Lesson Plan: Reading about Artificial Intelligence
Level: Beginner (A1–A2)
Age group: Teens/adults (adaptable for older kids 11+)
Time: 60 minutes
Topic: Artificial Intelligence (AI) in daily life
Main Aim: Students will develop reading comprehension skills
through a short text about AI.
Secondary Aim: Students will learn and use basic AI-related
vocabulary (robot, phone app, smart speaker, computer).
Materials: Short text handout, projector/slides, pictures of robots/AI
tools (e.g., Siri, Alexa, ChatGPT), comprehension questions.
1. Warm-Up (5 min)
Show a picture of a robot or smartphone assistant.
Ask: “What is it?” “Do you use technology every day?”
Quick discussion in pairs: “What technology helps you at home
or school?”
2. Pre-Reading (10 min)
Pre-teach vocabulary: robot, phone app, smart speaker,
computer, help.
Matching game: Words ↔ pictures.
Prediction question: “What can AI do?”
3. While-Reading (15 min)
Text Example (simple):
AI means Artificial Intelligence. AI is in many things we use every day.
On your phone, AI helps you choose music or find pictures. A smart
speaker, like Alexa, can answer questions and play songs. Some
people use AI on the computer to write or learn. Robots with AI can
help in hospitals. AI is not perfect, but it helps people a lot.
Activities:
First reading (gist): Students answer: “What is AI?”
Second reading (detail): Underline examples of AI in the text.
Comprehension Qs:
1. Where can you find AI?
2. What can a smart speaker do?
3. How do robots with AI help?
4. Is AI perfect?
4. Post-Reading Practice (15 min)
Pair work: Ask and answer: “Do you use AI? How?”
Class survey: Students walk around asking classmates: “Do
you use AI on your phone?” → Tally results → Teacher
summarizes on board.
Optional: Show a short YouTube clip of an AI robot (1–2 min) →
students describe what it does.
5. Communicative Production (10 min)
Mini-project: In small groups, students draw or describe “An AI
that can help me.”
o Example: “My AI robot cleans my room.”
Groups present to the class.
6. Wrap-Up & Review (5 min)
Teacher reviews: “Today we learned about AI. Where do we see
AI?”
Quick thumbs up/down: “Do you like AI?”
Homework (Optional)
Students write 3 sentences: “AI helps me… at home, at school,
on my phone.”
Online option: Post AI ideas on a Padlet wall (with drawings or
photos).
