Money Hungry by Sharon G. Flake

Money Hungry

By Sharon G. Flake

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Flake, Sharon G. Money Hungry. Hyperion Books for Children, 2001.

Lexile Level 650L

Grade Level 5-7

Lesson Activity

Students will be in groups of 3 and create a business. Using the attachment Click here, students will break down what is need in a business plan.

Learning Standards

AASL 1.1.9

Collaborate with others to broaden and deepen understanding.

AASL 1.2.3

Demonstrate creativity by using multiple resources and formats.

AASL 2.1.5

Collaborate with others to exchange ideas, develop new understandings, make decisions, and solve problems.

Learning Goals

Students will be able to use a fiction book as inspiration to create a business plan.

Learning Objective

Students will be able to create a business plan in a group by fill out a graphic organizer.

Students will use the fiction book as a guide of problems that could happen when creating a new business.

Students will be comfortable finding supporting parts in a fiction work to back up their claims.

Notes: This can also be turned into some kind of Shark Tank version where the students need to come up with a proposal to ask for start up costs.