{"id":"ind-tch-unit-calendar-school-days","audience":"teachers","category":"planning","technique":"grounding","title":"Map a unit's lessons onto the school calendar","free":false,"task":"You're mapping a 6-lesson poetry unit onto the calendar. Write exactly 6 numbered lines in the form \"Day, Date - lesson\", one lesson per school day starting Monday Nov 10, skipping the days your class doesn't meet, under 70 words, plain text. Keep the lessons in your order. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"Your unit plan and the school calendar (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"POETRY UNIT - Grade 6 ELA - Ms. Tran\nLessons, in order:\n1. What makes a poem? (sort poems vs. prose)\n2. Sound: rhyme and rhythm\n3. Imagery and the five senses\n4. Figurative language: simile and metaphor\n5. Write your own poem (draft)\n6. Poetry café: read aloud and share\n\nSCHOOL CALENDAR - November (Hollis Middle School, fictional)\n- Mon Nov 10: regular day\n- Tue Nov 11: Veterans Day - no school\n- Wed Nov 12: regular day\n- Thu Nov 13: 6th grade field trip - no ELA classes\n- Fri Nov 14: regular day\n- Mon Nov 17: regular day\n- Tue Nov 18: regular day\n- Wed Nov 19: half day - ELA doesn't meet on half days\n- Thu Nov 20: regular day\n- Fri Nov 21: regular day\n\nMy notes:\n- Poetry café needs the library; librarian said any day the week of Nov 17 works.\n- Kids loved the slam poetry video last year.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":6},{"type":"maxWords","max":70},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"No fixed shape","why":"The AI builds a weekly table with objectives and materials.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 6 numbered lines: Day, Date - lesson.\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 70 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part instead: \"each lesson name under 7 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Missing a no-class day","why":"The AI schedules on the field trip or the half day.","fix":"Add: \"Skip Nov 11, Nov 13 and Nov 19.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Reordering lessons","why":"The AI moves the café or writing day to fit nicer days.","fix":"Add: \"Keep my lesson order.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Adding extras","why":"The AI adds the slam poetry video as its own day.","fix":"Add: \"Only my 6 lessons, no notes.\"","checks":["r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Skips no-class days","patterns":["skip","no school","field trip","half day"]},{"label":"Keeps lesson order","patterns":["in order","my order","same order"]},{"label":"Sets the number of lines","patterns":["\\b(6|six)\\b.{0,20}(lines|lessons|days)"]},{"label":"Shows the line shape","patterns":["day, date","date - ","mon nov 10"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"Calendars have holes. Tell the AI which days your class doesn't meet, to keep your order, and the exact line shape.","rubricLabels":["The dates are Mon Nov 10, Wed Nov 12, Fri Nov 14, Mon Nov 17, Tue Nov 18 and Thu Nov 20 (skipping Nov 11, Nov 13 and Nov 19)","The lessons stay in the unit's order, with the poetry café last on Thu Nov 20","Each line follows 'Day, Date - lesson' with no added lessons, videos or notes"]}