$300 Million EssayWhat would you do with the money?

Background Information

You won the lottery! How much, you ask? $300 million How will you spend it? A house, a car,

electronics…

Prompt

You have $300 million to spend. You have the chance to spend it all or spend some of it. What will you do? Remember the articles that were read, and keep in mind how winning the lottery can change a person’s values. You will be writing a six paragraph essay about three items you will buy with this money. Two of the items must be a house and a car; the other is up to you.

You must have: An introduction paragraph 3 body paragraphs each explaining an item, and why you

chose to buy that item. 1 body paragraph answering the question: Using the lessons

and values that the lottery winners from the two articles learned, how would you apply those to your everyday choices?

A conclusion paragraph

What do you need to do before researching?

Decide on your house.Aspects to think about:

◦How big do you think you want it?◦How much are you willing to spend on it?◦Where do you want it located? State? City?◦What makes the attributes to your house

important?◦Personally, why do you want this house, in this

city and state?

What do you need to do before researching?

Decide on the type of your car (Maybe have a couple of choices.)

Aspects to think about:◦How much are you willing to spend?◦What features might you want?◦What safety features do you think might be

important?◦Personally, why do you want this car?

What do you need to do before researching?

Choose your last item to buy.Aspects to think about:

◦Why do you want this item?◦How much are you willing to spend?◦What is important about this item?

While researching…

You will use the following websites to find information about your items:◦For your house:

Remax’s website: http://www.remax.com/◦You will find the cost of the house◦You will need to show the size of the house◦Where it is located; the city and state

While researching…

◦For the car Kelly Blue Book website: http://www.kbb.com/

◦Cost of the car◦Safety features of the car◦The horse power◦Extra features that make your car unique or that are

important to you. Examples: seat warmers, automatic starter, sun roof, etc.

While researching…

◦For your last choice: Go to a website that has that product.

◦Cost of the product◦Any features or important information to help explain

why you want this product.

What you will need:

You will be filling out at least three source cards. One for each of the following:◦Remax◦Kelly Blue Book◦The last website that you use for your last item

What you will need:

Notecards◦You will have at least 9 notecards.

You need at least three for each of the following:◦House

Cost Size City/State Information about your state

◦Car Cost Safety features Horse power Extra features

◦ Item of your choice Cost Why this item is important