Imagination as Literacy: Designing What Doesn’t Exist (Yet)
8th Grade Langauge Arts Lesson Plan
Learning Objective
Students will:
Generate original ideas grounded in personal experience
Frame novel, open-ended questions
Design a concept (story, product, or scenario) that AI can support but not originate
Reflect on the difference between generating and refining ideas
Duration: 1-2 class periods
Essential Question
What does it mean to create something that only a human could originate?
Materials
Student notebooks or digital docs
Optional: AI tool (ChatGPT or similar)
Prompt handout (teacher-created) - SEE BELOW
