To Tell a Lie
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| Target level | JHS |
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This game should be used only after students have practiced enough to peer correct. Divide the class into groups of 3-4. One person is chosen to answer a question, and the others get to ask. The question has to be in the present perfect (Have you ever eaten snake?) The ‘answerer’ secretly rolls the die(cupping your hands around it is the easiest way). If the number is even, the student answers truthfully. If the number is odd, the student has to lie. The other students get to ask all the follow up questions they want to (in any tense) until they have made up their minds whether the person is telling the truth or not. They can simply say ‘truth’ or ‘lie’ and the other person reveals their die. Some question: Have you ever…spoken to a famous person, danced on a table in a public place, been trapped in an elevator, taken an illegal drug, sung karaoke, appeared on television, left a bar or restaurant without paying, written graffiti on a wall, appeared in a photograph in a newspaper, chased a criminal, done a very dangerous sport, won a medal or trophy, missed a flight, stayed in a five-star hotel, swum naked in the sea?
