1. HOLIDAY SHOPPING SPREE Lehighton Area Middle School students will be shopping for the holiday season!

2. Introduction Congratulations! You just won $5,000!!

3. 7 th Grade Task Your task is to buy $5,000 dollars worth of stuff coming as close to, without exceeding, $5,000.00. You will search the internet and use newspaper flyers to find the gifts. You are also provided with discount coupons that you are required to use. Sales tax will be calculated for each purchase. Have fun shopping! Cccs: 4.1, 4.2, 4.5

4. Here are some conditions that can be found on your rubric… Must Have: –At least 10 items –Everything must be age and school appropriate. –Only one item can exceed $1,000. Maximum limit on that one item may be $1,500.

5. 7 th Grade Process Search the internet using a variety of websites and look through flyers to find a gift for each member. Be sure to print out a copy of your gift or cut out the picture from the flyer in order to prove your price. Use Sale information ONLY that is given in this PowerPoint. Make a table of your gifts in Excel that includes all headings listed: name of the item, who it’s for (gift for someone?), original price, coupon used, amount of discount, 6% sales tax. Round each price to the nearest penny. You will turn in an Excel Spreadsheet and one page paper. Click here for resources

6. Sample of Template

7. 7 th Grade Evaluation Novice (7)Apprentice (8)Practitioner (9)Expert(10) Table (X3) Used the table to provide information on the holiday shopping project. Some of the required information is missing The table includes most of the required information The table includes all of the required information. The table includes all of practitioner plus accurate total calculations for each family member. Budgeting (X2) Shows little attempt to come up with a solution to planning a budget and total exceeds or comes within $1000 Reveals an unsuccessful attempt to plan a budget and total comes within $500 Features acceptable solutions to planning a budget and total comes within $250 Effectively uses a budget to plan expenditures and total comes within $100 Calculation (X3) Features significant mathematical errors in calculations on tax and savings in the use of coupons Features some mathematical errors in calculations on tax and savings in the use of coupons Correctly calculates the tax and savings in the use of coupons All of practitioner plus uses Excel formulas to calculate Booklet (X2) Your booklet is handed in with components missing. Your booklet is neat and bound. Some items and prices need verification. Your project is ordered, neat, and bound. It includes verification of all items and prices. All of practitioner plus strong evidence of additional technology used.

8. Important Sale Information! All Clothing25% All Electronics15% All Books, CDs, Videos10% Everything Else5%

9. Resources www.mall.com www.bestbuy.com www.amazon.com www.toysrus.com www.barnesandnoble.com www.gap.com www.all-internet.com www.towerrecords.com Click for 7 th grade process