Curriculum map / Year 4: Machines That Talk
Year 4, Lesson 1
What comes next?
Chatbots build answers by predicting the next word.
The signature activity
The Word Chain Machine: pupils tally which words follow which in a class story, then roll dice to generate sentences that sound right but can be nonsense.
Learning intentions
- I can explain what a chatbot is.
- I can predict the next word using a pattern.
- I can explain why a word chain can sound right but make no sense.
The slides
Teacher notes and answers sit in the speaker notes of every slide, and printable resources are at the end of the deck.