Starting in April my Language Arts class started working on a project for stocks. We picked out our stocks, recorded their prices, and checked on them later to see if we gained or lost money, and there was a winner and loser. But why were we doing stocks in Language Arts? It was because of a connection to our book.

The Westing Game is a book we read as a class this year. It’s about the will of Sam Westing, and who will get it. Basically it’s a competition to solve a clue to get inheritance. In the book, a character, Turtle, was obsessed with Stocks. Because of this, we wanted to connect with her by trying out stocks.

It was actually really fun to do stocks. Getting to pick your favorite brands and watching them grow and decline is interesting. In end, I think it’s a good way to connect to the book and especially to Turtle.