Budget Day 5

Below Part IV, write "Part V: Food"

Below that, write "Remaining Funds:" and then determine how much funds you have by subtracting your house costs, car costs, and bills from your monthly net. You should have already done this yesterday.

Below that, write "Weekly Food Budget:" and then write down how much you believe you will need for food.

Below that, write "Weekly Menu:" Write down your plans for EVERY meal for EACH day of one week. Be realistic. You will probably go out to eat at some point; decide where you will go and what you will order. Write down that cost. You will also buy groceries. Write down the groceries you will need for the entire week, including the cost.

Below that, write "Total Food Costs:" and then write down how much all of your food will cost for the week. Add together all of your groceries and the money it will cost to eat out.

Once you have completed that, work on IXL. You should work on any eighth grade standard.

STEM-EverFi

Today, you will be starting a new EverFi project that we will be working on throughout the rest of the term. This one is MUCH easier to do.

Go to www.everfi.net/login and login into your profile. If you forget your information, politely ask Mr. Spivy for it.

In the top right corner, type this code: 45aa945f

You will be completing the Venture class. 

ELA- 4.7

If you have completed the GSA practice(s) for today, the do the exercises below:

Subject-Verb Agreement- click here
Pronoun Agreement- click here

Budget Simulation Day #4

Write "Part IV: Bills"

Below that write "Remaining Funds:" then subtract how much you will be paying for your house and car each month from what you take home from your job each month. 

Below that write "Electric:" and then determine what your estimated electric bill will be for the size of your house or apartment.

Below that write "Water:" and write down the estimated water bill for your housing. 

Determine if you will be buying cable and internet. If so, write "Cable/Internet:" and then shop around for the best price. 

Determine if you will have a cell phone. If so, write "Phone:" and then show around for the best price.

Below that, write "Car Insurance:" and shop around for the best car insurance

Below that, write "Funds after bills:" and write down how much of your remaining funds are left after subtracting the bills. 

Budget Simulation Day 3

Write "Part III: Transportation"

Under that, write "Type:" then decide if you are going to "buy a car," "lease a car," or use "public transportation." If you and your roommate are sharing a car, that needs to be written here.

Under that, write "Description:" write the car or the public transportation

Under that, write: "Monthly payment:" and then determine what your monthly payment for the transportation will be. This can done using a car loan calculator or researching the average costs of public transportation in Parkersburg.

Hero Speech Outline

Title:

Hook: What are you going to say at the beginning to “hook” your audience?

Thesis: The topic + opinion (if necessary)+ 3 supporting details

I.                    Supporting detail 1 (from thesis)

a.       Supporting fact or claim (further describes or supports your detail)

b.      Supporting fact or claim

c.       Supporting fact or claim

II.                  Supporting detail 2 (from thesis)

a.       Supporting fact or claim

b.      Supporting fact or claim

c.       Supporting fact or claim

III.                Supporting detail 3 (from thesis)

a.       Supporting fact or claim

b.      Supporting fact or claim

c.       Supporting fact or claim

Conclusion: Reword your thesis and add a nice little “bow to the end.” What is the last thing you want your audience to hear you say?

Budget Simulation Day 2

Write "Part II: Housing"

Underneath write "Roomates:" decide if you would like to have one roommate. If you have a roommate, remember that you will have to buy double food and buy double utilities later on. Also, you must have at least one bedroom for each person in the house.

Underneath that write "House/Apartment:" Using zillow.com, find a house or use a search engine to find a place to rent in Wood or Washington County that you can afford. Once you have discovered the place that you would like to buy or rent, then write down the address. If you are buying a house, then use the calculator found here to determine your mortgage. Assume that you will have $0 as your down payment.

Underneath that write "Monthly Payment:" and then write the monthly rent or the monthly mortgage payment.

Underneath that write "Description:" and write a brief description of the housing. Include how many bedrooms and bathrooms and its physical appearance.