{"id":"sheet-tch-reading-log-pivot-plan","audience":"teachers","category":"spreadsheets","track":"data","technique":"format","title":"Plan a pivot table of reading minutes by student and week","free":false,"task":"You want to see each Period 3 student's total reading minutes per week from the shared reading log, leaving out the practice entries from the first day. Ask for the pivot plan as exactly 4 numbered lines labeled Rows:, Columns:, Values: and Filter:, naming the exact column on each line. Plain text, under 70 words.","materialLabel":"Your reading log export (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Reading log - form responses (all periods), Sept 8 to Nov 4\n\nColumns:\nA Timestamp | B Student | C Period | D Date read | E Book title | F Minutes | G Pages | H Entry type | I Week\n\nSample rows:\n9/8 8:14 | Ava Park | 3 | 9/8 | Wonder | 10 | 6 | Practice | 1\n9/9 19:02 | Ava Park | 3 | 9/9 | Wonder | 25 | 18 | Log | 1\n9/16 20:30 | Leo Grant | 5 | 9/16 | Holes | 40 | 30 | Log | 2\n10/2 18:45 | Mia Chen | 3 | 10/1 | Hatchet | 30 | 22 | Log | 4\n10/3 7:50 | Mia Chen | 3 | 10/2 | Hatchet | 20 | 15 | Log | 4\n\nNotes:\n- Entry type is Practice (first-day demo) or Log\n- Week is already filled in from Date read (week 1 = Sept 8)\n- Students log late sometimes, so Timestamp can be days after Date read\n- Last time I counted rows instead of minutes","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":70},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not saying what to add up","why":"The AI counts entries, the same mistake as last time.","fix":"Add: \"Values: sum of Minutes.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Grouping by the wrong date","why":"The AI groups by Timestamp, so late logs land in the wrong week.","fix":"Add: \"Columns: the Week column, not Timestamp.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Forgetting the filters","why":"Other periods and practice entries sneak in.","fix":"Add: \"Filter: Period 3, Entry type Log.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Getting click-by-click steps","why":"The AI writes a long how-to with bold menus.","fix":"Say: \"Just the plan: exactly 4 lines. Plain text.\"","checks":["numberedItems","maxWords","plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says what to add up","patterns":["minutes","sum"]},{"label":"Picks the week column","patterns":["week","column i","not timestamp"]},{"label":"Sets the filters","patterns":["period 3","practice","entry type"]},{"label":"Names the 4 labels","patterns":["rows:","columns:","values:","filter:"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown"]}],"hint":"Tell the AI what to add up, which date to group by and what to filter out, and ask for just the four choices.","rubricLabels":["Rows: is Student (column B) and Columns: is Week (column I), not Timestamp","Values: is the sum of Minutes (column F), not a count of rows or pages","Filter: keeps Period = 3 and Entry type = Log (leaving out Practice)"]}