The Catholic Connections Handbook for Middle Schoolers, Second Edition

Chapter 39 Activity: Let Your Conscience Be

Your Guide
It’s not always easy to choose to do what is right, but if you listen to your conscience, you will usually
know what choice you should make. For each of the following items, describe the choice you should
make. Include two additional temptations you might face and the choice you should make in the face of
each.

Temptation If I Follow My Conscience

1. My mom caught me in a lie. I can lie 1. ____________________________

again to cover up my first lie. ____________________________

2. My friends want me to help them 2. ____________________________

cheat on a test. ____________________________

3. The cashier at the store gave me back 3. ____________________________

an extra ten dollars with my change. ____________________________

4. My friends are spreading a rumor 4. ____________________________

about one of our classmates. ____________________________

5. I can download music for free instead 5. ____________________________

of buying the songs I want. ____________________________

6. My friend wants me to help cover for 6. ____________________________

her so she can go to a party that her ____________________________
parents don’t want her to go to.

7. My parents told me not to go to a 7. ____________________________

party that I really want to go to. I can ____________________________
do it anyway; they’ll never know.

8. I found an expensive MP3 player in 8. ____________________________

class. I think I know who it belongs to, ____________________________
but I’d love to just keep it for myself.

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