{"id":"create-flash-fiction-prompts-class","audience":"teachers","category":"creative-writing","technique":"constraints","track":"writing","title":"Write flash fiction prompts that fit your class rules","free":false,"task":"You need writing prompts for your 9th grade flash fiction unit. Get exactly 5 numbered prompts formatted \"1. Prompt: ... | Must include: ...\", where each \"Must include\" names one word from this unit's vocabulary list. Each prompt under 25 words, under 160 words in total, plain text. Your district bans violence and romance in prompts, and every prompt must be set somewhere at your school or in your town.","materialLabel":"Your unit notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"ENGLISH 9 - Mr. Abara - Flash Fiction Unit (stories under 300 words)\n\nUnit vocabulary (each prompt should use one):\nreluctant, threshold, linger, abandon, flicker, peculiar, vivid, hesitate\n\nOur school and town:\n- Fairview High: the old auditorium with the broken curtain, the greenhouse, the bus loop\n- Fairview: the Saturday farmers market, the train bridge, Rosie's Diner, the town library's basement\n\nStudents liked last year: prompts with a small mystery or a choice to make.\nStudents didn't like: prompts that felt like \"write about your feelings.\"\n\nQuick reminder from me: 2 class periods to write, then peer review.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":5},{"type":"maxWords","max":160},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not stating district rules","why":"AI story prompts often lean on danger or crushes, which your district bans.","fix":"Add: \"No violence or romance.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Generic settings","why":"Without your places, the AI sets prompts in castles and spaceships.","fix":"Add: \"Set each one at a place from my notes, like Rosie's Diner or the greenhouse.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Skipping the vocabulary","why":"The AI won't tie prompts to your unit words unless asked.","fix":"Show it: \"1. Prompt: ... | Must include: hesitate\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Getting a long list","why":"AI prompt lists come as 10 to 20 ideas with explanations.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 5 numbered prompts, each under 25 words.\"","checks":["numberedItems","maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it's going","why":"AI adds bold and headings that show up as stray symbols in a handout.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"States the bans","patterns":["violen","romance"]},{"label":"Uses your places","patterns":["school","town","setting","place"]},{"label":"Uses the vocabulary","patterns":["vocab","must include","unit word"]},{"label":"Says how many prompts","patterns":["\\b(5|five)\\b.{0,25}(prompt)","exactly \\d+","numbered"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"Class prompts work when they fit your unit and your students' world. Give the AI the vocabulary, the places, the district rules and the exact shape.","rubricLabels":["Each prompt has a 'Must include:' part naming one word from the unit list (reluctant, threshold, linger, abandon, flicker, peculiar, vivid, hesitate)","Every prompt is set at a place from the notes (the auditorium, greenhouse, bus loop, farmers market, train bridge, Rosie's Diner or the library basement)","No prompt involves violence (fights, weapons, crime, injury) or romance (crushes, dating, kissing)"]}