The (double-)lesson plan was created (using the knowledge acquired during the 5-week MOOC AI in ELT, Jan/Feb 2024) for the purpose of encouring critical/creative thinking & creative expression (blackout poetry creation) in March 2024, when celebrating the International Women's Day & Women's History Month. it is aimed at AI art-based vocabulary building, AI/Twee-driven reading & listening comprehension, speaking/debating & creative expression (blackout-poetry/Suno AI song creation). The outcomes defined by Croatian National Curriculum are (encouraging communicative linguistic competence:) SŠ (1) EJ A.1.1.-5.; SŠ (1) EJ B.1.1.; SŠ (1) EJ C.1.1.-6.; (intercultural communicative competence:) SŠ (1) EJ B.1.3.-4. & (independence in language mastery:) SŠ (1) EJ C.1.1.-5.. It incorporates cross-curricular subjects: Civic Education (goo A.4.4., goo B.4.1.), Sustainable Development (odr C.3.4., odr A.4.1.), Personal Development (osr A.4.1., osr B.4.1.-2., osr C.4.2.), Learn How to Learn (uku A.4/5.3.-4., uku B.4/5.2.-4., uku C.4/5.3., uku D.4/5.1.2.), ICT (ikt A.4.3., ikt D.4.1.), Mental & Social Health (zdr B.4.1 / A., zdr B.4.1 / B.) By the end of the lesson students will be able to (use topic vocabulary to) name/explain most important parts of Dr Temple Grandin's biography and her influence on the life of people with disabilities (especially autism). They will be able to express their (critical) opinion about the importance of inclusion. They will explore their artistic talent and (learn how to) create blackout poetry. (The task can be further developed into motivating Sts to explore the biographies & work of national female role models, e.g. ones with challenging lives & careers, such as Ivana Brlić Mažuranić & Marija Jurić Zagorka; by generating/writing texts about them, creating blackout poetry in mother tongue, translating it into English & sharing it with eTwinning partners, Sts can develop their mediation skill.)

The lesson plan was created using the knowledge acquired during the 5-week MOOC AI in ELT, Jan/Feb 2024 for the purpose of encouring critical/creative thinking & creative expression (blackout poetry creation) in March 2024, when celebrating the International Women's Day & Women's History Month. More lesson plans (to learn about using AI tools in ELT and teach about the Holocaust, Untraditional Places to Live & Democracy) are to be found here: https://read.bookcreator.com/Bc6WwZXfIQfxH3COGK25cjQkH382/bSl0ZhxSTo-PuLLP6I9KLw