Julie+Umbarger

Julie Umbarger's Lesson Plan Presentation

__**Party Planner**__ This lesson was a culminating activity completed at the end of a decimal computation unit. Students were expected to apply content knowledge to an authentic and meaningful situation.

This lesson required students to plan their own Christmas party after receiving a budget, researching the items to purchase, and creating a persuasive presentation that included budget information, pictures, and audio. Students were permitted to choose from a Christmas breakfast, a pizza and dessert party, or a cookout style celebration. Students created a party plan after receiving a budget and guest count. Groups were required to research online for sales using retailer websites in order to create the most cost efficient plan. Groups were allowed to choose from several presentation styles that used a variety of tools. Students were asked to choose the presentation style based on comfort level using the tool as well as student preference. Presentations were expected to be persuasive in nature as they were voted on to determine the party that we would have this school year. []

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