Talk to the Hand

This worksheet helps students in Grades 5, 6, and 7 strengthen reading comprehension, critical thinking, and social-emotional learning skills by evaluating chatbot responses in realistic conversations. Learners read short exchanges between a student and a chatbot, decide whether the reply is helpful, unhelpful, or requires human intervention, and justify their choice using clear evidence and reasoning.

Learning Goals

• Help-Seeking & Problem-Solving (Grades 5-7) – Recognizing when human support is more appropriate than digital advice
• Justifying Claims with Evidence – Writing clear explanations that reference logic, tone, and relevance
• Digital Citizenship – Judging chatbot reliability, accuracy, and limitations
• Critical Thinking – Identifying misleading, harmful, or poorly reasoned responses

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed to support safe, thoughtful use of chatbots in learning settings
• Conversation-Based Analysis – Uses short dialogues to make evaluation accessible and engaging
• Written Reasoning Practice – Encourages students to explain why a response works or fails
• Cross-Curricular Fit – Supports ELA, SEL, technology, and digital citizenship lessons
• Low-Prep Format – Ready to print and use in classrooms or homeschool environments

This printable worksheet helps students build confidence in evaluating automated advice and understanding its limitations. By analyzing chatbot responses for accuracy, empathy, and usefulness, learners strengthen critical reading and decision-making skills. It is a practical resource for classroom and homeschool instruction focused on responsible technology use, thoughtful help-seeking, and clear written justification.

This worksheet is part of our Good vs. Bad AI Worksheets collection.