{"id":"create-graduation-speech-feedback","audience":"high-school","category":"creative-writing","technique":"constraints","track":"writing","title":"Get feedback on your graduation speech, not a new one","free":false,"task":"You were picked to give a 2-minute speech at graduation, and the words have to be yours. Get exactly 3 numbered fixes, biggest first, each under 30 words, under 140 words in total, plain text, with no rewritten lines. Your principal's limit is 2 minutes, about 260 words spoken, and your draft is much longer, so length should come first.","materialLabel":"Your speech draft (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"MY GRADUATION SPEECH DRAFT (Amara Johnson, Fairview High Class of 2027) - 390 words\n\nGood evening, families, teachers, and the Class of 2027. Webster's Dictionary defines \"graduation\" as \"the receiving or conferring of an academic degree.\" But tonight, it means so much more.\n\nFour years ago, we walked into Fairview High as nervous freshmen. Remember the fire drill on the first day, when half of us went to the wrong field? Remember when the cafeteria ran out of pizza on Pi Day? Remember Mr. Delgado's chemistry lab that smelled like burnt popcorn for a week?\n\nWe've been through a lot together. We've been through so much together. Through the ups and downs, the highs and lows, we've grown as people.\n\n[Then about 200 more words about the football season, the spring musical, the robotics team's trip to state, and a long thank-you list naming 14 teachers.]\n\nAs Dr. Seuss said, \"Oh, the places you'll go!\" So go out there and chase your dreams. The future is ours. Thank you.\n\nMY NOTES\n- I'm proudest of the fire drill story, everyone will laugh\n- not sure about the ending","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"maxWords","max":140},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Getting a new speech","why":"Ask what the AI thinks and it often rewrites the whole speech, which wouldn't be yours on stage.","fix":"Add: \"Don't rewrite anything or give me new lines.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Not giving the time limit","why":"The AI doesn't know the 2-minute rule, so it may even suggest adding stories.","fix":"Add: \"It must fit 2 minutes, about 260 words. Length first.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Only getting praise","why":"AI feedback on speeches leans warm and may not name the clichés.","fix":"Add: \"Point out any clichés.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Getting a long review","why":"AI feedback comes as sections with headings and many tips.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 3 numbered fixes, 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 your speech notes.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says no rewriting","patterns":["(don't|do not|no|never).{0,15}(rewrite|rewritten|new lines?|write it)","my own words"]},{"label":"Gives the time limit","patterns":["2 minutes","two minutes","260","length"]},{"label":"Asks about clichés","patterns":["clich","overused"]},{"label":"Says how many fixs","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,25}(fix|point|suggestion|issue)","exactly \\d+","numbered"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"Your speech should sound like you on stage. Give the AI the time limit, ask it to flag clichés, rank the fixes, and keep it from writing lines for you.","rubricLabels":["Fix 1 is about length: the draft is about 390 words and must come down to about 260 to fit 2 minutes","One fix points out a cliché, such as the dictionary-definition opening, the repeated 'we've been through so much together' lines, or the Dr. Seuss ending","Gives no rewritten lines, new opening or new ending for the student to use (quoting her own words, or pointing her to a story already in her draft, is fine)"]}