Short Stories part 1, introduction and preparation

• Cambridge 4
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Short stories

pt 1, introduction and preparation

Please, take a seat, get your laptops out and log in to this LessonUp.

Lesson Plan

Goals:  introduce short stories project, 

assess the availability and knowledge of ChatGPT,

inform about prerequisites

Short Stories?

Yes.

Part of the curriculum for English at VWO-level.

You will need to be able to:

- read and understand short stories in English

- distinguish between good stories and bad ones

-analyse short stories

- write a short story

ChatGPT?

Yes.

It's 2024. ChatGPT is over a year old.

Large Language Model AI's won't go away, they're here to stay.

Might as well learn to make use of them...

... while remaining a critical human being at the same time.

Use technology, but stay human.

Do you know what ChatGPT is?

Yes! I use it all the time!

Yes, but I don't use it much.

Yes, but I have not used it yet.

Errrrmmm....I've heard of it.

No, I have no idea.

Do you have access to ChatGPT on your school laptop?

Yes, I do.

No, I do not, but I can get it.

No, I don't and I don't know if I can get it.

My parents don't approve of using Artificial Intelligence.

How to get ChatGPT

Make sure your parents know and approve.

Get a free account on OpenAI.com.

Through your internet browser.

Explore ChatGPT, talk about it with friends and classmates.

What's the chance you can get access to ChatGPT AND be able to use it in class, you think?

No problem!

Should be doable.

Not sure.

Very small

Impossible

Looking forward

Short stories.....the old-fashioned way or the new way?

For us to be innovative, I need to be sure you can use ChatGPT AND that you would like to use it in class.

Next: choose between old-fashioned and new.

Old-fashioned:

I tell you about short stories, you read them and about them.

You do assignments in normal writing (Word or pen).

You possibly need to do a test on the subject.

New

We use ChatGPT, you work together and find out stuff, you present your findings in class, you write a story using ChatGPT.

You possibly need to do a test on the subject.

Prerequisites for using ChatGPT

Everyone brings their (charged!) laptops to class.

At least half of the class has access to ChatGPT.

Are we going to learn about short stories? Yes! But how?

New: using ChatGPT all the time.

Fairly new: using ChatGPT some of the time

Old-fashioned: lessons, home-work, write our own stories.

I don't know and I don't mind.