Lesson Topics: interpersonal relationships, family, conflict resolution
Skill Focus: Speaking, Vocabulary, Reading
Approximate Class Time: 1.75 hours
Lesson Plan Download: reddit-aita-advanced-lesson-122024.docx
Lesson Overview:
- After warm-up questions, students review five idioms found in the reading passage.
- The reading passage contains three abbreviated stories from the AITA (r/AmIthe A**hole?) subreddit. Encourage students to read and discuss each story, assessing if the OP (original poster) is to blame or not. The passage is 446 words in length.
- The passage is followed by comprehension questions and a list of ten vocabulary items that students should match to their corresponding definitions.
- Next, students use some of the new vocabulary in to complete discussion questions.
- The lesson has one roleplay between a brother who wants to have a child-free wedding and his sister.
- To review vocabulary, the lesson also has a storytelling activity in which students should try to build a story using the images provided and the lesson's vocabulary. (Note: The images should elicit a story about someone stealing someone's lunch).
- Next, in an AITA Rapid Fire activity, students discuss five more shortened AITA situations.
- After some famous quotations related to interpersonal relationships, students review vocabulary, collocations, and then ask each other some final discussion questions.
ADVANCED (C1/C2) Lesson on AITA Conflicts
Warm-up-Questions
- What was the last thing that made you feel guilty?
- When was the last time you had an argument with a relative or friend who you felt was clearly wrong?
- Have you ever sought advice in an online forum?
Idiom & Phrasal Verbs: Match the idioms and phrasal verbs to their definition.
| 1. to shoot something down 2. to stand your ground 3. to get someone off your back 4. to call someone out 5. to storm off 6. on the spot | a. to refuse to change your position, especially when faced with opposition or pressure b. to publicly confront/criticize someone for their behavior c. to leave a place quickly and angrily d. without any delay e. to make someone stop criticizing or bothering you f. to reject an idea/suggestion completely |
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Comprehension Question Answer Key
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- Suggestions: Keeping Max out of Emily’s room, Deep cleaning, Using air purifiers, Boarding Max part-time
- Heh says the OP needs to prioritize Emily. He also argues that rehoming Max shows the narrator is selfish and not ready to be a stepmom.
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- They likely felt guilty for overreacting after seeing the perceived consequence (the “firing”) of their behavior.
- They may believe it’s unethical to let customers think they caused someone to lose their job, especially if the customer feels genuinely bad afterward.
Vocabulary: 1-g, 2-c, 3-j, 4-f, 5-i, 6-h, 7-e, 8-a, 9-b, 10-d
Collocations 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c
Endnotes:
- [1] https://news.meaww.com/aita-woman-sparks-online-debate-by-refusing-to-rehome-her-dog-for-her-fiances-allergic-daughter?
- [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/rrjhmz/aita_for_giving_my_mil_a_fake_copy_of_my_house/
- [3] https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/e5k3z2/aita_for_pretending_to_get_fired_when_customers/