I gave this command to ChatGPT AI this morning:

Write an ESL lesson plan in order for students to read and write days of the week. Include a game and song.

This out put of the AI is as follows:

Lesson Plan: Reading and Writing Days of the Week

Objective: Students will be able to read and write the days of the week.

Materials:

Whiteboard and markers
Worksheets with the days of the week written on them
Song lyrics (see below)
CD player or music device

Warm-Up:

Ask students to write down the days of the week that they already know.
Have them share their answers with the class and write the days on the whiteboard.

Direct Instruction:

Introduce the remaining days of the week to the students by writing them on the whiteboard.
Model how to properly spell each day and have students repeat after you.
Hand out the worksheets and have students complete the exercise by writing the days of the week in order.

Guided Practice:

Divide the class into small groups and have each group take turns reading the days of the week in order.
Have the other members of the group check their answers to make sure they are correct.

Independent Practice:

Have students use their worksheets to practice writing the days of the week on their own.

Game:

Play a game where students have to stand up, sit down, or clap their hands depending on which day of the week is called out. For example, if "Monday" is called out, students have to stand up; if "Tuesday" is called out, students have to sit down; and if "Wednesday" is called out, students have to clap their hands. Continue playing until all of the days of the week have been called out.

Song:

Teach students the following song to help them practice the days of the week:

The days of the week go round and round
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Saturday, Sunday, the days of the week go round and round

Assessment:

Have students complete a quiz or worksheet to test their knowledge of the days of the week.

Observe students during independent practice and make note of any students who may need additional support.

What do you think?

That's the lesson plan the AI wrote for me. It crashed about 15 times before I got these results. It crashed every time it got to the song. At first it recommended a song from "The Learning Station" on You Tube, but every time it did so it produced an error. Finally the AI made it's own song based on "The Wheels on the bus go round and round".

The lesson plan provides for every technical aspect of an ESL lesson. I do have some problems with the game that was chosen. That game does not really practice the ability to read and write days of the week, but mostly listening and responding.

Still it is better than our textbook lessons and also better than some of the lessons I saw from student teachers. I have to give extra credit for the impromptu song. I little bit of Weird Al seems to be programmed into the AI.

Cover picture is from Tumisu on Pixabay.

This is the video that made the AI crash every time it tried to recommend it to me: