Honesty (LP 5 30-06-2016)

V OBJECTIVE.
I Your objective should include a verb that accords with the level of Blooms Taxonomy you want your students to
reach this lesson..
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I Students will identify the importance of honesty in their daily interactions with peers,
O parents, and teachers.
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- Students will identify the difference between Helping and Sharing information and
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I Key Points: What will my students know and what will they be able to do as a result of this lesson? Essent
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What ‘big
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lesson get
students
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answering
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question
might
remain
the same
for a unit
or short
sequence
of
lessons.

What:

Identify: To find
Honesty: Truthful and sincere

How:

1. Why do we lie or cheat?

2. What effects does it have on out lives?
3. What is the meaning of honesty for us?
4. How does it help us?

Why: To understand the importance of honesty and operate with

truthfulness in our daily lives.

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 LESSON ASSESSMENT.
Describe, briefly, what students will do to show you that they have mastered (or made progress toward) the
objective. (this could be oral, written or project based)

Write about a situation in which you lied about something or were lied to by
someone. What was the reason for the lie? Did the lie have a negative effect on your
life? What was the outcome of the situation? What did you learn about lying from
this experience? Would honesty have been a better solution from the beginning?

Literacy: What literacy standards will this lesson reinforce? What will be explicitly taught? VOCA
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Choose 3-
5 words
that you
will
explicitly
teach

Identifying Articles

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Opening Activity: Divide the class into two groups based on numbers. Send the Situation 20
group 2 outside and this group interacts with Shalem outside the class. Group 1 stays sheets min
in the class attends a mock lesson on explanation of details regarding Olympics 2016.
Group 1 takes notes on the same. Group 2 comes back after 4 minutes and copies
the same.

Ask questions on the same.

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Classroom will observe that Group 1 answers most of the questions because they sat
and learnt the details whereas Group 2 just copied the details.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ocd1D8fwdjU

Begin by asking the students to identify the meaning of the word cheating, copying
and lying.. (Brainstorming can be done as a whole class or in small groups).

Work should be recorded on A4 sheets to record shifts in understanding or “aha”

moments. Ask the students if they have ever been lied to (by someone they care
about) and how it made them feel.

Ask the students if they have ever told a lie (big or small) and how they dealt with the
situation. Did the lie have a “snowball” effect?
Step 2: How will my students use their prior knowledge to generate possible solutions?

Discussion points:
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Are you honest? min

Would you ever lie? Cheat?

Is lying or cheating an honest action?

Is it ever acceptable to lie or cheat?

Step 3: How will my students explore and gather information? How will I present information to them?

Situatio 10
Group work: n min
sheets
Break students into three small groups. Assign one of the following questions to
each of the groups. Group members will work together to answer the assigned
question.

On the A4 sheet have the students explain the main conflict and how honesty can
be used to solve the problem.

You walked into your science classroom and realized that you had not studied for
a big test. If you fail this test, your grade will be significantly impacted. Your best

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friend is sitting in the desk next to you. She tells you that you can look off his
paper during the test so you don’t fail. Would you cheat off your friend or risk
failing the test? Explain your thinking.

•A student in the hallway has just dropped a twenty rupees. You would like to go
to the movies tonight with your friends! This money would pay for the cost and
you might even be able to buy some extra snacks. Would you tell the student they
dropped the money or take the money and pretend it was yours all along? Explain
your thinking.

You are checking out of a store and you realize that the cashier has given you
back too much change. You know that you have been tight on money this week.
Do you keep the money and buy extra groceries or tell the cashier that you were
given too much change? Explain your thinking.

Step 4: How will my students organize and interpret information?

Large group discussion on each case study. Reinforce that the answers are going to 10
come from the students. mi
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Reinforce the keypoints:

1. Why do we lie or cheat?

2. What effects does it have on out lives?
3. What is the meaning of honesty for us?
4. How does it help us?

Step 5: How will my students apply, present and evaluate their findings?

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Write about a situation in which you lied about something or were lied to by min
someone or you cheated in an exam. What was the reason for the lie or copying or
cheating? Did the lie have a negative effect on your life? What was the outcome of
the situation? What did you learn about lying from this experience? Would
honesty have been a better solution from the beginning?