ChatGPT in the English Classroom: Think-Pair-Share for High School

 

Get ready for some exciting learning adventures with AI in the English classroom! The "think-pair-share" strategy is a fun way to get students thinking and communicating. And guess what? We're going to take it to the next level with a few ideas here. Give your students devices such as laptops or tell them to take out their phones and open ChatGPT. 

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Present Simple Sentences

Think: Students individually think about sentences describing daily routines.

Pair: In pairs, students use ChatGPT to generate more examples for things people do every day and then they discuss their structures.

Prompt examples:

"Can you give me examples of actions people do every day ?" generate your answers in the present simple tense.

"What are common daily routines?" generate your answers in the present simple tense.

Share: Pairs write down 5 sentences that are true for them, created by ChatGPT and share with the class their sentences and their experience.

 

Exploring the Theme of Choice in "The Road Not Taken"

Analyzing the line "I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference"

Think: Students individually reflect on the question:

What does the line "I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference" mean to you personally?

Pair: Students pair up and use ChatGPT to explore interpretations of this line, discussing:

How does this line capture the main idea of the poem?

What might the "road less traveled" symbolize in different contexts?

Share: Each pair presents their insights to the class, sharing:

Their personal interpretations of the line.

How they used ChatGPT to deepen their understanding.

How this line might apply to choices they face in their own lives.

 

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Reading Comprehension- use any unseen, any text!

Using ChatGPT in the Share step!

Think: The teacher sends students a digital version of the unseen, Students read it and think about the main idea.

Pair: Individually, students use ChatGPT to generate questions about the text. (They paste the text inside and generate questions). And they start answering.

Share: Students share their answers with ChatGPT and they ask it for feedback and explanations in case they were wrong.

 

"Mr. Know All" by W. Somerset Maugham

Think: Students consider the character traits of Mr. Kelada.

Pair: Individually, students use ChatGPT to compare Mr. Kelada with another character (from this story or from a different story). They can ask the answer to be in a table or a paragraph.

Share: Students share their comparisons with a colleague, and they add their own opinion about the answers that were generated.


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Applying the Present Perfect Tense in Daily Life

Think: Students individually reflect on the question:

What is something significant you have accomplished recently?

Pair: Students interact with ChatGPT by instructing it to ask them questions in the present perfect tense. They can use the following prompt:

 

"ChatGPT, please ask me questions in the present perfect tense related personal accomplishments and then give me feedback on my responses."

ChatGPT might respond with questions like:

"Have you ever won an award at school?"

"Have you finished a big project you're proud of?"

"Have you ever led a club or team at school?"

Students answer ChatGPT using the present perfect tense and then they receive feedback that helps them improve.

Share: Students present their insights to the class, sharing:

The questions they received from ChatGPT in the present perfect tense.

Their answers to these questions, using the present perfect tense.

 

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