An Honest Days Work An English

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An Honest Days Work An English CME activity

• This activity is linked to
• Caught at last Con-man
• who stole billions of dollars
• see pages 1 2 of
• Whats Up April 2009

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Thinking about HONESTY

• Form groups
• of three or four each
• to do a study
• on honesty.

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READ these stories

• 1. Caught at last Con-man who stole billions of
  dollars
• by Cherian George (pages 1-2
• 2. Maldives by Ng Yi-Sheng (page 6)
• 3. Battle against guns by Ng Yi-Sheng (page 7)
• 4. Siti's sweet comeback by Mavis Ang (page 14)
• 5. The bigger picture by Project George (page 14)
  
• 6. The ups downs of a champion skateboarder by
  Jerushah I (pg 16)
• 7. Why Coldplay is hot by Omar Chaudhuri (page
  21)
• Youll find all of them in
• the April 2009 Issue of Whats Up.

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1. Maldives by Ng Yi-Sheng (page 6)

• The story mentions that "theres also a lot of
  corruption in the country, so some of the money
  put in the fund might get secretly stolen by
  government officials".
• (i) If the government officials are honest, what
  can this fund do for the people of the Maldives?
• (ii) If the fund money is stolen, how would the
  citizens feel?

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2. Battle against guns by Ng Yi-Sheng (page
7)

• Tim Kretschmers father legally bought at least
  15 guns, all with proper licences. He kept 14
  guns locked in a safe and 1 gun by his bed.
• (i) Was the father being dishonest by keeping
  one gun by his bed? Explain.
• (ii) What act of dishonesty did Tim do to get
  that gun? What happened next?

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3. Siti's sweet comeback by Mavis Ang (page
14)

• In 2003, when Siti Mastura Alwi lost her office
  job, she worked hard to sell kueh. She is now the
  boss of her own bakery and cooking school, called
  Sitis Delights.
• (i)What can Siti's children learn from her
  putting in an honest day's worth of work daily?
• (ii) Can you imagine what a less honest person
  might do when she loses her job suddenly?
  Elaborate.

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4. The bigger picture by Project George
(page 14)

• Project George writes "When we download music
  illegally, were really stealing someone elses
  creative work."
• (i) Do you really consider downloading music
  illegally as being dishonest?
• (ii) Do your friends feel they are being
  dishonest
• when they download music illegally?

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5. The ups downs of a champion
skateboarder by Jerushah Ismail (pages 16
17)

• Tony Hawk worked hard, skateboarding.
• He invested in businesses that made his
• money grow. Now, the Tony Hawk
• Foundation helps children by building skate parks
  for them.
• (i) By deciding to b a pro skateboarder, how was
  Tony Hawk being honest with himself? Comment.
• (ii) In what way can giving back to society be
  considered an act of honesty?

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6. Why Coldplay is hot by Omar Chaudhuri
(page 21)

• Brian Eno said to Coldplay, "Your songs are too
  long, youre too repetitive and your lyrics
  arent good enough.
• (i) What good came out of the honesty with which
  Brian Eno spoke to Coldplay?
• (ii) When your friends ask for your views, are
  you as honest as Brian Eno?

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SHARE your answers with your class.

• Why is being honest
• sometimes hard to do?
• (b) Is being honest
• worth the effort?