{"id":"ind-tch-howto-paragraph-rubric","audience":"teachers","category":"writing-feedback","technique":"audience","title":"Build a kid-friendly rubric with the right point weights","free":false,"task":"You're making a rubric for your 4th graders' how-to paragraphs. Write exactly 4 numbered criteria in the form \"Criterion (N pts): I can ...\", with the points you decided on adding to 20, each \"I can\" statement under 12 words in words a 9-year-old understands, plain text. Use your updated weights and leave out spelling, since it's graded separately. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"Your rubric notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"RUBRIC NOTES - Mr. Ashworth, Grade 4 - How-To Paragraph (\"How to make a sandwich\" etc.)\n\nWhat I care about:\n- Topic sentence that tells what you'll teach\n- Steps in order, using order words (first, next, then, finally)\n- Details so a reader could really do it\n- Closing sentence\n- Spelling (separate spelling grade this quarter - leave off this rubric)\n\nPoints (first draft): Topic sentence 4, Steps in order 6, Details 6, Closing 4 = 20\nUPDATE after team meeting: we're putting more weight on order words. New points: Topic sentence 3, Steps in order 8, Details 6, Closing 3 = 20.\n\nLanguage note: kids read this themselves at the writing center, so \"I can\" statements, short and simple.\nOther: Parent conferences next week.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":85},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"No fixed shape","why":"The AI builds a big grid with 4 score levels per criterion.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 4 numbered lines: Criterion (N pts): I can ...\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 85 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part instead: \"each I can statement under 12 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Using the first-draft points","why":"The original 4/6/6/4 split comes first in the notes.","fix":"Add: \"Use the updated points: 3, 8, 6, 3.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Writing for teachers","why":"The AI writes \"Uses transitional phrases to create logical sequence\".","fix":"Add: \"Kids read it. 'I can' statements in simple words.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Adding spelling","why":"Spelling is a common rubric line, so the AI includes it.","fix":"Add: \"No spelling criterion; nothing but the 4 lines.\"","checks":["r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Uses the updated points","patterns":["update","3, ?8, ?6, ?3","new points","8 (pts|points)"]},{"label":"Writes for kids","patterns":["i can","4th grade","kid","9-year-old","simple"]},{"label":"Leaves out spelling","patterns":["spelling","conventions"]},{"label":"Sets the number of criteria","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,20}(criteria|lines|rows)"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"A rubric kids read themselves has to sound like them. Tell the AI the current weights, the 'I can' shape, and what to leave out.","rubricLabels":["Uses the updated points: Topic sentence 3, Steps in order 8, Details 6, Closing 3 (total 20), not the first draft's 4/6/6/4","Each criterion's description begins with 'I can' and is in simple words a 4th grader understands (no terms like 'transitional phrases', 'logical sequence' or 'elaborate')","There's no spelling or conventions criterion, and nothing appears besides the 4 numbered criteria (no title, scale levels or notes)"]}