Credit Card Tweet Time

Directions - Create a fake Twitter feed that provides tips and explanations for budgeting and avoiding credit card debt.
Step 1 Create fake info for the Twitter Account
Name of the Account - should relay that the account is about budgeting, credit cards, interest, etc. Be creative!
Personal name
Location
Bio
Step 2 - Write a tweet (<140 characters count them in Word) for each of the following topics. You should have 10
tweets total!
1. 1 tip to avoid credit card debt
2. Another tip to avoid credit card debt
3. Another tip to avoid credit card debt
4. Explain the importance of budgeting
5. Explain the difference between minimum payments and paying your balance in full
6. Give an example of how long it will take to pay back a credit card bill with only minimum payments
7. Explain how interest works on credit card bills
8. Explain 1 vocabulary word from a credit card statement
9. Explain another vocabulary word from a credit card statement
10. Explain how to pay your credit card bill
Format
You can look up Fake Twitter Generators online and use one of those. Or, you can modify the text boxes over the
template below.


Grading
Tweets [4 points each]
o Quality of information
o Accuracy
o Need 10 total that meet requirements!
Creativity [5 points]
o Interesting name of account, bio, location, etc.
o Use of hashtags or pictures
Mechanics [5 points]
o VERY few errors in spelling, grammar, or word usage
TOTAL 50 POINTS


Credit Debt 101
Tweet 1
We dont want credit card
debt! Pay your bills on time
and in full! #debtsucks
Tweet 2
Keep track of all charges by keeping receipts and
using a check register. #debttips101

Tweet 3
Checking the monthly credit card statement for
errors! #dontbedebtful #debtsucks #lol

Tweet 4
Budgeting saves you money, remember every
penny counts! Keep track of what youre
spending. #spendwisely
Tweet 5
Minimum payments are usually only a small percentage of
the total, paying in full keeps you on top. #planahead
Tweet 6
Books and computer costing 1,500 with a 15%APR, will take
11 years to pay off will only minimum payments!
#getitoverwith
Tweet 7
Paying your credit card bills in full each month
will take away the interest! #itaddsupquickly
Tweet 8
Balance transfer - act of transferring debt from
one credit card to another. #creditcardstatement
Tweet 9
Penalty APR - interest rate charged on new transactions if the
penalty terms in the contract are triggered.
#creditcardstatement
Tweet 10
On your statement it will tell you how you can
pay your credit card bill! For example, a money
order, online, or a check! #creditcardstatement
Brieanna Cole

Hackettstown, NJ
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I am Brieanna
Cole, 17 years old
and I attend HHS.