I WANT A NEW I WANT A NEW FLOORFLOOR!!!!!!!!

8th Grade Area Review

TASK

Imagine the flooring in your bedroom is lime lime greengreen and you HATE it. You need to convince your parents to replace it. Determine the cost of new carpeting or tile, and decide which one would be best in your room. Once you have all your information, write a letter to your parents with your choice. Use the facts to persuade them to give you a new floor.

PROCESS• Make a sketch of your bedroom on graph paper.• Measure your bedroom and fill in the dimensions• Convert your measurements to square feet and square yards.• Find out how much a square foot or square yard of carpet or tile

costs by visiting at least three web sites

• Complete the spreadsheet with the information required. You must include three prices including both carpeting and tile floor.

• Write the letter to your parents to persuade them to purchase your choice.

COMPLETED PROJECT

Your completed project should include the following in hard copy or Power Point style.

• Spreadsheet attached or self-made spreadsheet

• Word document containing letter to parents

• Sketch of floor plan• Extras listed on the rubric

Spreadsheet

Carpet Company

Type of Floor

Model And

Color

# of square

feet needed

# of square yards

needed

Price per square

foot or yard

Total cost of

flooring

Novice

(7)

Apprentice

(8)

Practitioner

(9)

Expert

(10)

Mathematical Accuracy

____ X 3

Both the Square yards and the total cost of the carpet are calculated incorrectly

Either the square yards or the total cost of the carpet is incorrect

Square yards and total cost calculated correctly

Carpet cost is calculated both in square feet and square yards

Spreadsheet

____ X 3

Columns contain more than two errors, either mathematical or spelling

Columns contain one or two errors- either mathematical or spelling

All information in spreadsheet is complete, and accurate

Student made spreadsheet used, including columns for cost per square foot

Floor Plan

____ X 2

Sketched on graph paper but the 2 or more dimensions

are missing

Sketched on graph paper but the 1 dimension is missing

Sketched on graph paper with the dimensions noted

Sketch of room drawn on graph paper to scale with the scale provided

Letter to Parents

____ X 2

Little or no explanation or not persuasive

Comparison information is missing but letter is persuasive

Letter contains some comparison information and is persuasive

Letter contains detailed comparison information and is very persuasive