Using ChatGPT for Teacher's Lesson Plans and Rubrics

This is a general lesson plan and rubric for example purposes. Teachers will be able to come up with specialized prompts and tailor them to their specific needs.

The simple prompts I used to generate the above rubric are as follows:

Create a lesson plan for interactive storytelling.

Chat GPT: Certainly! Here's a detailed lesson plan for interactive storytelling using ChatGPT in an elementary school classroom:

Objective: To enhance students' creative writing skills, comprehension, and collaborative abilities through interactive storytelling.

Grade Level: 3rd - 5th Grade

Duration: 60 minutes

Materials Needed:

• Computer or smart device with internet connection
• Projector (if available)
• Whiteboard and markers
• Writing notebooks/papers and pencils for students
• Printed "Story Starters" prompts (optional)

Lesson Sequence:

1. Introduction (10 minutes):Begin by discussing the importance of storytelling in various cultures and its role in preserving history, entertaining, and imparting lessons. Briefly explain what interactive storytelling is and how technology, especially ChatGPT, can play a role in it.
2. Warm-Up Activity (5 minutes):Ask students to think of their favorite story and discuss the elements that make it captivating (e.g., interesting characters, suspenseful plot, vivid settings).
3. Group Activity: Story Starters (10 minutes):Distribute "Story Starters" prompts to small groups of students. Each group will take a few minutes to discuss and develop a beginning for their story based on the prompt. Ask a representative from each group to read their beginning aloud.
4. Interactive Storytelling with ChatGPT (20 minutes):Choose one story starter (either from the group or a pre-selected one) to use with ChatGPT. Project the ChatGPT interface for all students to see. Input the story's beginning into ChatGPT and let the AI generate the next part of the story. After reading out the AI-generated segment, ask students what they think should happen next. Take a few suggestions and then input the most popular or a combination of ideas into ChatGPT. Continue the process, allowing the students to steer the story's direction while ChatGPT provides the detailed segments. Conclude the story when a natural ending point arises or when time is nearly up.
5. Reflection and Discussion (10 minutes):Discuss the story's evolution and the role of technology in aiding creativity. Ask questions like: "Were there any unexpected twists provided by ChatGPT?" "How did collaborating with both classmates and the AI shape the story?" "What did you learn about creating engaging story elements?"
6. Independent Activity (5 minutes):Encourage students to think of another story starter or a potential continuation of today's story. Let them jot down their ideas in their writing notebooks.

Assessment: Evaluate students based on their participation in group discussions, their contributions to the story's progression, and the quality and creativity of their story starters in their writing notebooks.

Extensions: For further lessons, students can:

• Write their own full-length stories based on the interactive session.
• Illustrate scenes from the story.
• Create character profiles or backstories based on the characters introduced.
• Discuss the moral or lesson the story might be conveying.

Note: Always ensure that the content generated by ChatGPT is age-appropriate and aligns with the desired learning objectives.

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I then prompted: Create the rubric for the above Lesson Plan in chart format.

Unfortunately, the chart in the format as it appears in ChatGPT cannot seamlessly be copied and pasted into Word quite yet. Here is a video that does a great job of minimizing the work involved in getting it over to Word. As of this writing I was unable to get it to format properly using ChatGPT's inherent coding abilities, Bard to Google Docs (one-click option within Bard,) or Bing Chat to an Excel document (also built in as a one-click option,) so I still think the quickest way to do this is by following Deb's video.

For more ChatGPT, Midjourney and other GAI prompts check out SodaPrompt.com