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Unit Plan: Generative AI in ELA

Unit Plan

About 3 hr3 lessonsGrades9, 10English Language Arts

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About this unit

This unit engages students in critically examining generative artificial intelligence (GAI), from its potential benefits and biases to its environmental implications. By applying their insights to real-world scenarios, students craft an acceptable use policy and envision responsible ways to integrate GAI into learning.

Lessons in this unit, in order

  1. 1ELA Lesson: Gen AI Pros and ConsStudents define generative artificial intelligence, discuss the potential pros and cons of GAI’s impact on learning, and then practice using GAI as a class. Stu...Lesson Plan · 1 hr · Grades 9, 10 View Lesson
  2. 2ELA Lesson: Gen AI's Energy UseStudents are introduced to the energy impact of the internet and imagine what the world will be like in the future. After reading and analyzing articles about t...Lesson Plan · 1 hr · Grades 9, 10 View Lesson
  3. 3ELA Lesson: Responsible Use of Gen AIStudents discuss the pros and cons of using generative artificial intelligence as a learning aid, taking into account the hazards they learned about previously...Lesson Plan · 1 hr · Grades 9, 10 View Lesson

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