Liar's Club: the whiteboard game that kills ten minutes or fifty

Liar's Club — Student Handout

Your job today: Fool the class or spot the truth.

If you are chosen to go to the front:

• Truth-teller: You will see the real definition. Read it exactly, with a straight face.
• Liar: You will NOT see the real definition. Invent one that sounds real. Use this structure:

"A [word] is a [thing/person/feeling] that [does what / is used for / means]…"

You have 2 minutes to prepare. You may write notes, but you must SPEAK your definition, not read it word-for-word.

If you are voting:

• Listen to all three definitions.
• Vote ONCE for the definition you think is real.
• If you want, explain why you voted that way (in English).

Scoring:

• Liars get 1 point for each vote they trick.
• Truth-teller's team gets 1 point for each correct vote.

Example word: cantankerous

• Student A: "Cantankerous is a type of old singing style from Europe."
• Student B: "Cantankerous means bad-tempered and uncooperative." ← TRUE
• Student C: "Cantankerous is a kind of small, angry horse."

Who would you vote for?