Next-word recording sheet (Lesson 1)

Name: ______ · Pair partner: ______

Printable handout. Used with Lesson 1 and the next-word interactive.

Last reviewed: 2026-10-25

Part A — the human predictor game

Round 1 — predict the most likely word. Student A writes the starter; Student B predicts the next word; A writes it and continues.

Step Sentence so far B’s predicted word
1 __________ ______
2 __________ ______
3 __________ ______
4 __________ ______
5 __________ ______
6 __________ ______

Round 2 — sometimes surprise. Same game, but B must pick a surprising but possible word at least twice.

Step Sentence so far B’s predicted word Predictable or surprising?
1 __________ ______ ______
2 __________ ______ ______
3 __________ ______ ______
4 __________ ______ ______

My observation: the game got weird when: ______________

Part B — the interactive (devices)

Open the interactive with the same starter as Round 1.

Low temperature run. Generate 8 words. Write them here: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

What did you notice? ______________

High temperature run. Reset, same starter, move the slider high. Generate 8 words: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

What changed? ______________

Look at the probability list while you click. Answer:

  1. When you click “Generate next word”, how does the model choose one word out of many? ______________
  2. Does anything in the interactive check whether the sentence is true? ______________

Exit ticket (two sentences, no notes)

  1. How does a chatbot produce text? ______________
  2. Why is “it looked it up” wrong? ______________