Activity 1: Vocabulary

Ask students to think about what it means to be honest. 

• Then, have them collaborate with a partner. As a class, make a brainstorm on the board about what honesty could mean to students. 
• Have students share their definition of honesty

Activity 2: Speaking

The students are going to work through some possible scenarios that challenge honesty.

•  Put students into groups of 3-4. Have them read the Academic Honesty scenarios from the PowerPoint or the following handout:  Academic Honesty Scenarios. 
• Students will discuss whether or not they feel the scenarios describe honesty or dishonesty. If a scenario is dishonest, students will rewrite and explain the scenario in such a way that it demonstrates honesty.

Activity 3: Grammar

Review the second conditional with students, referring to the powerpoint as needed

• Use the following handout for each student second-conditional-worksheet-templates-layouts_101020.pdf.
• Have students answer the questionnaire about honesty from the handout.
• When students finish the questionnaire, they will create their own sentences about honesty using the conditional. 

Activity 4: Listening/Speaking

Play the short video about conformity: Conformity Bias | Ethics Defined - YouTube.

https://youtu.be/KhaNNB7Z-ME 

• Ask students about examples of conformity in their life. 
• What does it means to be true to oneself?
• How are being true to oneself and honesty related?
• Think of some synonyms for the word authentic, i.e. sincere, real, not fake, etc. 
• What are some situations where people might not be authentic or true to themselves? For example, what about social media or ‘fake news’?
• When is it important to conform, and when is it not necessary to conform?

Activity 5: Reading/Writing

Give students the following handout, and have them complete it: Being_True_to_Yourself_Exercise.pdf

• When students finish, have them talk in groups about any insights they may have gained.

Activity 6: Speaking/Listening

Play two truths and a lie.

• Individually, have students write three sentences about themselves. Two are true, and one is false. Model for students how to do this if necessary.
• In partnerships or small groups, have students share their sentences with each other, and try to guess which sentence is false. 
• Now have the students think of a sincere and honest compliment to say to each person in their groups.
• Then have each student think of a sincere and honest compliment about themselves to tell their group.

Activity 7: Listening

Watch the video about the story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf:

 The Boy Who Cried Wolf Read Aloud - Fables and Stories for Children - YouTube. 

https://youtu.be/40GbuZjVIzM 

OR have the students read the story out loud together:

 “The Boy Who Cried ‘Wolf’” | Aesop's Fables | Aesop | Lit2Go ETC (usf.edu)

• Why do you think nobody listened to the boy in the end? 
• What can happen if we are not honest with ourselves and others?
• Interpret the quote: “A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.”