is NOT an open book test.

10. Answer Before you Begin Chapter 3

11. Listen to Dave Ramsey for at least ½ hour this week and for the next two weeks. Type up a paragraph or two explaining what you learned. You will have 3 weeks of radio papers due on Sept 20. You may listen for 1 ½ hours at once or ½ hour for 3 weeks.

If you have any questions or problems, please call or email me.
Ms. Diane
Dianet64@hotmail.com
708-275-1726

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Chapter 1

Personal Finance

Chapter 1

Assignments 8-23-11 (Due 8-30-11)

1. Fill in workbook questions for Chapter 1 (in class while watching dvds)

2. Type vocabulary words (page 18) and definitions from glossary.

3. Answer Money In Review section of workbook. Check your answers with the answer key. Use this as a study guide for your Chapter 1 Test.

4. Do student activity sheet, “The Impact of Daily Decisions”. Use the Investment Calculator on the Dave Ramsey website.

5. Do student activity sheet, “Rate of Return”. Use the Investment Calculator on the Dave Ramsey website.

6. Do Case Studies Chapter 1

7. Take Chapter 1 Test. This is NOT an open book test.

8. Answer Before you Begin Chapter 2

9. Listen to Dave Ramsey for at least ½ hour this week. Type up a paragraph or two explaining what you learned. 106.3 FM 11am-2pm, 1230 AM 1-4 p.m. Or listen online at daveramsey.com.

If you have any questions or problems, please call or email me.
Ms. Diane
Dianet64@hotmail.com
708-275-1726