{"id":"dat-tch-essay-rubric-weights","audience":"teachers","category":"data","technique":"context","title":"Turn rubric scores into weighted essay grades","free":false,"task":"Your department's essay rubric weights are thesis 30%, evidence 30%, organization 20%, mechanics 20%, each scored out of 4. Write exactly 3 numbered lines, one per student, each showing every score x weight, the weighted total out of 4, and total ÷ 4 as a percent. Plain text, under 100 words, nothing else.","materialLabel":"Rubric scores (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"ARGUMENT ESSAY - rubric scores (1-4), Period 2\n\nStudent | Thesis | Evidence | Organization | Mechanics\nAna P. | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2\nBen R. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3\nCy T. | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4\n\nNotes:\n- The gradebook's default setting averages the four criteria equally. I haven't changed it yet.\n- Cy's mechanics were great but the thesis was a summary, not an argument.\n- Ana's draft had lots of comma splices; we did a mini-lesson Friday.\n- Revisions are due Nov 21 for up to half the lost points back.\n- Department meeting on rubric calibration is next Tuesday.\n- Grades post to the parent portal Friday.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":100}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not giving the weights","why":"The AI averages equally, like the gradebook default, so Cy gets 75%.","fix":"Add: \"Weights: thesis 30%, evidence 30%, organization 20%, mechanics 20%.\"","checks":["r0","r1"]},{"title":"Not asking to see the work","why":"Students and parents will ask how the grade was built.","fix":"Add a line to copy: \"1. Ana: 4 x 0.3 = 1.2, 4 x 0.3 = 1.2, 3 x 0.2 = 0.6, 2 x 0.2 = 0.4; 3.4 ÷ 4 = 85%\"","checks":["numberedItems","r2"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each line: \"each line under 28 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it goes","why":"AI loves markdown tables and bold, which show up as clutter in a gradebook comment.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, headings or tables.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives the weights","patterns":["30\\s*%|0\\.3","20\\s*%|0\\.2","weight"]},{"label":"Converts to a percent","patterns":["÷ ?4","percent|%"]},{"label":"Asks to show the math","patterns":["show (the |your )?(math|work)","x \\$|\\bx\\b.{0,10}=","calculation","step"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no (headings|tables)"]}],"hint":"Your gradebook's default doesn't match the department rubric. Give the AI the weights and ask for each step.","rubricLabels":["Ana's weighted total is 3.4, which is 85%","Ben's weighted total is 3.0 (75%) and Cy's is 2.8 (70%), not the equal-weight 75% for Cy","Each line shows every score times its weight before the total"]}