AI Storytelling with AI Book Hook

Course Overview

AI Book Hook invites students to bring a scene from a favorite book to life by building an interactive 360° world. As they create, students explore how AI generates images and text—experimenting with prompting, understanding tokenization and training data, and using AI as a creative partner. The module culminates in a Book Fair, where students share their projects and explore each other's worlds.

Learning Goals

Students will:

Use AI image generation tools to create and iterate on visual representations of a literary scene.

Understand how AI generates text, including key concepts such as tokenization and training data.

Apply prompt engineering strategies to achieve desired AI outputs.

Build an interactive 360° scene with characters, dialogue, and coded interactions.

Give and receive feedback on creative work through structured peer review.

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CSTA Alignment

AI Book Hook is aligned to the CSTA K–12 Computer Science Standards, with emphasis on Impacts of Computing and AI literacy within our full K-12 AI literacy curriculum. Students explore how AI systems are trained, consider the implications of non-deterministic outputs, and apply computing tools—including event-driven programming—to build original, interactive creative work.

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Course Resources

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Lesson Plans

Provides pacing suggestions, key vocabulary, discussion prompts, and differentiation tips to support student choice while ensuring alignment with learning goals.

Teacher Slides

These student-facing slides walk students through each phase of the project and include embedded prompts, key concepts, and workbook activities.

Book Fair Handout

A student guide for Session 3's Book Fair, including instructions for visiting classmates' worlds and completing the reflection sheet.

Book Spotlight Projects

Three pre-built AI Book Hook examples (Treasure Island, The Odyssey, and Pride and Prejudice) for use as extra Book Fair booths or a class demonstration.