Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Chapter 11

Personal Finance
Chapter 11 Assignments 12-6-11 (due 12-13-11)

1. Fill in workbook questions for Chapter 11 (in class while watching dvds)

2. Type vocabulary words (page 166) and definitions from glossary.

3. Answer Chapter 11 Money In Review section of workbook. Check your answers with the answer key. Use this as a study guide for your Chapter 11 Test.

4. Do student activity sheet, “Comparing Insurance”.

5. Do student activity sheet, “Comparing Rates”.

6. Do Chapter 11 case studies.

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

8. Answer Before you Begin Chapter 12 (pg. 170)

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

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.

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

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Chapter

Personal Finance
Assignments 11-15-11 (due 11-29-11)

1. Fill in workbook questions for Chapter 9 (in class while watching dvds)

2. Type vocabulary words (page 136) and definitions from glossary.

3. Answer Chapter 9 Money In Review section of workbook. Check your answers with the answer key. Use this as a study guide for your Chapter 8 Test.

4. Do student activity sheet, “Back Then”.

5. Do student activity sheet, “Travel Agent.” You have $1,100 in your vacation fund to plan a family vacation anywhere in the world. Your family includes two adults and two kids. Use the internet to calculate your expenses and plan your trip. Create a visual display of your vacation.

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. Do Chapter 9 case studies.

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

9. Answer Before you Begin Chapter 10 (pg. 142)

10. 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. 29. 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, November 8, 2011

Chapter 8

Personal Finance
Assignments 11-8-11 (due 11-15-11)

1. Fill in workbook questions for Chapter 8 (in class while watching dvds)

2. Type vocabulary words (page 126) and definitions from glossary.

3. Answer Chapter 8 Money In Review section of workbook. Check your answers with the answer key. Use this as a study guide for your Chapter 8 Test.

4. Do student activity sheet, “Bargain Shopping”.

5. Do student activity sheet, “Double Discounts.”

6. Do student activity sheet, “Seven Basics of Negotiating”

7. Do student activity sheet, “Computing Discounts.”

8. Do student activity sheet, “Food for Thought.”

9. Do Chapter 8 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 8 Test. This is NOT an open book test.

12. Answer Before you Begin Chapter 9 (pg. 130)

13. 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, 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