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AI 101: A Teen-Friendly Introduction ESL lesson plan

AI 101: A Teen-Friendly Introduction

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🕑 60 minutes

🎚 A2, B1, B2

🎯 can, can’t and will be able to, imperatives, technology vocabulary

🕑 0-5 minutes

– Print one worksheet for each student.

– Print the Teacher’s Insights or keep them at hand as they contain the answers to the exercises.

Kickoff: speaking intro on the AI apps students already use

Vocabulary Focus: match AI words to definitions (prompt, deepfake, hallucination…)

Myth or Fact: decide which common ideas about AI are true and which are myths

Reading: read what AI can and can’t do in 2026 and what is coming soon, and answer questions

Grammar Focus: learn can, can’t, could and will be able to and complete the sentences

Speaking: sort AI skills into can, can’t and coming soon and talk about them

Prompt Lab: learn the four parts of a good prompt (imperatives) and make weak prompts better

Two Truths and a Hallucination: fun filler game: spot the made-up fact, practising questions

Get your students talking about chatbots, deepfakes and what AI can and can’t really do with this teen-friendly AI 101 ESL lesson plan and printable worksheet for A2 to B2 learners.
Detailed Description
In today’s lesson, students find out what AI can do in 2026, what people think it can do but it can’t, and what is probably coming soon, while they practise can, can’t, could and will be able to.
The lesson begins with a kickoff conversation about the AI apps students already use, followed by a vocabulary exercise where they match eight key words (prompt, deepfake, hallucination, fact-check and more) to their definitions.
Next, students decide which common ideas about AI are myths and which are facts, then read a short text on AI in 2026 and answer questions on it.
The grammar focus explains can, could, will be able to and might be able to. Students then sort twelve AI skills into can, can’t and coming soon, and learn the four parts of a good prompt in the Prompt Lab.
The lesson ends with a fun filler game: Two Truths and a Hallucination, where the class asks questions to spot the made-up fact.

English language learning material for ESL and EFL teachers, for both classroom and online lessons. Last updated October 2026.

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